Fire, smoke and heat alarms, fitted and certified
Mains-powered interlinked smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms for homes, rented properties and HMOs, designed to BS 5839-6 and fitted with a certificate for your records, your letting agent or the council.
What fire alarm do I need, and what does it cost?
Most houses and flats need a Grade D1 system: mains-powered smoke and heat alarms with sealed 10-year backup batteries, all interlinked so that when one goes off they all do. A three-alarm system, usually the hallway, the landing and a heat alarm in the kitchen, costs from £395 including VAT, fitted and certified, and each extra alarm is from £85. Rented homes also need a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance. Larger HMOs often need a panel system, which we survey and price in writing.
- Smoke alarms on every escape-route level
- Heat alarm in the kitchen
- Carbon monoxide alarms where needed
- Interlinked so every alarm sounds
- Sealed 10-year backup batteries
- Certificate for landlords and agents
Fire and smoke alarm prices
Prices include labour, materials, testing, certificate and VAT. The written price is the price you pay unless you change the job.
How it works
Survey
We check the layout, escape routes and any HMO licence conditions before quoting.
Fit
Alarms wired in and interlinked, usually in a day with tidy cable runs.
Test
Every alarm tested, interlink checked and batteries confirmed.
Certificate
Certificate for you, your agent or the council, and a reminder when the next test is due.
Fire and smoke alarms questions
Not answered here? Ring 07703 295654 and ask an electrician.
In England, private landlords must fit a smoke alarm on every storey with living accommodation and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance, apart from gas cookers, and repair or replace them once told they are faulty. HMOs and licensed properties usually need more, set by the council.
New builds, loft conversions, extensions and rewires need mains-powered interlinked alarms under Building Regulations. For rentals we recommend mains-powered alarms with sealed 10-year backup batteries, so they keep working and tenants cannot remove the battery.
It depends on the size and layout of the building and your council licence. Smaller HMOs usually need an interlinked Grade D system covering escape routes and every bedroom, while larger ones may need a panel system with call points. We survey first and price to your licence conditions.
For commercial panel systems, servicing contracts and extinguishers, our sister company Praetor Fire & Security handles it, with the same team behind the phone. We fit alarms in homes, rentals and HMOs.
Yes. Old alarms should be replaced every ten years. We swap the heads for new interlinked alarms, often using the existing wiring, and test the whole system.
Registered and assessed
NAPIT registered. Member number 75762.
NAPIT is one of the UK’s government-approved registration schemes for electricians. To get on the register, a firm’s work, qualifications and insurance are checked by NAPIT’s own assessors, and it has to keep passing those checks to stay on it.
- Work checked on siteNAPIT assessors inspect our finished work against the current wiring regulations, BS 7671.
- Qualified and insuredWe had to prove our qualifications and insurance to join, and keep them up to date to stay registered.
- Building Regulations certificateWhen we fit a new fuse box, add a circuit or rewire, we register the work through NAPIT and you get a compliance certificate.
- Check it yourselfOur registration is public. Search member number 75762 on NAPIT’s register and it takes seconds.
On the NAPIT site, choose Member Number and enter 75762.
The registration is held by SB Electrical Group Ltd, the company behind Wired & Certified, so that is the name you will see on the register.
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