Care home electrician for Somerset & Bath. CQC-friendly annual EICR, BS 5839-1 zoned addressable fire alarm, BS 5266 emergency lighting on every escape route, nurse-call wiring, hoist and bath-chair circuits, dedicated medication-fridge supplies with backup alert, Hikvision CCTV, 24-hour callout cover, PAT testing, Type A RCBO throughout. Enhanced DBS-cleared. Fixed price quoted per job.
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BS 7671Care homes are regulated environments, CQC inspections, sleeping-risk fire-alarm grading, three-hour emergency lighting, monthly test logs, life-safety equipment that has to keep working through a power cut. We hold the credentials care home managers ask for: NAPIT 66245, City & Guilds 2391 inspection & testing, Enhanced DBS clearance, and full £2M public liability cover. Real reference job: see our EICR care home portfolio case study.
Zoned by communal areas, residents' rooms, kitchens, laundry, plant rooms. Report & remedials within 5 working days.
EICR detail →Cat L1 addressable panels (Advanced / C-Tec / Kentec). Zoned by residents' rooms, kitchens, day rooms, corridors, staircases.
Fire alarm →Every escape route, 3-hour duration. Monthly flick-test logbook, annual full discharge. We add the home to our service rota.
Emergency lighting →Dedicated rated supply with backup alert so out-of-hours fridge-fail is flagged before stock loss. Type A RCBO.
Care home parent →Wiring & integration alongside the call-system supplier, typically Aid Call, Static Systems or Courtney Thorne.
Care home parent →Ceiling-track hoists, bath chairs, profiling beds. Rated circuits, Type A RCBO every drop, BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 certified.
Care home parent →Door-entry & corridor coverage per CQC standards. ColorVu / AcuSense, 4 / 8 / 16-channel NVR. Hikvision authorised installers.
CCTV detail →Out-of-hours line for service-plan clients. 60-minute target on life-safety circuits, fire alarm, emergency lighting, nurse-call, fridge, hoist.
Callouts →All portable care equipment, hoists, profiling beds, mobility, kitchen appliances. Pass/fail labels; asset register optional at extra cost. Combine with annual EICR.
PAT detail →Day-rooms, lounges, dining. Warm-white LED with dimming, calm-down evening scenes, wayfinding lighting on stair cores.
Lighting →Switch and socket heights to BS 8300, accessible isolation, large rocker switches, contrasting plate finishes (Click Scolmore Deco).
Care home parent →EICR, fire alarm, emergency lighting and PAT certs filed together for the CQC pack. Service rota so renewals don't get missed.
Compliance →Care home managers won't put just any electrician on site. CQC inspections look at contractor due diligence, and safeguarding policy requires Enhanced DBS clearance for anyone working unsupervised around vulnerable adults. We hold both.
Enhanced DBS, every engineer on site cleared. NAPIT 66245, BS 7671 self-certification. City & Guilds 2391, inspection & testing competence. Plus full £2M public liability, £10m employers' liability, 12-month workmanship guarantee on every install backed by the TrustMark Government Endorsed scheme.
Real reference job: EICR care home portfolio case study, multi-site annual EICR programme delivered without disrupting residents.
We don't list-price care home work because no two homes are the same: building age, resident count, fire-alarm grade, scheduling around residents, existing wiring, materials and certification scope all change the price. Site survey is free; written quote is fixed, with VAT on a separate line.
5-minute drive radius from each city centre. Same scope, same accreditations, local-knowledge specifics on each page.
BA1, BA2, Bathwick, Combe Down, Weston, Larkhall care homes.
Bath →BA5, Cathedral Green, Tor Hill, Wookey Hole road care homes.
Wells →BA11, Catherine Hill, Vallis Road, Berkley Down care homes.
Frome →BA6, Tor area, Wells Road, Northover residential care.
Glastonbury →BA4, High Street, Townsend, Cannards Grave care homes.
Shepton Mallet →BA10, High Street, Frome Road, Hauser & Wirth area.
Bruton →Care homes are public-occupancy regulated environments; many choose an annual EICR rather than the typical 5-year commercial cycle, so check your insurance policy and your fire risk assessment for the interval they set. We zone the report by communal areas, residents' rooms, kitchens, laundry, plant rooms and treatment areas so remedials can be planned without disrupting residents.
Yes, full BS 5839-1 commercial design, install and commissioning. Care homes are usually Cat L1 (full coverage) due to sleeping-risk occupancy. Addressable panels (Advanced, C-Tec, Kentec) so each device is identified by zone, residents' rooms, kitchens, day rooms, corridors, staircases, speeding up evacuation decisions.
Yes. Nurse-call wiring (we work with the call-system supplier on integration, typically Aid Call, Static Systems or Courtney Thorne); ceiling-track hoist supplies and bath-chair power on rated circuits with Type A RCBO; medication-fridge dedicated circuits with backup alert so fridge-fail is flagged out-of-hours. All certified BS 7671:2018+A4:2026.
Yes, care homes can't tolerate prolonged power outage. We hold an out-of-hours line for existing care home clients on a service plan; first-response within target 60 minutes for life-safety circuits (fire alarm, emergency lighting, nurse-call, medication fridge, hoist) for homes within our Somerset and Bath service area.
Yes. Enhanced DBS clearance is mandatory for our care home and school work. We pair it with full £2M public liability and £10m employers' liability cover, RAMS supplied on request, and safeguarding-aware site behaviour.
Site survey, written fixed-price quote within 5 working days, full BS 7671 certification, Enhanced DBS-cleared.
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