Somer Court, London – AOV System Renewal

Rocburn worked with one of their trusted, approved contractors to specify, supply, and install new smoke vent solutions with the aim of bringing the buildings smoke ventilation system up to current standards. Taking great care to ensure the system complied with guidelines set out in Approved Document B using products that were fully certified to their relevant standards.

Rocburn produced a plan to:-

• Introduce a stairwell AOV via the pitched roof to provide ventilated escape for residents in the event of a fire.
• Replace all single glazed existing louvres in the communal corridors with BS:EN12101-2 tested and certified equivalents. Providing better U-Value specification for improved energy efficiency.
• Replace all existing controls with a BS:EN12101-10 certified, programmable AOV control panel. To be integrated with the buildings existing fire alarm system.
• Provide an opening solution for an access door, allowing the door to opened automatically during an evacuation.

Due to the age and appearance of the building there were various restrictions in place in terms of structural modifications and changes to the building’s aesthetics.

Rocburn worked with their main approved contractor to ensure that the louvres provided matched as close as possible with the original RAL colour and fitted within the existing structural openings whilst maximizing the free vent area in each zone.

Existing cabling and controls were completely overhauled to allow for a single building wide EN12101-10 certified control panel with battery back up functions and integrated with the buildings fire alarm system provided the cause & effect logic.

A Folding arm actuator with a roller was used on a door which needed to be opened in the event of a fire. The roller allowed continued use of the door by residents as the arm is not directly fixed to the door.