Built for the cigar, down to the air.
Ventilation is the product. Every Cave is engineered around the smoke, the site and the weather, and nothing about safety is left to software.
Not just a room with a fan.
- Engineered negative-pressure ventilationDesigned to keep smoke moving into the extraction path and away from the spaces around the Cave.
- Multi-stage filtrationA particulate/HEPA stage plus substantial activated-carbon odor control, sized by the project mechanical engineer.
- Fresh-air intake and purgeContinuous conditioned make-up air, and a fresh-air purge cycle after every session.
- Climate and humidor controlGuest comfort and cigar storage conditions are handled separately.
- Fire-safe by designNoncombustible and fire-rated finishes, fire-rated wipe-clean upholstery, a sealed ash vault, monitored alarms and an emergency button.
- Smart privacy glassClear and inviting when available, tinted for privacy when occupied, where permitted.
- Remote monitoringOccupancy, door state, temperature, air quality, pressure, alarms and filter life, watched around the clock.
- High-wind / hurricane packageSite-specific wind-load engineering, anchoring and impact-rated openings wherever the site requires them.
Serious about the air.
Ventilation is the product. Each Cave is designed around a mechanical system specified and field-commissioned by a qualified engineer for its site.
- Fresh air inDedicated, conditioned fresh-air intake.
- Captured at the sourceCeiling extraction over the seating, with the Cave held at negative pressure relative to the space around it.
- Filtered in stagesPrefilter, particulate/HEPA stage and substantial activated-carbon odor-control media.
- Watched continuouslyPressure, airflow, particulates, VOCs, CO2, temperature and humidity, with a fault state that takes the Cave out of service.
- Purged between guestsA fresh-air purge and systems check after every session, plus scheduled human cleaning. The purge never replaces cleaning.
Desert heat to Gulf Coast storms.
Every Cave is engineered for the applicable high-wind and hurricane requirements at its deployment site. In Florida, Louisiana and along the Gulf that means a site-specific engineering package, not a sticker: licensed structural design, an engineered foundation and anchoring, impact-rated openings where code requires them, and corrosion protection for the coast. Those Caves are treated as engineering projects, with local licensed design professionals and an exact code and wind-zone review.
Engineered for the site, not stickered.
- Site-specific ASCE design-wind analysis by a licensed structural engineer
- Foundation designed for uplift, overturning and sliding
- Anchoring with concealed, tamper-resistant fasteners
- Impact-resistant glazing and wind-rated doors where code requires
- Backup power for access, controls and safety monitoring
- Automatic safe shutdown ahead of forecast severe weather
Private inside. Watched over outside.
Always a way out
Mechanical emergency egress on every door. Software can never override life-safety egress.
No cameras inside
Security cameras cover the exterior only. The lounge itself stays private.
Help on one button
An emergency button and intercom inside, monitored smoke and fire alarms, and no cash kept on site.