PROTECTING YOUR HMO
Protecting your rental property or HMO
The totally new FIRE EXTINGUISHER that protects your rental property or HMO.
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How many fire extinguishers are in your rental property or HMO? Are they yet another drain on your rental income?
With many local authorities insisting that HMOs of three storeys or more have a fire extinguisher on each floor, it makes sense to provide ones which are easy to use but unobtrusive. One of the disadvantages of traditional fire extinguishers is that they can end up being used as door stops – rendering your expensive and carefully fitted fire doors useless! As a landlord you should know that traditional extinguishers (pressure based) must be serviced every single year – if they are not, there is a high likelihood that they will not work when needed most. (Plus there is a finite life to fire extinguishers). Some councils may even insist on them being serviced twice yearly – a considerable ongoing cost to a landlord.
Traditional fire extinguishers only fight certain fires.
Another disadvantage of traditional fire extinguishers is the need for different types of fire extinguishers for different types of fires. That’s why they are often seen in pairs – at extra cost of course. If you have ever looked at the different types available you will see there is a bewildering amount of choice and technical detail to study – and no single fire extinguisher can be used on all fire types – until now!
Rental properties can pose a higher risk of fire than your own home.
Rental properties, especially HMOs present a higher risk than your own home as the tenants may not pay particular attention to safety as they deem it ‘not their responsibility’. Also there may be more devices than usual if each tenant has their own laptop, phone and TV for example, causing overloaded sockets which can be a source of ignition.
As a responsible landlord you will have carried out a Fire Risk Assessment*
and you will have installed fire doors (including the correct fire door hinges and smoke strips) and mains wired smoke detectors. You will also have assessed obstructions likely to prevent a safe exit in the event of a fire and addressed any other fire risks.
Installing our Fire Safety Sticks
can be part of your fire safety strategy.
*For further guidance contact your local authority.
Fire risks include:
- Laptop and phone chargers
- Overloaded sockets
- Household appliances – portable heaters, toasters, microwaves, “white-goods”
- Cooking with oils and fats on the hob
- Burning fabrics as a result of discarded cigarettes, candles or over heated light fittings.
Fortunately the Fire Safety Stick can extinguish all of these types of fires providing of course they are dealt with swiftly. As is the case with all extinguishers once a fire reaches a certain size then no extinguisher would be able to deal with the fire and it’s imperative that all occupants evacuate and let the fire brigade deal with it.
No servicing or maintenance – saving you money!
And of course unlike those traditional extinguishers, Fire Safety Stick needs no servicing or maintenance – so no need to remember to book (and pay for!) its annual – or biannual – service. Plus the Fire Safety Stick has a proven shelf life of at least 10 years (we believe it will last even longer!)
Compared to the purchase price of say £50 for two types of conventional extinguishers, plus annual maintenance costs of £50 (assuming a service cost of £25 plus VAT each, although it’s hard to find quotes on-line), thats £100 at the end of year one, plus £50 each year going forward. So over five years that’s £300 plus VAT – without the cost of replacement parts, just for two – and double if it’s biannual! If you have three floors then ... well you do the maths! Compare that to the cost of the Fire Safety Stick with all its other benefits.
The Fire Safety Stick is compact, simple to use, and effective.
The Fire Safety Stick Plus comes with a mounting bracket, luminous instruction sign, tab for recording inspections and luminous end cap. This means that you can instruct your tenants on how to use it in seconds and provide everyone with further peace of mind.
There is no other product that offers such all round fire protection quickly and easily. Small and light for your tenants to find quickly when vital seconds count. It works on all major types of fires, plastic, fabric, wood, petrol, propane, electrical and even cooking oil.
All other extinguishers can only work on certain types of fire, but get the wrong one and there could be horrific consequences. Not with the Fire Safety Stick though, you are perfectly safe.
No mess or residue – avoiding loss of rental income, insurance claims, redecoration and inconvenience.
Have you seen the mess an extinguisher causes? If there is a small fire in the kitchen for example, yes a traditional extinguisher may put the fire out but it will leave such mess and residue that the work tops, other nearby appliances and decoration will be ruined. With the Fire Safety Stick though there is no residue and no further damage – avoiding loss of rental income, insurance claims, redecoration and all the inconvenience that entails.
It’s so simple to use, you don’t even have to be in the room once it has been activated.
Another great feature of the Fire Safety Stick is depending on the size of the fire, capacity of the stick and size of the room, you can activate the stick and instead of fighting the fire yourself, simply leave it in the room, closing the door. The Fire Safety Stick will continue to emit its active molecules and suppress the fire accordingly.
Also, compare the fire fighting time of a Fire Safety Stick with that of a conventional extinguisher. Over 50 seconds with the fire Safety Stick, where as its just 7-12 seconds with the heavier, bulky, messier 3.5kg extinguisher. So ask yourself, which you would rather have?
But what if the local fire officer doesn’t approve of pressurised fire extinguishers in my rental?
There is a lot of conflicting advice on whether a rental property should have fire extinguishers. Some fire officers or LAs may say no for the following reasons:
Fire extinguishers can:
- Be discharged in jest (eg. by students when having a party)
- Be used as door jams making fire doors ineffective
- Be difficult to operate (eg. not enough training)
- Be used incorrectly (eg. on the wrong type of fire)
However the Fire Safety Stick is non-pressurised, wall mounted, needs no training and can be used on any fire. The Fire Safety Stick Plus
has an additional instruction sign and tamper proof device showing if it has been meddled with.
Traditional fire extinguishers can be misused in a number of ways.
Some of which can be a safety hazard or add risk to the occupants in the event of a fire. Not so with the Safety Stick. Without a fire extinguisher even a small fire can get out of hand, but as our videos show, these can be terminated quickly with the Fire Safety Stick.
Saving you the Landlord: money, loss of rental income, refurbishment costs and disruption and all the while adding to the safety of your tenants.
