Univent Takes Off at RAF Hendon

Four apartment blocks on a prestigious development on a historic London site are to be fitted with simple but highly efficient naturally vented smoke chimneys to protect their common lobbies.

Smoke Control Services is supplying its LABC-approved UniVent system for the blocks of studios, one, two and three bedroom apartments and penthouses on the former RAF Hendon Aerodrome site in Colindale.

The old airfield is being developed by St George Central London as Beaufort Park, a 25-acre mixed use development of apartments together with 85,000 sq ft of commercial opportunities, including restaurant, retail, crèche and offices.

UniVent, Smoke Control Services’ best-selling ventilation system, is simple to install in almost any modern apartment block development. It is designed to work “out of the box”, with no bespoke design or on-site programming required. All the components needed are included – stair, lobby and discharge vents, back-up battery control boxes, smoke detectors, manual overrides, wiring, and instruction manual.

UniVent works by natural convection; on detection of smoke, lobby vents fixed in the internal chimney and a discharge vent at the top open automatically, allowing smoke to vent into the chimney.

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