A designed, certificated fire alarm system fitted in days, not weeks, at a fixed price agreed before we lift a tool. Every install handed over with the BS 5839 paperwork your local authority, insurer and letting agent will actually accept.
A new fire detection and alarm system designed to BS 5839-1 (commercial) or BS 5839-6 (domestic/HMO), specified to the correct grade and category for your building, then installed, commissioned and certificated by qualified engineers.
HMO landlords preparing for a licensing inspection, developers handing over new or refurbished units, letting agents managing portfolios, and commercial occupiers who need a system that will pass a fire risk assessment first time.
Before a licensing application, after a fire risk assessment flags shortfalls, during a refurbishment, when an ageing panel keeps faulting, or whenever insurers or local authority enforcement officers require an upgrade.
An incorrectly graded or poorly sited system is worse than no system at all, it fails inspection, voids cover and creates personal liability for the Responsible Person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Every month an under-specified system stays in place is another month of unquantified liability. A single sleeping-risk incident in a non-compliant HMO can end a portfolio.
Free attended survey to measure the property, review escape routes and confirm the grade and category required by BS 5839 and your fire risk assessment.
Written specification, device schedule and as-proposed drawings, sent over with a fixed price, no day rates, no surprise extras.
First-fix and second-fix carried out by qualified engineers, with cabling concealed wherever possible and minimal disruption to occupied units.
Full cause-and-effect test, decibel readings in sleeping areas, panel programming and zone labelling, all witnessed and recorded.
BS 5839 design, installation, commissioning and acceptance certificates issued digitally, plus a site log book and user training for your nominated person.
Most HMO and small commercial systems installed in 1–3 days from order, with a hard deadline written into the quote.
Properly graded detection in the right places, sleeping-risk coverage that gives occupants the time they actually need to escape.
Documentation pack accepted by Welsh and English local authorities, insurers and letting agents on first submission.
Fixed price, fixed scope, fixed handover date. No T&M creep.
Specified for at least a 10-year design life, with parts availability and a clear servicing path.
One accountable contractor responsible for design, install, certification and ongoing service.
Fire alarm installation is not a single product, it is an engineered system whose design must match the building, its occupancy and the risk profile identified in the fire risk assessment. The sections below explain how we specify systems across the property types we work with most often.
Grade A is a fully BS 5839-1 system with control panel, mains-powered detection and standby battery, required for most licensable HMOs and all commercial premises. Grade D systems use mains-powered, interlinked detectors with battery back-up and suit smaller shared houses. We never specify lower grades where a higher grade is mandated, even when a cheaper option is asked for.
Categories define where detection is placed. LD1 covers all rooms including bedrooms; LD2 covers escape routes plus high-risk rooms; LD3 protects only escape routes. Commercial L1–L5 categories follow the same logic. The right category is dictated by your fire risk assessment, not by budget.
HMO systems prioritise sleeping-risk coverage and inter-flat compartmentation, with sounder levels of 75 dB at the bed-head. Commercial installs add manual call points at every exit, zoning by floor or fire compartment, and often interface relays for door-holders, lift recall and AOV (automatic opening vents).
We fit wired loops as standard for new build and refurbishment, hybrid radio for occupied period properties where chasing cable is impractical, and full wireless EN 54-25 systems for listed buildings. Each has trade-offs in cost, service life and battery replacement schedule that we walk you through at survey.
Where appropriate we tie the fire alarm into emergency lighting test routines, magnetic door retainers and Paxton or similar access control so that all life-safety systems behave correctly on activation.
Hochiki, Apollo, Kentec and Aico for panels and devices, chosen for 10-year-plus parts availability and serviceability. We do not fit cloned panels or grey-import devices that cannot be serviced in five years' time.
BS 5839 six-monthly fire alarm servicing for HMO landlords, letting agents and commercial premises across South Wales and Bristol. Digital certificates, written quotes.
View serviceGrade A LD2 and LD1 HMO fire alarm systems designed, installed and certified for licensing across Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and South Wales.
View serviceType 1–4 fire risk assessments for HMOs, blocks of flats and commercial premises across South Wales. Aligned to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and PAS 79.
View serviceFree survey, fixed-price quote within 48 hours, and certified work delivered when we said we would.
Covering South Wales & the West
