About Us - McCallum Water Heating



McCallum Water Heating has developed from over 100 years of experience and growth in the Coppersmith Industry. McCallum's commenced business in the late 1870's as a Manufacturing Coppersmith in Barrhead. Barrhead at that period was a developing industrial centre which, included thread making, wool, leather, laundries, and dyeing amongst its industries. Indeed its close proximity to Paisley with its large and world famous thread mills made the area as a whole an important thread making centre. Most of these industries required a plentiful supply of both hot and cold water. McCallum's provided equipment and services required for these industries. Also of importance to the development of the business in the early years was the very active Shipbuilding Industry on the River Clyde, which had a requirement for many copper items and pipework. In these early years McCallum's was starting to establish a first class reputation for it's products, a reputation that has continued to this day and will continue into the future. Due to the changes in industrial patterns however, the business gradually developed into being a major source of manufactured copper items required in the Water Heating Industry. The Company was formerly known as McCallum Calorifiers Limited but has in recent years further diversified into the supply of many other products utilised in the water heating industry together with an expansion of its existing manufacturing facility for fabrications in steel and non ferrous materials. To encompass this much broader product range it has been decided to market all products through a trading division called McCALLUM WATER HEATING. Let it be stressed that this has only been a change of name, which is felt to be much more in keeping with the scope of the business in today's market place. The Head Office and 6000 sq. ft. fabrication facility of the company is situated on a secure one acre site in Barrhead, the town in which the business has operated for over 100 years. Barrhead itself is conveniently placed for access to the motorway system around Glasgow, the Erskine Bridge, Clyde Coast and Central Belt of Scotland.