Shops, retail units and showrooms
Shop and Retail Electricians in Surrey
Are you looking for retail electricians in Surrey for your shop, fit-out or refit? We would be glad to help.
We are NICEIC registered commercial electricians who work in retail units, showrooms and high street premises across the county.
Work with us and you can expect work carried out before you open or after you close so you keep trading, track and display lighting set out properly the first time, coordination with your shopfitter’s programme, and certification handed over on completion.
So whether your shop is in Guildford, Epsom, Reigate, Dorking or anywhere across Surrey, get in touch for a free, no-obligation chat to discuss your requirements and an estimate.
Track and spotlights set out along a retail unit during fit-out, before the shop was finished.
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What we understand
We understand the challenges involved with shop electrical work
Retail is unusually unforgiving about electrical work. Close for a day and you can put a number on exactly what it cost you. Sit waiting for a contractor to finish and that number keeps climbing.
So the thing that matters most to a shop is speed and certainty: work completed promptly and properly so you can carry on trading, or get the unit open in the first place. We schedule around your hours, work before you open or after you close, and give you a finish date we intend to keep.
The other thing worth getting right is the lighting, because it does more work in a shop than in almost any other commercial building. It decides which products people look at, whether the space feels expensive or cheap, and whether anyone walking past the window comes in. That is why the set-out matters more than the fitting.
Getting the lighting right
Setting out shop track lighting before the ceiling closes
Track lighting is the standard answer for retail because it lets you move heads as your merchandising changes. What it does not let you do is move the track, so where the runs go is a decision you make once.
We set track out against your fixture plan: where the wall bays are, where the gondolas sit, where the till point and the window display go. If you do not have a plan yet, we will tell you what we need to know before we can fix anything, rather than guessing and hoping.
The same applies to the shopfront. Window lighting sells to the pavement, and it needs its own switching so you can leave it on when the rest of the shop is off.
Scope
Electrical work we carry out in retail premises
- Shop fit-out wiring
- Full electrical first and second fix for a new unit or a refit, coordinated with the shopfitter's programme. See electrical installations.
- Track and display lighting
- Track runs, spotlights, feature and window lighting, and the switching that lets you run the display independently of the shop floor.
- General and back-of-house lighting
- Sales floor lighting, stockroom, staff areas and external signage supplies, plus LED replacement of older fittings.
- Power
- Till points, card terminals, chillers and display equipment, stockroom power and supplies for air conditioning and shutters.
- Emergency lighting
- Escape route and open-area emergency lighting, additions after a layout change, and periodic testing. See emergency lighting.
- Inspection and testing
- EICRs for lease renewal, insurance or acquisition - particularly useful in a unit that has been through several tenants. See EICR testing.
- Faults and repairs
- Tripping circuits, failed lighting and dead sockets, sorted before they cost you a trading day. See maintenance and repairs.
Older and listed buildings
Retail electrical work in older and listed buildings
A lot of Surrey retail sits in buildings that are decades or centuries older than the shopfront. That changes how the electrics have to be installed.
In a listed building you are working around what you are not allowed to touch. Chasing may be out of the question, fixings have to suit the fabric, and routes have to be planned to be discreet rather than convenient. It takes longer and it needs deciding early, because consents are not something you resolve on the morning of the install.
The photograph is a Grade I listed building on Guildford High Street where we completed new lighting and small power, with track spots fixed to the existing beam, and containment routed to suit the structure rather than cut into it.
Working with us
How easy it is to work with our retail electricians
Whether it is a full shop fit-out or a failed circuit on a Saturday morning.
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.
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.
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.
Retail premises across Surrey
We work in shops, retail units and showrooms across Surrey, including high street units, shopping centre units and standalone premises. Our project work includes a Grade I listed building on Guildford High Street. For the wider picture, see our commercial electricians in Surrey page.
If your premises is a restaurant or café rather than a shop, see restaurants and hospitality.
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
Retail electrical questions from Surrey shops
What shop owners, retail managers and shopfitters ask us.
Can you work outside our trading hours?
Yes, and for a shop that is usually the right answer. Early mornings before opening, evenings after close, and quiet weekdays are all normal for us. We agree the window before pricing so the quotation matches when the work will actually happen.
Where the job genuinely has to happen during trading, an urgent repair say, we screen the area off and keep it away from customers.
How long does shop lighting take to install?
A track lighting installation in a single unit is typically a short job once the track runs are set out and the supply is in place. The set-out is the part worth spending time on, because the position of the track decides how the whole shop looks when the stock goes in.
Larger installations, new ceilings or a complete relight take longer. We give you a realistic duration at the quotation, and if it changes we tell you before it changes rather than after.
Can you work alongside our shopfitter?
Yes, and it is much better if we do. Shop fit-outs run to tight programmes with several trades in a small space, and the electrical first fix has to happen before ceilings and walls close up.
Get us in early, at the drawing stage if you can. The most expensive shop electrical work is the kind that has to be chased back into a finished wall.
Do you carry out EICRs on retail units?
Yes. Retail units get inspected for lease renewal, for insurance, before an acquisition, or as part of your own maintenance programme. A shop that has been through several tenants and several fit-outs is usually where a report earns its keep, because each one leaves something behind.
Something has tripped and half the shop is dark. Can you help?
That is a fault find, and it is a routine part of our work. Tell us what has gone off and what it is stopping you doing. A dark shop floor is different from a dead socket in a stockroom, and we will treat it that way.
We are in a listed building. Is that a problem?
It is a constraint rather than a problem, and it is one we have worked with. Listed and historic buildings limit where you can chase, drill and fix, which usually means more surface containment, more care about routes, and picking fixings that suit the fabric.
It also means consents can be involved, so the earlier we know the better. We completed new lighting and small power in a Grade I listed building on Guildford High Street, and the photograph on this page is from that job.
Fitting out or repairing a shop in Surrey?
If you need electrical work done without losing trading hours, requesting your free estimate is the right next step.