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Commercial Electrical Installations in Surrey
Are you looking for commercial electrical installations in Surrey for your premises, fit-out or new equipment? We would be glad to help.
We are NICEIC registered commercial electricians, and installation work is certified to BS 7671.
Work with us and you can expect new circuits, small power, distribution boards and three-phase supplies installed properly first time, containment set out to make future alterations easy, an honest answer about what your supply can actually carry, and certification handed over on completion.
So whether your premises is in Guildford, Woking, Weybridge, Camberley or anywhere across Surrey, get in touch for a free, no-obligation chat to discuss your requirements and an estimate.
Three-phase intake: cut-outs, tails and switch-fuse set out on the backboard.
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When businesses call us
When Surrey businesses need a commercial installation
Very few businesses commission electrical work for its own sake. It happens because something else is happening. You have taken a new unit, the layout is changing, you are adding equipment, or something has finally reached the point where it cannot carry on.
The pattern we see most often is a business that has grown into its building rather than planned for it. Desks were added, then a printer, then air conditioning, then a coffee machine and a couple of chillers. Nothing individually significant. The installation is now doing considerably more than it was designed to do, and the first sign is usually a board that trips at an awkward moment.
That is why the first thing we look at is rarely the thing you called about. It is the intake and the distribution, because that decides what is actually possible.
Worth doing early. If you are planning a fit-out, an equipment purchase or a new layout, have the existing distribution assessed before the design is fixed. It is a short exercise, and it is far cheaper than discovering the constraint after the order has gone in.
Scope
What a commercial electrical installation covers
Most jobs are a combination of these rather than just one.
- New circuits and small power
- Socket outlets, desk and counter power, floor boxes, dado and perimeter trunking, and dedicated circuits for equipment that needs one.
- Equipment supplies
- Supplies and local isolation for catering equipment, air conditioning, machinery, comms cabinets, shutters, chillers and plant.
- Distribution equipment
- Distribution boards, sub-mains, switch-fuses, isolators and the labelling and schedules that make the installation usable by whoever comes next.
- Three-phase installations
- Three-phase supplies and distribution for larger loads, machinery and commercial kitchen equipment.
- Containment
- Galvanised tray, basket, trunking and conduit: the part of the job that determines how easy the next twenty years of alterations will be.
- Lighting installations
- New lighting installations and lighting to altered layouts. See commercial lighting.
- Fit-out and refurbishment packages
- The complete electrical package for a new or refitted premises, programmed alongside the other trades.
- Alterations and additions
- Extending, moving or reworking parts of an existing installation, certified as minor works where appropriate.
Two examples
What that looks like on real commercial jobs
The commercial kitchen above needed power and isolation to the catering equipment, sockets along the prep counters, connection and control of the extract system, and the electrical side of the gas interlock. The visible part is a few sockets. The part that took the planning is everything behind them.
The office floor in Weybridge is a different kind of job - a suspended ceiling grid, new LED panels, small power and floor boxes, done floor by floor so the building never lost both at once.
Different premises, different constraints, same underlying question: what has to keep working while this happens, and what does the finished installation have to support afterwards?
Certification
Certification you receive on completion
Installation work is not finished when it is energised. It is finished when it has been inspected, tested and certified, and you have the document.
Commercial Electricians Surrey is a NICEIC registered contractor. NICEIC certification is used to document electrical installation, alteration, inspection and testing work carried out to the applicable electrical safety standards. Depending on the work, you will receive an Electrical Installation Certificate or a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate, with the schedules and test results that go with it.
Boards are labelled and schedules completed, so the person who works on your installation in five years' time can understand it.
Working with us
How easy it is to arrange a commercial electrical installation
From a single circuit to a full fit-out package.
01
Tell us about the job
Send us the premises type, what you need doing and when you need it done. If you have drawings, a schedule or a previous report, send those too.
02
We survey and estimate
We look at the installation, agree the scope with you and put it in writing. You get an estimate you can take to whoever signs it off.
