Scotland · Midlothian · fire protection
AOV repairs and tests in Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith & Gorebridge
For smoke-vent quotes in Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith & Gorebridge we start from the published geography: Midlothian, Scotland, 54,940 usual residents in 2020 (NRS settlements 2020). We do not invent a local depot to match the place name. The wider settlement name on the NRS table is Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Gorebridge, Mayfield, Newbattle. Scottish technical standards are not a renamed copy of English Approved Document B. The vent still has to match the fire strategy written for the building. Classification on that source: Settlement.
What to send before we travel
A useful pack is the panel make, a photo of the fault display, which core the vent sits on, and whether the fire alarm was swapped recently. Roof work needs an agreed access method. We will not guess a cherry picker from “there is a vent on the roof”.
Batteries, not a green LED
AOV panels are supposed to open the vents after the mains has failed. We check battery date, charge voltage and whether the connected actuators still move on batteries. A silent fault LED after a reset is not evidence the standby supply can throw a roof vent.
Automatic opening vents are life-safety smoke control, so this sits with fire protection and is quoted across the UK. Population figures are the published resident counts named above. They are not a survey of vents in Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith & Gorebridge.
