Fire alarm servicing and maintenance for Edinburgh buildings
Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town are full of listed tenements, many used as short-term lets, which need interlinked alarms that meet Scottish requirements without harming historic interiors.
BS 5839-1 recommends that a competent person inspects and services your fire alarm system at intervals of no more than six months. Each visit tests a share of the detectors, all the call points over the year, the panel, the batteries and the standby power, and checks that nothing in the building has changed in a way that affects the system.
We service conventional, addressable and wireless systems from all the major manufacturers. Every visit ends with a written report that lists what was tested, any faults found, and any variations from the standard that need a decision from you. Faults are priced clearly, and we will not carry out chargeable work without your approval.
The rules that apply in Edinburgh
Since February 2022, every home in Scotland must have interlinked fire alarms: a smoke alarm in the living room, a smoke alarm in every circulation space such as hallways and landings, and a heat alarm in the kitchen, plus a carbon monoxide alarm where there is a fixed combustion appliance or flue.
What is included
- Six-monthly inspection and servicing visits
- Detector functional testing on a rolling schedule
- Call point, sounder and visual alarm device checks
- Battery and charger load tests
- Logbook review and false alarm analysis
- Written service report after every visit
- Reactive call-outs for faults
- Annual review of building changes that affect the system
Buildings we work on in Edinburgh
- Landlords and managing agents
- Facilities managers
- Housing associations
- Schools and colleges
- Retail and hospitality
- Industrial estates
Areas we cover from Edinburgh
From Edinburgh we also cover Kirkcaldy (11 miles), Dunfermline (13 miles), Livingston (14 miles), Falkirk (23 miles) and St Andrews (31 miles). If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for fire alarm servicing and maintenance in Scotland is handled the same way.