Aldwyck Housing Group in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, is installing Aico Ei208 Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms in 5200 of its properties, based on the Group’s good relationship with Aico over many years.
Darren Corsby, Asset Manager at Aldwyck, explains: “Rather than use multiple different alarms, we wanted to standardise on one alarm type for uniformity across our housing stock. Aico has been a long standing supplier and Aldwyck has always received very good service. We have been more than satisfied with the alarms we have installed in the past; they work well.”
Aldwyck Housing Group will be fitting one Ei208 CO alarm per property where there is a gas supply fitted. This will be done at the same time a new boiler is installed or when an existing boiler is serviced. The Ei208 is a lithium battery powered CO alarm designed to encourage widespread adoption of this life saving technology. The use of sealed-in lithium batteries largely overcomes the problem of battery removal by tenants, as not only are they difficult to remove, but they cannot be used to replace batteries in other household devices.
