What we do and who it is for
Electrical compliance, inspection, remedial and installation services for pubs, bars, restaurants, cafés and licensed venues from fixed, upfront prices. Based in Maidstone, we cover ME14, Bearsted, Penenden Heath, Tovil, Barming and Loose. All work comes with written scopes, fixed pricing, certification on completion and a guarantee of compliant, tested installations and clear electrical records.
Typical jobs
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What it costs
We provide fixed written prices before any work starts so you can plan disruption, records and budget with confidence. Below are typical job prices and what’s included.
| Job | Price | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| Fault finding (standard) | £80/hr | Labour for diagnosis and repair work |
| Emergency attendance | £120/hr (first hour minimum) | Priority emergency labour |
| Labour (daily rate) | £600/day | Full-day onsite labour |
| Commercial EICR | £30–£50 per circuit | Inspection, testing and certification per circuit |
| PAT testing | From £1.50 per item (min. £80 visit) | Portable appliance testing per item; minimum charge per visit |
| EV chargepoint (fitted) | From £1,000 | Supply and installation (grant impacts may apply) |
Not included: making good, asbestos removal, DNO upgrades, scaffolding and access equipment.
How the work is planned
Plan the work around your trading hours, kitchen service and customer areas, starting with a site survey to identify circuits, access requirements and any immediate safety issues. We’ll agree priorities with you, including kitchen equipment, bar supplies, emergency lighting and customer-facing spaces, so critical services remain available where possible.
We use shift scheduling to sequence isolations, testing and installation work outside peak periods, with phased work where a full shutdown isn’t practical. Stakeholder briefings help managers, kitchen teams, landlords and site contacts understand what’s happening, when areas are unavailable and who controls access.
Before attending, we’ll confirm the scope, planned dates, working hours, isolation points and any requirements for temporary power or protected routes. Our team keeps work areas orderly, separates tools from customer spaces and coordinates handovers with your responsible person.
Compliance and documentation
For pubs and restaurants in Maidstone, we document electrical safety work clearly so you can evidence that your systems are being maintained to manage electrical risk; this supports compliance with the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, which require employers and dutyholders to ensure systems are maintained so as to prevent danger, rather than imposing specific inspection intervals. We provide the relevant EICR where one is carried out, installation certificates and remedial-work records, with observations, limitations and recommended actions recorded plainly.
There is no statutory fixed interval for commercial EICRs; guidance such as the IET’s GN3 suggests typical inspection frequencies (for example, five years for offices, three years for some industrial premises and more frequent checks in higher‑risk environments), but these are recommendations rather than legal requirements—your insurer, landlord or licensing body may require a current report.
Sound record‑keeping helps demonstrate ongoing control of electrical risk. We support certificate retention, asset records and clear remedial histories for compliance audits, and can identify where staff training should cover visual checks, fault reporting and safe use of portable equipment.
Minimal disruption and out-of-hours working
We can schedule electrical inspection, remedial work and planned upgrades around quieter trading periods to minimise disruption to your Maidstone pub or restaurant. Before attendance, we’ll agree access arrangements, isolate only the necessary circuits and identify work that can be completed without affecting kitchens, bars, tills or customer areas.
Our after hours coordination includes a written scope, timing plan and clear responsibility for keys, alarms and reopening checks. We’ll use practical noise mitigation measures where possible, such as sequencing drilling, containing dust and scheduling louder tasks outside service. Any alterations, test results and observations are recorded promptly, with certificates and supporting documentation issued for your compliance records. If an issue requires immediate attention, we’ll explain the risk, available options and expected downtime before proceeding. This helps you maintain safer operations while keeping disruption controlled and auditable.
Premises and sites around Maidstone
Across Maidstone we work in the town centre around Week Street and Gabriel’s Hill supporting pubs and restaurants in Victorian and late‑Victorian town‑centre buildings, and we carry out work in the terraces and converted mills around Tovil dating from the mid‑19th century. In Grove Green and Vinters Park we attend more modern estate properties built in the 1960s–1980s, and we also visit post‑war local authority and private estate housing in areas such as Heath and the wider estate pockets off Boxley Road and Tonbridge Road. We schedule inspections, remedial work and upgrades to fit service hours at each Maidstone site, and record findings clearly for your compliance file held against the specific Maidstone address.
In older Maidstone properties — for example Victorian terraces in Week Street, Staplehurst Road and parts of Fant — we commonly encounter ageing V.I.R. (vulcanised Indian rubber) and other obsolete rubber‑insulated cabling that will need targeted replacement. In post‑war premises around Grove Green, parts of Penenden Heath and the 1950s–1970s estates off Loose Road we may need to investigate historic aluminium wiring and make specific recommendations for those properties. When working on listed pubs such as those on the riverside in East Farleigh or older coaching houses in Bearsted village, we identify sympathetic cable routes and agree practical conservation‑minded options with the premises’ owners and conservation officers before work begins. Riverside venues along the Medway in areas including the riverbank pubs near Allington and around the Lockmeadow/Malling Road corridor may need particular attention after water ingress or local flood events; our testing in Maidstone focuses on affected circuits and equipment in those low‑lying properties.
Whether you operate a licensed premises in Bearsted village, a community venue on Penenden Heath, a converted barn or cottage in Barming dating from the 18th–19th centuries, or a social club in Loose, we provide a written scope tied to the Maidstone address, certification where applicable for that specific site, and site records that help you demonstrate responsible electrical management in Maidstone without unnecessary interruption to your trading.