The owners of The Old Thorns Manor Hotel in Liphook, Hampshire have been working on a large redevelopment project since 2007. Included in this redevelopment is the installation of fire detection systems and emergency lighting. Essential necessities ensuring all health and safety and fire regulations are met within the premises.
The initial fire detection system was designed to BS5839 L2 standards when Old Thorns had just one main building, there is now a fully networked, analogue addressable fire alarm system comprising of 4×5 loop and 2×2 loop Morley ZX5 fire alarm panels distributed site wide in strategic locations throughout the premises. This system was specified, by us at Channel, as the panels are designed and constructed around proven microprocessor technology, which give an abundance of features to allow for the complex cause and effect programming required to facilitate the new magnitude of the Old Thorns site. There are now over 1,000 Apollo XP95 detection devices throughout the site.
The lead contractors on the redevelopment project had to ensure that any new emergency lighting installed would ‘fit’ with existing lighting within the premises – they decided on our Glade 5W LED emergency ‘anti – panic’ downlight and our SoHo circular LED luminaires and razors (ultra slim LED emergency exit signs) to complement existing lighting solutions and create effective and comprehensive emergency escape routes throughout.
Stuart Speed of Speed Electrical who is overseeing most of the electrical work on the project comments that ‘The beauty of the Glade downlight is that it fits effortlessly into a lighting scheme where LED downlights are used to illuminate corridor escape routes, as aesthetically it appears to be a regular downlight fitting’ and Greg Shaw, General Manager of Old Thorns says ‘The fire detection system, designed by Channels Alan Sanderson, is second to none – as a four star establishment, and one that is home to so many special occasions, we cannot experience the annoyance of false fire alarms and, as yet, it has never let us down!’
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