MONTH IN FM
FEBRUARY 2020 51
FMJ.CO.UK
STATELY HOME SECURED WITH
ADVANCED PROTECTION
A country house steeped in almost two centuries
of history is now being protected by benchmark
multi-protocol panels from fire systems leader
Advanced.
Designed by the resident architect to the Dean
and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral, the grade
II listed Badgeworth Court, Gloucestershire, was
built in 1829 as the home of Colonel Selwyn Payne.
A er a rich 190-year history the house has now
been converted into a residential care home run by
Barchester Healthcare.
Responsible for the complete installation of the
fire system and all field devices, Hertfordshirebased
BOSTIK DEMONSTRATES THE ART OF
FLOORING AT UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK
Bostik has supplied a host of subfloor preparation
and flooring adhesive products for use on the
refurbishment of the Arts & Design Building at the
University of Su olk. The products, combined with
Bostik’s expert advice, enabled a faultless installation
of the new floor coverings in the building.
Top Floors was appointed to strip out the twostorey
centre’s rubber stud tiles, which were installed
in the early 1990s, and replace them with 700m Altro
Walkway vinyl and 500m of Burmatex Tivoli carpet tiles as well as new nosings
for the staircases.
To ensure that the subfloors were prepared correctly, and that the new floor
coverings were bonded as e ectively and e iciently as possible, Top Floors
approached Bostik for its specialist guidance and market-leading products.
Once Top Floors had removed the previous floor coverings the company
primed the subfloors using the versatile Bostik Universal Primer. This was then
followed by Bostik’s two-part Screedmaster Ultimate smoothing compound,
which o ers excellent workability and flow characteristics.
To bond the vinyl floor coverings in the corridors
and on the staircases, Top Floors applied Bostik’s
BEST flooring adhesive. For the carpet tiles in the
rooms, Bostik specified its Laybond Carpet Tile
Tackifier. Finally, Top Floors installed 100 new
Quantum nosings on the building’s stairs using the
high-strength Sticks Like Turbo adhesive from Bostik
brand EVO-STIK.
www.bostik-profloor.co.uk
info@bostik-profloor.co.uk
01785 272625
THE PLATFORM LIFT COMPANY FORMS
A NEW PARTNERSHIP
The Platform Li
Company Ltd is proud
to announce its new
partnership with leading
Swedish platform li
manufacturer Motala
Hissar AB, who are part
of the world-renowned
KONE Group.
This exciting new
partnership positions The Platform Li Company as a key UK distributor of
Motala Hissar’s range of platform li products to other trade li companies,
commercial clients and end users. The Platform Li Company will also be
responsible for providing parts, servicing, maintenance and repair for the Motala
platform li product range within the UK.
Customers for the Motala 2000, Motala 2000 Home and the Motala 6000 LS can
enjoy a complete turnkey service from The Platform Li Company whose head
o ice is in Andover, Hampshire with satellite o ices in London, Manchester and
Glasgow. Services include design, build and installation by fully qualified and
experienced engineers.
Sean O’Sullivan, Managing Director and owner of the Platform Li Company, is
thrilled to be working alongside Motala Hissar AB as their key UK partner.
“Motala Hissar AB has been long recognised within our industry for their
manufacturing excellence and premier platform li solutions. This partnership
agreement will help transition our family-run business into its next stage of
growth.”
www.platformli co.co.uk
sales@platformli co.co.uk
Amida Fire undertook the phased upgrade
of Badgeworth Court as part of Barchester
Healthcare’s scheme to replace all of their care
homes with Advanced so that sites are easier to
maintain going forward.
The nature of the building made parts of the
upgrade tricky, and wireless devices needed to
be installed in some of the less accessible areas
of the home. The MxPro 4's timeclocks were used
to configure multi sensors in kitchen and laundry
areas so that at night, when fewer sta are on
duty, the devices only detect smoke. During the
day, when these areas are more actively in use,
detection has been set-up for a combination of
heat and smoke.
Dan Wilson, Director at Amida Fire, said:
“With over 40 years’ experience in installing and
commissioning fire systems, Advanced is always
Amida Fire’s first choice when selecting a fire alarm
panel. It’s easy to use, competitively priced, widely
known and o ers good technical support.”
MxPro is the fire industry’s leading multiprotocol
fire system range. It o ers customers a choice of
two panel ranges, four detector protocols and a
completely open installer network, backed up by
free training and support. MxPro panels can be
used in single loop, single panel format or easily
configured into high speed, multi-loop panels in
200 node networks covering huge areas. MxPro’s
legendary ease of installation and configuration
and wide peripheral range make it customisable to
almost any application.
Amanda Hope, New Business Development
Manager at Advanced, said: “Our multi-protocol
panels o er highly reliable, flexible and
configurable protection, ideal for healthcare,
hospital and care home facilities. It’s a testament
to our fire systems that Barchester Healthcare have
the confidence to install our panels throughout
all their care homes in the UK, ensuring the most
dependable protection on the market.”
www.advancedco.com (0)345 894 7000
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