New · Texecom Guardian — request a local security guard visit on demand from just £9.50/month (fair usage add-on for SmartCom App customers) — security guard visits from £9.50/moBS 5839-compliant fire detection systems designed, installed and maintained for homes, HMOs, offices, retail and industrial sites across the North West — with the paperwork your insurer, landlord and fire officer actually want to see.
Overview
Honest, plain-English explanation no jargon, no hard sell. We want you to understand exactly what we're recommending and why.
A fire alarm system is a network of smoke, heat and multi-sensor detectors, manual call points, sounders and a control panel that detects the earliest signs of a fire and warns everyone in the building. We design, install and service systems certified to BS 5839-1 (commercial) and BS 5839-6 (domestic and HMO), from single-panel dwelling systems through to fully addressable, zoned commercial installations.
Homeowners upgrading beyond battery-only smokes, landlords meeting HMO and rental licensing rules, letting agents managing multi-property portfolios, and commercial premises — offices, retail, care, hospitality, warehousing — needing a certified system for insurance, licensing or Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 compliance.
Before a HMO licence renewal, after a change-of-use, when opening or refitting a commercial premises, when insurers request a certified system, or when an existing system has reached end-of-life. Also after any fire-officer visit that flagged non-compliance — we can retrofit to bring the property up to standard quickly.
Non-compliant or DIY fire detection routinely voids insurance, invalidates HMO licences, and — most importantly — fails when it matters. A professionally designed and installed system delivers the right detector in the right place, wired or wireless to spec, with a documented handover certificate the fire officer, insurer and landlord all recognise.
What's at stake
Councils across Greater Manchester routinely refuse or revoke HMO licences where the fire detection isn't certified to BS 5839-6 Grade A or D.
Commercial policies almost always require a maintained, certified fire alarm — no service records, no payout.
Battery-only smokes miss the slow-smouldering fires that cause most fatalities. Interlinked mains-wired detection changes the outcome.
Panels older than 10–15 years frequently fail their annual test. We plan and stage replacements before that happens.
Our Process
Four decades of installs has taught us exactly what works. Every customer follows the same well-tested path from first call to long-term aftercare.
We survey every floor, identify the grade required (BS 5839-6 for domestic/HMO or BS 5839-1 L1–L5 for commercial), and confirm the right detector types per room.
Written, itemised quote within 24 hours — device count, cabling plan, panel spec and certification cost all shown up front.
Wired or wireless installation to the relevant BS 5839 clause, with cabling in fire-rated grade where required and detectors sited to code.
Full system commissioning, walk-test, user handover and BS 5839 installation & commissioning certificate issued on the day.
6-monthly or annual service visits (as your grade requires) with signed service certificates for your insurer, licensing team and log book.
Benefits
Every install meets the correct clause of BS 5839-1 or BS 5839-6 for your building type and use.
Grade A/D domestic HMO systems designed to pass Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Tameside licensing inspections first time.
Radio-linked options for occupied properties and listed buildings; fully wired for new-builds and refurbs.
Installation certificate, commissioning certificate, zone plan and log book — the paperwork insurers and fire officers ask for.
Same engineer, same records, same day-of-year visit — no chasing service certificates when your renewal is due.
Fire signals can escalate through the same ARC as your intruder alarm — one point of contact, one monitored account.
In Depth
Plain-English deep dive into the equipment, methods and decisions that go into a properly engineered install.
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For single dwellings we typically install Grade D2 or D1 interlinked mains-wired detectors with 10-year sealed battery backup, sited per LD2 or LD3 coverage. For HMOs and shared houses we step up to Grade A or Grade D depending on room count and layout — with heat detectors in kitchens, optical smokes on escape routes and dedicated sounders to reach every letting room at 75 dB(A) at the bed head.
We design and install conventional and fully addressable systems from major UK manufacturers, sized to your L-category (L1 whole-building life safety through to L5 bespoke). Zoned panels, addressable loops, manual call points, sounder-beacons for hearing-impaired occupants, and interfaces to door retainers, AOV vents, lifts and BMS as required.
Radio-linked BS 5839 systems (EN 54-25 compliant) are ideal for occupied premises, listed buildings, older HMOs and any property where cable containment would be disruptive or destructive. Battery lives of 5–10 years with supervised low-battery reporting straight to the panel.
BS 5839-1 requires 6-monthly servicing for commercial fire alarms; BS 5839-6 recommends annual servicing for domestic and HMO systems. Every service visit produces a dated, signed certificate and updates the on-site log book — the two things fire officers ask for first.
Fire signals from Texecom-panelled systems can share ARC signalling with intruder activations, meaning one monitored account, one keyholder list and one point of contact. CCTV verification of a fire zone helps distinguish genuine incidents from false activations before the fire service is mobilised.
Yes. Every licensable HMO across Greater Manchester requires a certified BS 5839-6 system — typically Grade A or D depending on size. We design, install and certify to whichever grade your council specifies.
Domestic interlinked systems start from around £450 fully fitted. HMO Grade D systems typically run £700–£1,800 depending on room count. Commercial addressable systems are quoted per project after a free site survey.
Commercial BS 5839-1 systems: 6-monthly. Domestic and HMO BS 5839-6 systems: annually. We manage the schedule, book you in and issue signed certificates each visit.
Yes — as long as the panel is a mainstream UK make (Advanced, Kentec, C-TEC, Apollo, Hochiki, Texecom, Aico, Ei) we can inherit and service the system.
Yes. Installation, commissioning and annual service certificates are all provided as signed PDFs and hard-copy for the log book.
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