ADS Group tests, certifies, designs and installs emergency lighting to I.S. 3217 across Kilkenny city and county. The standard requires a monthly functional test and an annual full-duration discharge test, normally three hours. In Kilkenny the design question comes up more than the testing question, because period premises rarely have an escape route that a standard layout suits.
Narrow stairs, changes in level, low headroom and routes that pass through several rooms are normal in a period commercial building. Those are precisely the conditions that need lighting at each change of direction and each step, and precisely where a generic fitting layout leaves dark points.
A protected interior still needs the route lit to I.S. 3217. Fitting selection and mounting are what make that possible without surface trunking across historic fabric. The compliance outcome is identical, the install method is not.
A three-hour discharge in a bar or hotel is scheduled outside trading and, in larger premises, staged by floor so the building is never wholly on emergency supply while guests are present.
Full detail on the system types, the standards and the certification process is on the Emergency Lighting page, and everything else we cover in the county is on the Kilkenny page.
An engineer assesses the site, reviews the existing system and its documentation, and returns a written scope of works.
