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Fire alarm installation in Islington

Restaurants that cannot afford another false alarm during service, and period buildings you are not free to drill through.

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What we are usually called out to in Islington

Islington is Georgian and Victorian terraces converted into offices and flats, one of the highest densities of restaurants and bars in London along Upper Street and Exmouth Market, and EC1 creative and tech office space that was something else entirely twenty years ago.

Twenty-five to thirty minutes south. We schedule Islington surveys outside the morning peak so the engineer is not sitting on the Holloway Road.

Islington, Central London
Islington · N1, N5, N7, EC1

Fire safety services in Islington

Every service we offer, in Islington as across the rest of London: the assessment first, then the work it lists, then the servicing that keeps it signed off.

Buildings we work on in Islington

Four building types that come up again and again across N1, N5, N7, EC1, and what each one actually needs from a fire alarm system.

  1. Restaurants and bars

    Heat detection in the kitchen, interfaced to extract and gas shut-off, so the system stays switched on.

  2. Period terraces as offices

    Cable routes planned around the fabric, wireless devices where drilling is not an option.

  3. Converted flats above commercial

    A linked system so a fire in the restaurant below reaches the flats above.

  4. EC1 office space

    Addressable systems that identify the device, not just the floor, in an open-plan layout.

Everything Islington buildings need, one accredited team

The same services across N1, N5, N7, EC1: the assessment first, then the work it specifies and the servicing that keeps it compliant.

Legal duty Fire risk assessment The assessment the Fire Safety Order puts on you, by a team that can also fix what it finds. What an assessment covers BS 5839-1 Fire alarm installation Designed, installed, commissioned and certificated, each stage with its own certificate. How an install runs Six-monthly Servicing & maintenance Two visits a year by a competent person, with a certificate after every one. What a visit includes Every device tested System takeover You are not tied to whoever installed it. We test every device first, then take over the servicing. Book the takeover report
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Assessment & compliance

FRA remedial worksFire Safety Order 2005 Emergency lightingBS 5266-1 Emergency lighting installationBS 5266-1 Emergency lighting repairsBS 5266-1

Fire alarm systems

Fire alarm designBS 5839-1 Addressable systemsBS 5839-1 Conventional systemsBS 5839-1 For managing agentsBS 5839-1 Repair & fault findingBS 5839-1 Panel fault: what it meansBS 5839-1 Fire alarm replacementBS 5839-1 Fike alarm serviceBS 5839-1 C-TEC alarm serviceBS 5839-1

Equipment & passive protection

Fire extinguishersBS 5306-3 & BS 5306-8 Fire doors, signage & trainingFire Safety (England) Regs 2022 Fire door repairsBS 476-22

Buildings we work in most

Blocks of flats

Freeholders, RMC directors and managing agents. Communal systems, stay put and what an FRA specifies.

What this building needs

Offices

Multi-let buildings, where the landlord holds the common parts and you hold your demise. We put the boundary in writing.

What this building needs

Restaurants & takeaways

The kitchen is why the alarm keeps going off, and the fix is detector selection rather than an isolated zone.

What this building needs

What happens when you get in touch

Four steps, the price agreed in writing before anyone starts, and one accredited team from the first Islington survey to the certificate.

  1. 01

    Tell us about the building

    One call, or 60 seconds on the form. You speak to an engineer rather than a call centre, and you are called back within 7 to 24 hours.

  2. 02

    Free survey and written quote

    An engineer comes out to Islington, explains plainly what the law asks of you, and puts the price in writing. No obligation either way.

  3. 03

    Installed and certified

    Work is carried out to BS 5839-1 and commissioned properly, then you get the certificate your insurer and fire officer ask to see.

  4. 04

    Serviced, year after year

    Six-monthly visits from the same team, with a written report every time, so your compliance never quietly lapses.

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What a system costs in an Islington conversion

Georgian and Victorian terraces cut into offices carry more devices per square metre than a modern open floor, and commercial kitchens add heat detection on top.

  • A new system designed, installed, commissioned and certificated to BS 5839-1.

    System type
    devices

What moves a fire safety price, and where the money actually goes

Kitchens, and buildings you are not allowed to drill

Two problems dominate here. The first is commercial kitchens: an optical smoke detector over a service pass will go off during every busy service, so it gets covered, and a covered detector is worse than no detector. Heat detectors, correctly sited, plus a proper interface to the extract and the gas shut-off, is what makes a restaurant system survivable. The second is the buildings themselves. In a conservation area or a listed terrace, cable routes have to be planned with the constraints in mind, because surface trunking down a period staircase is not going to be accepted and improvising on the day wastes everyone's time.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person for the building (usually the employer, owner, landlord or managing agent) has to make sure a fire risk assessment is carried out and the fire precautions are kept working. Getting the design wrong is not just a technical problem, it is that duty left unmet.

Fire safety in Islington

Postcodes
N1, N5, N7, EC1
Region
Central London
Also nearby
Finsbury Park, Camden, Hackney
A takeover audit here starts with
the kitchen, because that is where a system gets switched off

Fire safety in Islington: your questions

Our Islington restaurant keeps setting the alarm off during service. What now?

That is a design fault, not bad luck. A smoke detector near a kitchen or pass will react to cooking. The fix is heat detection in the right places and a proper interface to the extract, so the system reflects what the building actually does. We look at this on the free survey.

Can you take over an existing system in Islington?

Yes. It starts with a free survey, then a takeover report, £250 + VAT for up to 15 devices. We test what is installed, tell you in writing whether it matches the building and the standard, and quote to take over the servicing. There is no gap in your cover while you switch. In Islington that report usually starts with the kitchen, because that is where a system gets switched off.

How often does a commercial fire alarm have to be serviced?

BS 5839-1 recommends inspection and servicing by a competent person at least every six months. That does not change with the postcode. What changes is what the engineer should be looking at, which is why we survey the building rather than working from a checklist.

Service areas near Islington

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Where we work in Islington

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We are at 7A Cecil Road, London N14 5RH.

Fire alarm services near Islington

Where this comes from

We name the standard rather than quoting it. British Standards are copyright of BSI and have to be bought from them; the links above are to the publisher so you can check any figure on this page against the source.

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  • BAFE SP203-1 registered for fire alarms, Fike and C-TEC certified
  • Written quote before any work starts
  • Called back within 7 to 24 hours
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