AOV and smoke control in Cheadle

Cheadle blocks with a smoke shaft need the same discipline as a new stair core: test, record, then replace what failed. Staffordshire. Population 11,404. Mileage 30 from Woodlands Park Road.

Mixed-use schemes in Staffordshire put shops under flats. The smoke control has to match that stack, including sites around Cheadle. See also Longton (6.2 miles), Uttoxeter (7.7 miles), Leek (8.5 miles).

The usual buildings are residential stairs, offices over a podium, schools, hotels and older commercial cores. Closest other towns on this list: Longton (6.2 miles), Uttoxeter (7.7 miles), Leek (8.5 miles).

There is no single AOV house brand on this page. SE Controls, Nuaire, Brooks, Geze, D+H, Colt, TROX and the others below are all in scope. The survey says which one is installed.

Panel, actuator, vent and interface are quoted as separate lines when Cheadle only needs one of them. Full replacements are quoted when the system cannot be kept.

BS EN 12101, BS 9991 and Approved Document B are the reference points. We record the fire-alarm interface rather than assuming the vent will open because a magnet dropped out.

Batteries, rain sensors and end-of-travel faults are ordinary. They are still written up. A stuck-open vent in weather is a building problem, not a cosmetic one.

New stairs and inherited panels are different jobs. Say which one Cheadle is. 07517806082.

At 30 miles, Cheadle is diaried with other West Midlands AOV visits when that helps the building, not when it hides a second call-out.

Common parts in Cheadle are surveyed with the fire-alarm interface in view. The gazetteer headcount is 11,404. EN 12101 is the reference, the building decides the category. Window restrictors are not removed to make a test easier.