E7 Building Services,
which has been delivering state-of-the-art building services for over 60 years,
fits Aico Smoke Alarms solely throughout all residential properties as it
considers them to be “the best and most reliable equipment on the market”.
Based in
Wellingborough, E7 Building Services undertakes projects up to £3m in value
across the South Midlands, North London and Home Counties using its own
qualified engineers with a testing team providing support for bespoke main
works and special projects.
Terry Parrish,
Technical Services Manager at E7 Building Services, explains the company’s
decision: “We exclusively fit Aico smoke and heat alarms in all of our domestic
properties, the majority of which are design and build.
"These are flats
and individual properties; many of our flats are covered by BS5839-1 systems in
the communal areas. Any other projects we tend to insist on Aico. We fit
Aico devices in all our domestic developments because in my opinion they are
the best and most reliable equipment on the market.
"I can’t remember
ever being called back to a property where an Aico device has gone wrong and we
have been constantly using Aico devices for around 20 years.”
The company mostly
uses Aico’s Ei160e Series of mains powered alarms with a 10 year rechargeable
Lithium cell back-up. Delivering the highest level of protection for BS
5839-6 Grade D applications, Ei160e Optical and Heat Alarms are resistant to false
alarms, easy to install, attractive with their clean, modern design and are
fully compatible with existing Aico alarms and accessories.
The Ei160e Series
alarms are also compatible with RadioLINK+ technology for whole
system data extraction and wireless alarm interconnection.
E7 Building Services
is keen to stay up to date with latest developments and has visited Aico’s
Centre of Excellence in Oswestry, Shropshire and found it to be “extremely
useful, it’s very informative”, states Terry.
“Personally I found
the smoke chamber testing the most interesting part, but it is all a great
experience. We look forward to seeing the new technology currently being
promoted by Aico and can’t wait to use this on some of our projects.”
The Centre of
Excellence is a purpose built training, meeting and demonstration facility
incorporating the latest Audio Visual facilities. It has recently been
extended to double its size, with a large training room which accommodates up
to 20 people for hands on training. The Centre is also home to ‘Ember
Place’, a furnished bungalow with suitable Aico alarms and accessories fitted
to help educate visitors on common fire risks and promote correct alarm siting.
A wholly owned
subsidiary of Ei Electronics, Aico is the market leader in residential fire and
Carbon Monoxide (CO) protection in the UK. All alarms are designed and built in
Ireland specifically to meet the UK standards and regulations.
With more mains
powered domestic smoke alarms installed in the UK’s social housing than any
other manufacturer, Aico is tried, tested and trusted.
