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Commercial Electricianin Worcester
Shops, offices, units and workshops. The difference from domestic work is rarely the wiring: it is the duty you are under as an occupier, the three-phase supply, and the fact that the work usually has to happen when you are shut.
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Commercial electrician
Work that fitsaround the business
On a commercial site the electrical work is rarely the hard part. Doing it without closing the place is.
- Out of hours or early starts so the doors open on time
- Isolation planned circuit by circuit, not floor by floor
- Tills, fridges and servers identified before anything goes off
- RAMS and site inductions handled before the day
- Distribution boards labelled so your staff can reset a breaker
- Work staged so a fit-out does not stop trading
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Our process
How commercial work runs
Planned around your opening hours, priced in writing.
- 1Site visitWe walk it with you and find what cannot go off.
- 2A written scopeWhat is being done, when, and what stays live.
- 3Out of hours where neededEarly, late or weekend so you keep trading.
- 4Tested and handed overTested, certificated and the boards labelled.
Why it is worth doing
The work donewithout closing
What working around a business actually involves.
- Out of hoursEarly starts, evenings and weekends.
- Staged isolationPlanned circuit by circuit, agreed first.
- Priced in writingScope and price agreed before we start.
- CertificatedTested, recorded and the boards labelled.
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Everything to know about commercial electrical in Worcester
What changes when the building is a business
The legal position changes first. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 put a duty on whoever controls the installation to maintain it so far as is reasonably practicable to prevent danger. That duty is continuous, it sits with you rather than with your electrician, and it is discharged by inspecting on a sensible interval and acting on what the inspection finds. Insurers and landlords ask for the evidence; the regulation asks for the maintenance. Doing the first without the second satisfies nobody who matters.
The supply usually changes too. Most commercial units here are three-phase, which is four hundred volts between phases rather than the two hundred and thirty you have at home. That brings distribution boards, sub-mains and balancing: loads spread across the three phases so one is not running hot while another idles. It also means an existing board with two spare ways is not necessarily two spare ways on the phase you need. Anyone quoting a machine connection without having looked at the existing load is guessing.
Emergency lighting is the duty people forget. Under BS 5266 the fittings need a short function test monthly and a full duration test annually, and the results go in a log book that somebody will one day ask to see. The annual test runs the batteries flat on purpose, which is why it happens when the building is empty and why it is the test that finds the fittings which have quietly stopped holding charge.
And the timing. Most of this work is done out of hours because an isolated distribution board means a shut shop. We would rather come in at six on a Sunday morning and have you trading on Monday than save ourselves the early start and cost you a day's takings. Tell us your quiet window when you ask for the price, because it belongs in the price rather than being negotiated afterwards.
What commercial work covers
Priced in writing, scheduled around your trading hours.
- Three-phase distribution, sub-mains and board work
- Machine and equipment connections, with the existing load checked first
- Shop, office and workshop lighting, including LED replacement
- Emergency lighting installation, testing and log book
- Small power, data containment and socket circuits for fit-outs
- Fault finding on production and refrigeration circuits
- Out-of-hours and weekend working as standard, not as an extra
- Certification for every alteration, kept on file for your records
How commercial jobs run
Survey
The existing boards, the spare ways, the phase balance and where the work has to tie in.
Written price
Scope, the hours it will be done in, and what is excluded, so the invoice matches the quote.
Out of hours
Done in your quiet window. Isolation planned so the rest of the building keeps trading.
Test and certify
Tested, the certificate issued and the paperwork sent, because yours is the file that gets audited.
Commercial work across Worcester and Worcestershire
The city centre and the trading estates around Worcester, plus Droitwich Spa, Malvern, Pershore, the agricultural and horticultural units around Evesham, and Stratford-upon-Avon. Periodic inspection is a commercial EICR; lighting schemes and LED replacement are commercial lighting; and a customer car park or a fleet is commercial EV charging, which is a supply capacity question before it is a charger question.
Who is responsible for the electrics in a leased unit
In most commercial leases the landlord keeps the structure and the incoming supply, and the tenant keeps everything from the distribution board forward. That is the usual split, but leases vary and the wording matters more than the convention: a full repairing and insuring lease can put the whole installation on the tenant, including a board that was already twenty years old on the day they moved in. Before a fit-out it is worth reading the schedule of condition, because the state the installation was handed over in is the state it has to go back in. Where we are asked to quote for a tenant we say plainly which parts of the work look like landlord items, so the question gets asked before the money is spent rather than at the end of the term when there is a dilapidations schedule on the table.
Our reviews
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“Quick service. Friendly and efficient. Highly recommended”
John Wright
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“I’ve worked with SEE Electrical across multiple retail and commercial projects, and the quality of their work and attention to detail have consistently been excellent. The team is professional, reliable and clearly takes pride in what they deliver. I look forward to working with them again on future projects.”
Callum Smith
5/5
“I’ve been using SEE to look after my properties and can’t speak highly enough about them. Clean, tidy, reliable and they always go that extra mile.”
Adam Price
5/5
“Great electrician — replaced my electric hub quickly and for a reasonable price. Work was clean, fast, and professional. Definitely recommend.”
Dee Ba
5/5
“Absolutely brilliant service from start to finish. He came out on a Sunday to fit a new socket for me, was extremely professional, friendly and did an amazing job. The work was completed to a really high standard and everything was left neat and tidy. Really appreciate him giving up his Sunday to get the job done. I’ll definitely be using him again in the future and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a reliable electrician. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”
Tom Godber
5/5
“Great job and price to fit an EV charger and PIR Highly recommend them. Thanks to Laurence for carrying out the work. Great job”
Philip Sanders
5/5
“Friendly reliable service”
Chris Dixon
5/5
“New immersion timer sorted and fitted after I had difficulties finding an electrician to diagnose the problem. Great job done.”
Martin Dufty
5/5
“Amazing service very prompt and professional no job too small highly recommend”
Tracey Nash
Frequently asked questions
Commercial Electrical: Your Questions
Can you work outside our trading hours?
That is how most of it is done. Evenings, nights, Sundays and bank holidays. The hours are written into the quote rather than added afterwards, so the price you accept is the price you are invoiced.
How often does a commercial installation need inspecting?
Five years is the usual interval for most commercial premises, and the report itself names the next date based on what it found. Some environments are shorter: anything wet, dusty, hot or heavily used tends to be three, and a landlord's lease or an insurer may specify its own. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require maintenance rather than a fixed interval, so the interval follows the risk.
What does three-phase actually mean for my job?
Four hundred volts between phases instead of two hundred and thirty, and three separate supplies coming in that need loading evenly. It matters because a board with spare ways may not have them on the phase your new machine needs, and because a badly balanced board runs one phase hot. It is checked before anything is quoted.
How often does emergency lighting have to be tested?
A short function test monthly and a full duration test annually under BS 5266, with the results recorded in a log book. The annual test deliberately flattens the batteries, which is the test that finds fittings that have quietly stopped holding charge, so it is done when the building is empty.
Do you do small jobs or only full installations?
Both. A single socket in a stockroom is as welcome as a fit-out, and small jobs are how most commercial customers start. It is quoted the same way: a written price first.
Can you work with our landlord or managing agent?
Yes, and it saves everybody time if we do. Give us the contact and we will send the quote and the certification to both of you, which matters when the lease puts the duty on one party and the bill on the other.
