I first heard about the system at a trade show in Birmingham 2 or 3 years ago. I saw the stand and the product looked interesting. It snowballed from there and I think we were probably the first ‘end user’ to buy the Salamander units.
Salamander solved a problem for us. The change in Fire Regs meant that we were installing many door closers on resident bedroom doors. This was a cost effective way of holding the doors open.
It’s a simple but innovative system that has proved itself very well. As well as being value for money, another great benefit is that once the control panel is installed our in-house maintenance teams can add hold open devices to the system as needed and as they can be afforded. No hard wiring is needed. This gives great flexibility to tackle customer requirements and budget constraints.
Salamander is working very well for Barchester. Of the handful of problems we have had (across many hundreds of hold open devices installed), Geofire has been very supportive in solving any problems. In general though, the system has performed very well and we continue to buy and install new systems – so we must be happy!
Bill Wilson
Barchester Health Care