Whitton Electrical Ltd

Whitton Electrical — BAFE Registered Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Contractors, Hemel Hempstead

Established in 2009 and based in Hemel Hempstead, built on over 30 years' hands-on experience in the electrical trade. We design, install, commission, service and maintain fire alarm and emergency lighting systems across Hemel, Berkhamsted, Tring and St Albans — for landlords, managing agents, facilities managers, schools, care providers and business owners. BAFE registered and NICEIC Approved.

Fire alarm systems

• Design, installation and commissioning to BS 5839-1 for commercial, communal and mixed-use buildings
• Systems to BS 5839-6 for HMOs, converted flats and residential premises
• Correct category specified for the building and its use — L1 to L5, P1 and P2, or Grades A to F and LD1 to LD3
• Conventional, addressable and wireless systems where cabling is impractical
• Interfacing with door releases, AOVs, lifts, plant and existing panels
• Panel replacement and head-for-head upgrades where a full rewire isn't justified
• Extension and alteration following conversion, refurbishment or change of use

Emergency lighting

• Design, installation and commissioning to BS 5266-1
• Escape route, open area and high-risk task area lighting
• Monthly function and annual duration testing, with results recorded properly
• Self-test and addressable systems where manual testing across a site isn't practical
• Illuminated and photoluminescent signage
• Upgrades to sites where cover has never been designed, only added to

Servicing, testing and maintenance

• Periodic servicing at intervals in line with BS 5839-1 and BS 5266-1
• Fault finding, remedials and call-out attendance
• Support with weekly testing routines and logbook records
• False alarm investigation — detector siting, head type and environment reviewed rather than sensitivity turned down and forgotten
• Certification and documentation in the format insurers, agents and enforcing authorities expect

Taking on an existing system

Plenty of the systems we're asked to look at have grown piecemeal across successive works, with no drawings, no commissioning certificate and a logbook that stops several years ago. We'll survey what's installed, tell you plainly whether it's defensible, what it needs to comply, and what can reasonably wait.

Why clients use us

• Based in Hemel Hempstead — genuinely local, and quick to get to site
• Fully qualified, directly managed engineers
• BAFE registered, with certification issued to scheme requirements
• Out-of-hours attendance where daytime disruption isn't practical
• Clear scope, assumptions and exclusions set out in writing before we start

Areas covered

Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, Kings Langley, Watford, St Albans, Harpenden, Luton, Dunstable, Aylesbury and across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Whether it's a new system in a conversion, an inherited installation nobody can produce paperwork for, or a maintenance contract across a portfolio, we'll survey it properly and give you a straight answer on cost and timescale.