This blog post is a guide to help you in choose the right smoking shelter.
Who is a smoking shelter for?
Whether you’re looking to cover your staff at a school, university, office, accommodation or in construction, smoking shelters all function the same in these locations.
How many people fit inside a smoking shelter?
They come in all shapes and sizes, starting from just 2 persons in the Small Wall Smoking Canopy, as seen here. This is a popular shelter and holds up to 12 people, as seen here. You can see our full smoking shelter range here. Our shelters are manufactured to order, so if you have a particular size in mind we can make that for you. You can even send in a hand drawn sketch of what you would like and we can make it to your specification.
The Locations
This is a very important aspect to consider. From a usability point of you, the shelter should be in a place where users will feel safe and ideally away from non smoking areas. Preferably near lighting (we do offer solar lighting in our shelters) or close to other people with CCTV ideally. To save on groundworks, it would be ideal to be able to place the shelter on a flat concrete or tarmac surface.
How much space do you have?
For example, a 12 person Shelter will need a floor space of 4m x 2m. You can simply take a photo, write down your space measurements and send them into [email protected] and we can tell you what will fit. We also can carry out site surveys if the site is more complicated.
What’s your budget?
We cater to all requirements. Our shelter prices start around £289.00 ex VAT so we can cater for all budgets. We also consistently watch our prices to ensure you pay the lowest prices possible.
What does it look like?
There are a number of choices for design. Some have clear polycarbonate roofs, corrugated steel or wood cladding.
The Installation
What surface will the smoking shelter being installed onto? A good hard surface is ideal, such as concrete or solid tarmac. We do offer a ground works service so a concrete base can be installed onto grass. Can you install it yourself? Yes you might be able to if you have someone that is good at working on flat pack furniture! It will require 2 people to install it and a good drill. Alternatively, we can offer you a quotation to install the shelter for you. We install all over the United Kingdom.
Managing and maintaining your Smoking Shelter
They are very hard wearing shelters, so an annual clean will keep your shelter looking fresh.
Letting everyone know about their new smoking shelter
Here’s the fun part! You can proudly announce that your smokers can go outside without getting drenched!
Further reading
Here is a smoking shelter we recently installed. Here is an article on the regulations for smoking shelters by Smoke Free England.
If you have any questions about this article or would like some advice on your shelter requirements, please get in touch on 0800 612 7503 or [email protected]