E7 Building Services fits Aico smoke alarms to residential properties. Based in Wellingborough, E7 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 as support for bespoke main works and special projects.
Terry Parrish, Technical Services Manager at E7 Building Services, says: “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 ten-year rechargeable Lithium cell back-up. Delivering protection for BS 5839-6 Grade D applications, the manufacturer reports that its Ei160e Optical and Heat Alarms are resistant to false alarms, have a clean, modern design and are fully compatible with Aico alarms and accessories. The Ei160e alarms are also compatible with RadioLINK+ for whole system data extraction and wireless alarm interconnection.
E7 Building Services has visited Aico’s Centre of Excellence in Oswestry, Shropshire and found it to be “extremely useful, it’s very informative” according to Terry. He says: “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.”
Aico’s purpose built training, meeting and demonstration site has audio-visual facilities and has recently been extended to double its size, with a training room which holds up to 20. 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.
