Sector · Care homes
Sprinkler servicing for Manchester care homes.
New care homes now need sprinklers built in. Existing homes still need an annual service to stay compliant. We do that properly, across Greater Manchester, and we do it around your residents.
The short version
Where you stand.
New care homes now have to be built with sprinklers. That change is about new buildings, but it does not let existing homes off the hook.
If your home already has a sprinkler system, it needs servicing at least once a year, and the duty to keep it working sits with the registered provider or whoever manages the building.
A clear, current service certificate is one of the simplest things to have ready when an inspector asks, and one of the most awkward to be missing. We make sure you always have one.
On the ground
What is different about servicing a care home.
A care home is not an empty plant room. The work is the same standard, the way we work is not.
Around vulnerable residents
We plan the visit to keep noise, disruption and movement to a minimum, and we are used to working in occupied homes.
With managers and clinical leads
We coordinate with the people running the home so the service fits around care, not the other way round.
Access around shifts
Resident rooms and communal areas are reached on a schedule that works with handovers, meals and routines.
The alarm interface
Where the sprinkler system links to the fire alarm and the care management system, we test it without setting the home on edge.
Reporting that stands up
The certificate and report are written so they drop straight into your fire safety file and stand up at inspection.
Out of hours where needed
Some homes are calmer to work in early or late. Where that suits residents, we will work to it.
How we do it
The service, framed for a care home.
The full eight-step process is the same one we run everywhere. Here is how the start of it looks in a home.
Plan with the home
We agree timing, access and which areas need notice, before anyone arrives on site.
Service and test
Heads, pipework, valves, supply and the alarm interface, all checked and tested thoroughly.
Report and certify
You get the certificate and a report written for your fire file, on the day.
Recent work
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Sample, to show the shape: a short story of one care home job. The home, what you needed, how the visit was worked around residents, and what the manager was left with. Two or three plain sentences.
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In their words
What care managers tell us.
“Insert a genuine review from a care home manager here, in their own words: what it was like to work with you, and the difference it made.”
“Insert another short care home review here. One specific thing you did well, in their own voice.”
Common questions
What care home managers ask us.
Do I need sprinkler servicing if my home was built before March 2025?
Yes. The recent change is about what new homes must be built with. If your existing home has a sprinkler system, it still needs servicing, normally once a year, to stay compliant and to satisfy your insurer.
Can you work without disrupting residents?
That is the point of how we plan it. We agree timing and access with the home, work wing by wing where that helps, and test the noisy parts during quiet windows. We are used to occupied homes and we keep movement to a minimum.
What documentation do you provide?
A service certificate and a written report of what we tested and found, issued on the day. It drops straight into your fire safety file, so it is ready when an inspector asks rather than something you have to chase.
What if the system needs repair?
We tell you plainly what is wrong and what it needs. Small repairs we often handle on the visit. Anything larger gets a clear quote, with the urgency set by what the building actually needs, not by what we would like to sell.
Get in touch
Get a quote for your care home.
Tell us about the home and the system. We come back within 24 hours with a quote and the first available date, planned around your residents.