Fire Alarm Installation Cardiff
Fire detection specified to the category your building genuinely needs, installed to BS 5839 and left with the certification an inspector will ask for.
Fire Alarm Installation In Cardiff
Specified Correctly, Serviced Properly
We install and service fire alarm systems for offices, shops, warehouses, HMOs and blocks of flats across Cardiff. Send us the fire risk assessment or the licence conditions, and we will tell you what has to go in, which saves paying for a system a grade above what the building requires.
Our fire alarm services include:
- Conventional and addressable system installation
- Commercial fire alarm systems to BS 5839
- HMO and rented property detection
- Grade A and Grade D system design
- Interlinked mains smoke and heat alarms
- Call points, sounders and beacons
- Servicing, testing and log books
- System takeovers and upgrades
- Panel fault finding and repairs
- Emergency lighting installed alongside
Every system is commissioned, certificated and handed over with the log book completed.
Need A Fire Alarm System Installed Or Serviced?
A single interlinked alarm system or a full addressable panel, no job is too big or too small for our electricians.
Fire Alarm Work Across Cardiff & Nearby
Cardiff based, so a panel in fault on a Monday morning is a visit rather than a phone queue.
We look after commercial premises and shared housing across the whole city and out into the Vale.
Cardiff has a great deal of converted property let room by room, and those carry detection requirements that an ordinary house does not.
Our Accreditations
- NICEIC Registered
- Part P Compliant
- BS 7671 18th Edition
- Safecontractor Member
- MCS Accredited
- RECC Member
- CHAS Member
- OZEV Approved Charge Point Installer
- Trustmark Member
- Fully Insured
HMO & Rented Property Detection
What Cardiff Landlords Are Asked For
Shared housing is where most landlords get caught out, and Cardiff has a great deal of it through Cathays, Roath and Grangetown. A converted terrace let to five students does not have the same detection requirement as the same house lived in by one family.
What is needed comes from the fire risk assessment and the licensing conditions on the property. In practice, that usually means interlinked mains-powered detection with battery backup, heat detection in the kitchen rather than smoke, and cover on every escape route including the hallway and landing.
Renting Homes legislation in Wales also requires working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, which is a separate duty from anything the licensing team asks for. We deal with both in the same visit rather than sending you round twice.
If you are unsure what your property needs, send us the risk assessment or the licence conditions and we will tell you what actually has to be installed.
Commercial Fire Alarm Servicing
Testing, Log Books And Certification
Installing a system is the easy part. Keeping it compliant is what most premises fall behind on, and it is the first thing an inspector looks at.
BS 5839 expects a weekly user test with the result recorded, and a periodic service by a competent person. We carry out that servicing across Cardiff, work through the devices properly rather than pressing the panel test button, and leave the log book completed so there is a written history.
Where we take over a system somebody else installed, we start by establishing what is actually there. Panels get extended over the years without documentation, and it is common to find zones labelled for rooms that no longer exist. We map it, test it and give you an accurate as-fitted record.
Servicing visits can be planned outside trading hours, and we can combine them with emergency lighting and PAT testing so the premises are only disrupted once.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Fire Alarm FAQs
What category of fire alarm does my building need?
It comes from your fire risk assessment rather than the size of the building. Send us the assessment or the licence conditions, and we will tell you what has to be installed.
How often should a fire alarm be serviced?
BS 5839 expects a recorded weekly user test and a periodic service by a competent person. We carry out the servicing and complete the log book so there is a written history.
Do HMOs need a different system?
Usually, yes. Shared housing normally needs interlinked mains detection with battery backup, heat detection in the kitchen and cover on every escape route.
Can you take over a system another company installed?
Yes, and a good part of our work is exactly that. We establish what is actually installed first, test it, then give you an accurate record before servicing it.