Smoking Shelters - How can they benefit your employees and your business?

The law does not require you to provide a smoking shelter for employees/customers who smoke. However, installing a smoking shelter demonstrates acknowledgement of employees/customers needs and will greatly assist in the implemnting of designated smoking areas.

How can Inside2Outside help you get a smoking shelter? What regulations are there for smoking shelters? What benefits are there to having a smoking shelter from Inside2Outside?

All of out smoking shelters comply with the smoking regulations that forbid smoking in an enclosed area. Here, 50% of that area must be open to provide a continuous flow of air whilst still allowing shelter from severe weather.

In the UK there is no restriction on the size of a shelter or the size of its roof. However, to limit smoke build up and thus secondary passive smoke installation, the sides of the shelters may not form more than 50% enclose of the shelter. Simply put, the shelters may only have two sides, either a back and one side or a back and two half sides. Our smoking shelters fully conform to this ruling and are effectively less that 50% encloses regardless of side panel configuration.

Positioning of the shelters is important for health and safety rasons as well as maximising the effect of the shelter with regards to inclement weather. If for example on your site the majority of the windy and rainy weather comes from the south west, you should position the shelter so that the back is facing this direction and thus maximum protection is offered.

The restriction of placing a freestanting shelter 1.5 metres away form your building may not entirely cut down its windy shadow effect.