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Maintenance and repairs
Commercial Electrical Maintenance and Repairs in Surrey
Are you looking for commercial electrical repairs in Surrey because something has failed at your premises? We would be glad to help.
We are NICEIC registered commercial electricians handling fault finding, repairs and planned maintenance for business premises.
Work with us and you can expect the fault properly diagnosed rather than reset and hoped over, a price before the repair is carried out, anything dangerous made safe straight away, and your premises back in operation as quickly as possible.
So whether your premises is in Guildford, Epsom, Woking, Staines-upon-Thames or anywhere across Surrey, get in touch for a free, no-obligation chat to discuss your requirements and an estimate.
Existing distribution equipment, where most fault finding starts.
Registered & checked
The problem with a fault
Commercial electrical faults never happen at a good time
Electrical faults do not arrive at quiet moments. The board trips on a Friday evening, the lighting fails the morning of an inspection, the kitchen extract stops an hour before service. That is not bad luck. It is load, and load is highest exactly when you can least afford the interruption.
The instinct in that situation is to get someone to make it go away quickly. It is the right instinct and it leads to the wrong outcome surprisingly often, because the fastest response is usually to reset something or replace the most obvious component. If the underlying cause is still there, you will be having the same conversation next month.
Our approach is straightforward: find out what is actually happening, tell you what it will cost to put right, then put it right. If something is dangerous we make it safe first and tell you afterwards.
Reactive work
What we get called out to
- Tripping circuits
- RCDs and breakers that operate repeatedly, nuisance tripping across shared devices, and circuits that fail under load at the same time each day.
- Loss of supply
- Part or all of the premises without power, single dead circuits, and faults that appear after other work has been carried out.
- Lighting failures
- Sections of lighting out, fittings failing repeatedly, failed control gear and emergency lighting that will not hold its charge.
- Equipment supply faults
- Catering equipment, air conditioning, shutters, chillers and machinery losing supply or tripping their protection.
- Damaged accessories
- Broken, burnt or discoloured sockets, switches and fittings - the ones that get knocked, cleaned around or overloaded.
- Water and heat damage
- Leaks into fittings and accessories, damage in wash-down areas, and heat damage around kitchens and plant.
- Remedial work
- Putting right the observations from an EICR. See commercial EICR testing.
Planned maintenance
Planned electrical maintenance for commercial premises
Reactive work will always exist. What planned maintenance changes is the proportion - how much of your electrical spend is scheduled and how much arrives as an interruption.
A planned programme for a commercial premises usually includes:
- Periodic inspection and testing of the fixed installation on an agreed cycle, see EICR testing
- Emergency lighting testing at the required intervals, with the logbook kept up to date - see emergency lighting
- Fire alarm servicing and testing - see fire alarm systems
- Scheduled attention to observations raised in previous reports
- Repairs and replacements grouped into planned visits rather than call-outs
The bigger benefit is knowing your building. A contractor who has tested your installation and holds the records diagnoses a fault considerably faster than one arriving cold to an unlabelled board.
If something is wrong right now
What to do before a commercial electrician arrives
Do not keep resetting it
A device that trips repeatedly is operating for a reason. Resetting it over and over removes the protection you are relying on.
Isolate if it is safe to
If a specific circuit is the problem and you can safely leave it off, do. Stop using the affected equipment.
Note what changed
New equipment, recent work, a leak, a delivery that knocked something. It is frequently the answer, and it saves diagnosis time.
Tell us the impact
What the fault is stopping you doing matters as much as what has failed. It determines how we prioritise it.
Working with us
How easy it is to arrange a commercial electrical repair
Diagnosis first, price second, repair third, unless something is unsafe, in which case we make it safe first.
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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.
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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.
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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 maintain and repair 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 repairs and maintenance across Surrey
We carry out electrical repairs and planned maintenance throughout Surrey, for offices, schools, shops and hospitality premises. For the wider picture of what we do, see our commercial electricians in Surrey page.
Planned maintenance usually pairs with periodic inspection and testing on an agreed cycle.
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 Electrical Installations in Surrey
New circuits, small power, distribution boards, three-phase supplies and full fit-out wiring for commercial premises.
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.
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 repair and maintenance questions
What businesses ask when something has failed, or before setting up a programme.
How quickly can you get to us?
We come back to every enquiry within 24 hours. How quickly we can actually get an engineer to you depends on what has failed, where your premises is and what is already in the diary, so we will not publish an attendance time we might not meet. What we will do is tell you honestly when we can attend.
Tell us what has gone off and what it is stopping you doing. A dark shop floor, a kitchen that cannot open or a school with a dead ring main gets treated very differently from a flickering fitting in a back office.
Our board keeps tripping. What causes that?
Repeated tripping is a symptom, not a fault in itself. Common causes are a genuine fault on a circuit, accumulated earth leakage from several items of equipment sharing one RCD, a failing appliance, or water getting somewhere it should not.
The useful part of the job is the diagnosis. Resetting it is not a repair, and swapping the device without finding the cause usually just moves the problem. We find out what is actually happening before quoting to fix it.
Do you offer planned maintenance rather than just reactive call-outs?
Yes. Planned maintenance for a commercial installation typically means periodic inspection and testing on a rolling programme, emergency lighting testing at the required intervals, fire alarm servicing, and scheduled attention to the items a previous report flagged.
The advantage is not that it prevents every fault. It is that most of your electrical work becomes something you schedule rather than something that interrupts you.
Can you work on an installation somebody else installed?
Almost all of our repair work is on installations we did not install. That is normal. What matters is being able to work out what is there, which is easier when boards are labelled and schedules exist, and slower when they are not.
If we end up spending time working out an undocumented installation, we will tell you, and it is often a good argument for having it properly inspected and recorded.
Something smells hot or is discoloured. What should we do?
Treat that as urgent. A burning smell, scorching, discolouration around an accessory or a board, or something that is hot to touch are all signs that need attention rather than observation.
If it is safe to do so, isolate the circuit and stop using it, and contact us. Do not keep resetting a device that keeps operating. It is operating for a reason.
Will you quote before doing the work?
For anything beyond the initial diagnosis, yes. Fault finding is charged for the time it takes because nobody can price a repair before knowing what is wrong. Once we know, you get a price for the repair before we carry it out.
The exception is where something is dangerous. We will make it safe first and tell you what we have done.
Something failed at your premises?
If a fault is costing you trading hours or stopping your staff working, requesting your free estimate is the right next step.