Fire Alarm Installation Ealing

Fire alarm installers serving Ealing

Ealing's building stock tells its history. The streets off Ealing Broadway and through West Ealing are lined with large Victorian and Edwardian houses, and a great many of them were converted into flats decades ago — some well, some less so. Around the Broadway itself sits a proper commercial centre: office buildings, serviced and co-working space, and rows of flats above shops along the Uxbridge Road and Broadway frontages. Add the new residential developments that have followed the Elizabeth line, and you have a town where almost every fire alarm job is different from the last.

Ignis Secure Limited designs, installs and commissions fire alarm systems across W5 and W13 with reference to BS 5839 — part 1 for commercial buildings and communal areas, part 6 for flats, houses and HMOs. Much of our Ealing work is for landlords, freeholders and block managers who need conversions brought up to standard with the certification to prove it. Our main fire alarm installation page covers the system types in more detail.

The work we do around Ealing

Converted Victorian and Edwardian houses, where in-flat detection to the right BS 5839-6 grade sits alongside a communal system protecting the shared hallway and stairs.
Offices and serviced workspace around Ealing Broadway, including multi-tenant buildings where the system has to serve several occupiers and installation has to happen around them.
Flats above shops along the Broadway, Uxbridge Road and West Ealing's high street, where the commercial unit below and the dwellings above each need the right coverage.
New residential developments near the Elizabeth line stations, where communal systems need extending, altering or taking over as blocks are handed to managing agents.
HMOs across W13 and the Ealing borders, installed to the grade and category licence conditions call for.
Restaurants, cafés and shops around the town centre, fitted around trading hours.

Conversions and communal areas done properly

Converted buildings are where fire alarm design earns its keep. A four-storey Victorian house split into five flats is not a house any more, and it is not a purpose-built block either — the escape route is usually a single original staircase, the compartmentation varies from conversion to conversion, and the responsibilities are split between a freeholder and several leaseholders or landlords. We are comfortable in that territory: we survey the whole building, recommend a grade and category for the communal areas and the flats, and put it in writing so a block manager can act on it. Because the buildings are lived in, we install with occupiers in mind — wireless devices where chasing cables would wreck original plasterwork, work sequenced flat by flat, and communal systems kept live for as much of the job as possible. Afterwards, servicing and weekly-test support keeps the system compliant, and for clients who want one contractor we also handle door entry and access control, CCTV and the electrical and EICR work landlords need alongside.

Frequently Asked Questions

What fire alarm does a converted Victorian house in Ealing need?

It depends on the building and what your fire risk assessment says, but the framework is BS 5839-6, which sets out grades of system and categories of coverage for dwellings. A typical Ealing conversion needs detection inside each flat plus a system covering the communal escape route, at a grade appropriate to the building's age, layout and the way it was converted. We survey first, then recommend a grade and category rather than quoting a one-size-fits-all package.

Who is responsible for the fire alarm in a converted block — the landlord or the leaseholders?

In broad terms the freeholder or managing agent is responsible for the communal areas — the shared hallways, stairs and any communal system — while detection inside each flat is usually down to the flat owner or the landlord letting it. In practice the two need to work together, which is why we often deal with block managers and freeholders on the communal system and separately with individual landlords on in-flat detection. We can look at both in one survey.

Can you install a fire alarm in an occupied office building in Ealing?

Yes — most of our commercial work in Ealing happens in buildings that stay open throughout. We phase the installation floor by floor or area by area, keep escape routes protected at every stage, run noisy work out of hours where it matters, and agree the programme with building management before we start. Serviced and multi-tenant buildings are familiar territory.

Which parts of Ealing do you cover?

All of W5 and W13 — Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Ealing Common and the surrounding streets — along with neighbouring Acton, Hanwell and Perivale. We also have dedicated pages for Greenford and Southall. We are a West London firm, so surveys and call-outs are easy to arrange.

Where we work

We cover all of Ealing, W5 and W13, plus Acton, Hanwell and Perivale next door. Nearby, we also have dedicated pages for Greenford, Southall and Hounslow, and you can see everywhere we work on our areas page.

Fire Alarm Installation in Ealing