03
We book the work around you
We agree dates that suit your operation, turn up when we said we would, and hand over the certification when the work is finished.
Premises
Commercial premises we install in across Surrey
Offices
Lighting, small power, floor boxes and testing in occupied workplaces, phased floor by floor around your staff.
Shops and Retail
Shop fit-out wiring, display and track lighting, power and repairs, scheduled around your trading hours.
Restaurants and Hospitality
Power to kitchens and service areas, extract controls, lighting and testing for restaurants, cafés, pubs and hotels.
Commercial installations across Surrey
We carry out commercial electrical installations throughout Surrey, in offices, schools, shops, restaurants and other business premises. For the wider picture of what we do, see our commercial electricians in Surrey page.
If you already know the premises type, our office, retail and hospitality pages cover how we approach each one.
More services
Other commercial electrical services we offer in Surrey
Most jobs cross more than one of these. If yours does, say so when you enquire and we will estimate it as one piece of work.
Commercial Lighting in Surrey
LED replacement and new lighting installations for offices, schools, shops and hospitality premises across Surrey.
Commercial EICR Testing in Surrey
Periodic inspection and testing of your fixed installation, with a clear report you can act on and hand to your insurer.
Commercial Electrical Maintenance and Repairs in Surrey
Fault finding, repairs and planned maintenance that keep your premises trading and your staff working.
Emergency Lighting in Surrey
Emergency lighting installation, additions and periodic testing, with the certification and logbook entries to match.
Commercial Rewiring and Upgrades in Surrey
Partial and full rewires, distribution upgrades and containment renewal, phased so your premises stays open.
Commercial Fire Alarm Systems in Surrey
Fire alarm installation, extensions, alterations and servicing for commercial and education premises.
Get in touch
Send us a message
If you're in need of trusted commercial electricians, we'd be delighted to assist. Provide a little bit of information in the form below and we'll be back to you within 24 hours to discuss further. There is no charge for the conversation or the estimate, and no obligation to proceed.
Questions we get asked
Commercial electrical installation questions
What businesses ask before commissioning installation work.
What certification do we get for a new installation?
New installation work is certified to BS 7671. For a new circuit or a complete installation that is an Electrical Installation Certificate, and for smaller alterations and additions it is a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate.
The certificate records the circuits, the test results and who took responsibility for the design, construction, inspection and testing. Keep it: your insurer, your landlord and the next contractor will all ask for it.
Do you carry out three-phase work?
Yes. Three-phase supplies, distribution boards, sub-mains, switch-fuses and isolators are routine commercial work. The photograph at the top of this page is a three-phase intake with the cut-outs, tails and switch-fuse set out.
Three-phase equipment, machinery supplies and larger loads such as catering equipment, air conditioning and workshop plant all sit in this category.
Can you tell us whether our supply has capacity for what we are adding?
That is one of the first things worth checking, and it is a common reason for a project to change shape. Adding equipment, desks, catering appliances or air conditioning all draws on capacity that may or may not be there.
We look at the existing distribution and the intake as part of the survey and tell you what you actually have to work with, before you commit to a layout or place an equipment order.
Do you work as part of a fit-out with other contractors?
Regularly. We work alongside main contractors, fit-out contractors, shopfitters, ceiling and partition trades and equipment suppliers. Electrical first fix has to happen at the right point in the programme, and if it slips, everything after it slips too.
The earlier we are involved the better the job goes, ideally while the layout is still on paper.
How long does a commercial installation take?
It depends entirely on scope, access and how much of the building has to stay in use. A handful of new circuits is a short job. A full floor fit-out is a programme with several stages tied to other trades.
We give you a realistic duration with the quotation and tell you what would make it longer. We would rather set an honest expectation than a convenient one.
Can you install EV charge points or solar?
Those are not services we are presenting on this site. If you have a project that involves them, ask us and we will tell you honestly whether it is work we can take on or whether you are better served by a specialist.
Planning an installation in Surrey?
Send us the scope and we will survey it, give you a free estimate, and tell you what the work will actually involve.