Fire Alarms for Restaurants, Pubs and Bars
Installation and servicing for restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes and takeaways across London, done before you open or after you close.
- Before-opening visits
- Kitchen heat detection
- Certificates on the day
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- SSAIB approved for intruder alarmsFor intruder alarms
- BS 5839 fire alarmsCertificated every visit
- Since 2001Family-run in SW17
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What it costs
Servicing
- Fire alarm from £180 + VAT a visit
- Emergency lighting £150 + VAT
New systems
- Fire alarm from £1,200 + VAT
- Smoke alarms from £230 + VAT
A free site survey comes first, then a fixed written quotation. Larger buildings are priced per device.
A busy kitchen, a full room, flats upstairs
Hospitality premises have the hardest mix: a kitchen full of heat and smoke that must not set the alarm off every service, a room full of customers who do not know the building, and often people asleep in the flats above.
We install and service BS 5839-1 fire alarm systems for restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes and takeaways, with the right detectors in the kitchen, music cut-out where you have it, and links to any system serving the flats above. We work before opening or after closing, test the emergency lighting on the same visit and leave the certificates your insurer and the licensing officer ask for.
What we do for hospitality
- Heat detectors in kitchens so cooking does not set the alarm off
- Music and lighting cut-out on alarm, tested every visit
- Systems that work with the alarm in the flats above
- Maintained emergency lighting for bars and dining rooms
- Installs and testing before opening or after closing
- Six-monthly servicing with the certificate on the day
- Fire extinguishers serviced on the same visit if you want
- Any make of panel serviced or repaired
What you get from working with us
No Alarms Every Service
The wrong detector in a kitchen means the alarm goes off whenever the grill is busy. We fit heat detectors where they belong and smoke detection where it matters.
Around Your Hours
We work in the morning before you open or after close, so customers never hear a test and you never lose a sitting.
Music Off When It Matters
Where music or a PA could drown the alarm, we wire it to cut on alarm and test that on every visit.
Ready for Licensing
Certificates on the day, a complete logbook and emergency lighting records, ready for the licensing officer, the fire service and your insurer.
Kitchens, bars and flats above
Kitchens need heat detection, not smoke detection, and the wrong choice is the most common cause of false alarms we see in restaurants. Bars and dining rooms with music need sounders loud enough to be heard over it, or a music cut-out on alarm. Where there are flats above, the fire risk assessment will say how the two parts of the building should warn each other, and we make sure the systems do that.
New systems start from £1,200 + VAT for a small premises, and larger sites are priced per device after a free survey.
Servicing before you open
We service hospitality systems every six months to BS 5839-1 and test the emergency lighting once a year, usually first thing in the morning. Servicing is from £180 + VAT a visit for a conventional system and £240 + VAT for an addressable system, and the annual emergency lighting test is £150 + VAT on the same visit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does our restaurant fire alarm keep going off during service?
Usually a smoke detector in or near the kitchen. Kitchens should have heat detectors, and smoke detectors near kitchen doors may need moving. We find the cause, change the device and record the change for your fire risk assessment.
Can you service our pub fire alarm before we open?
Yes. Most of our hospitality visits are first thing in the morning, so the system is tested and certificated before the doors open.
Do bars need maintained emergency lighting?
Where the public are in the building in low light, maintained fittings that stay lit all the time are normally needed. We check this on the annual emergency lighting test.
We have flats above our restaurant. Do the alarms need linking?
It depends on the building and the fire risk assessment, which should say how the commercial part and the flats warn each other. We survey and make the systems do what the assessment requires.
What does a pub or restaurant fire alarm service cost?
From £180 + VAT a visit for a conventional system and £240 + VAT for an addressable system, with the certificate on the day. Emergency lighting testing is £150 + VAT on the same visit.
Get a free hospitality survey
Tell us about the building and we will call you back to book a free, no-obligation survey. You get a fixed written quote after every visit.
- Before-opening visits
- Kitchen heat detection
- Certificates on the day
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