Parameters
The proprietor did not have any plans to close the hotel for business and did not want the guests being disrupted during their stay.
The proprietor wanted a system to category L1 that was easy to manage.

Design
Following a visit to site to meet the client and a thorough radio survey there were 2 solutions offered to the proprietor, both based on a wirefree fire alarm system due to the fact that this would allow the hotel business to run as normal during the installation as set out by the client.

Option 1 - Upgrade the current system by adding additional detectors to meet L1 standards and then linking the new panel with the hardwired panel currently operating.

Option 2 - Complete installation of a wirefree fire alarm system. This would involve de-commissioning and removal of the hardwired system to be replaced along with additional detection on a wirefree scheme.

Solution
Option 2 was chosen by the customer for the following reasons:

  Control of the system would be easier from one panel
  Uniformity of sound throughout
  One maintenance contract
  The additional cost for a full system did not justify having 2 systems
   running parallel

The total number of units installed was 47 and the job completed within 2 days.