Our M&E Services

Wright Maintenance provides regular servicing and maintenance support to Landlords, Managing Agents, Housing Associations and Care Providers for all their mechanical assets and systems.

Fire alarm systems

Installed in industrial, commercial & residential buildings, these systems provide warning of potential or actual fires

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for structural or occupancy changes that can affect the compliance of the system
  • Checking for any records of false alarms, alarm and interface functionality
  • Checking switch functionality of call points, operation of detectors, sounders and beacons
  • Checking cables and fixings are secure and undamaged, cause and effect functionality and standby power supply integrity

Car Park Ventilation

Helps in fire fighting by moving smoke and preventing the build-up of carbon monoxide and other gases released

Our Service Includes
  • Checking fan airwaves, cooling fins, isolators and bearing terminal connections for M&E integrity
  • Cleaning filters
  • Checking operation of extraction and induction fans in emergency mode

Wet Risers

Vertical pipes found in buildings over 50 metres tall that receive water from a built-in tank and heavy-duty pumps

Our Service Includes
  • Checking functioning of inlets and outlets
  • Checking for any leaks in pipework, tanks and pumps
  • Checking for mechanical integrity and functionality
  • Checking flow rate and alarm interfaces

Fire Alarm Testing

Regular testing and maintenance ensures that fire alarm systems will operate in an emergency 

Our Service Includes
  • Regular testing and maintenance ensures that fire alarm systems will operate in an emergency

Smoke Ventilation/Extract systems

Installed in industrial, commercial and residential buildings, these remove smoke from specific areas to aid in fire fighting

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for mechanical integrity of actuators, ventilator fixings and bearings
  • Checking operation of each control panel and override function, electrical integrity and operation

Sprinkler systems

Installed in industrial, commercial and residential buildings, sprinklers spray water into areas where there are fires

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for signs of leakage or corrosion
  • Checking the sprinkler heads cover the protected area
  •  Checking fire alarm activation and interface

Dry Risers

Vertical pipes found in buildings between 18 and 50 metres tall that are charged with water by fire fighters from their appliances

Our Service Includes
  • Checking functioning of inlets and outlets
  • Checking for leakages in pipework

Air Handling Units (AHUs)

These circulate air around your building as part of a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for mechanical and electrical integrity
  • Checking air flow, filter cleanliness, coil effectiveness and cleanliness
  • Checking for corrosion on pipe work and condense tray
  • Checking for presence of water and condensation
  • Checking effectiveness of actuators and dampers

Building Management System (BMS)

This computerised system controls and monitors your heating, ventilation, pumps, water flow, fire systems and more

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for status of all input values
  • Checking for correct responses in output to changes in set points
  • Checking terminal unit outstation integrity, control strategy integrity and digital outputs
  • Checking any specific manufacturer instructions

Chillers

These supply chilled water to a cooling system within a building

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for mechanical and electrical integrity
  • Checking air flow, filter cleanliness, coil effectiveness and cleanliness
  • Checking for corrosion on pipe work and condense tray
  • Checking for presence of water and condensation
  • Checking effectiveness of actuators and dampers

Heat Exchangers

Transfer heat from one source to another and dissipate heat from closed water circuits

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for leaks, corrosion and cleanliness.

Pumping Stations

Usually found below ground level in unseen pits, these pump away excess flood water from areas that are below normal drainage level

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for signs of leakage and impeller wear
  • Checking for unusual sounds when running, noise and vibration
  • Checking pressures
  • Checking for strainer blockages and seal integrity
  • Checking to any specific manufacturer’s instructions

Pressurisation Units

These are used to ensure that primary water systems remain pressurised

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for integrity of mechanical and electrical components
  • Checking pressure vessel charge, controller settings and operating parameters to ensure peak performance and efficiency

Cavity Drainage Pump

Usually found below ground level in perimeter trenches surrounding a car park below ground level and pumps away excess rain water

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for signs of leakage and impeller wear
  • Checking for unusual sounds when running, noise and vibration
  • Checking pressures
  • Checking for strainer blockages and seal integrity
  • Carrying out any specific manufacturer instructions

Combined Heat and Power Unit (CHP)

Usually installed in a building’s central plant room, this unit not only supplies hot water to heating and ventilation systems but also generates power for use within the building

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for acoustic integrity and making oil sample analysis
  • Checking engine for mechanical and electrical performance
  • Checking spark plug effectiveness, valve settings and measurements

Commercial Gas Safety Record

Carried out by qualified gas engineers, it is the responsibility of the building owner or Landlord to ensure that the commercial gas equipment is safe to use.

Our Service Includes
  • Carrying out a gas tightness test of the pipework and meter installation
  • Carrying out a tightness test of the commercial gas equipment
  • Issuing a Gas Safety Certificate (and prohibition notice if required)

Cat 5 Boosters

 These are usually installed on water systems where a backflow that could cause harm to people by carrying toxic contaminants or pathogenic organisms is separated from the public mains through the use of a break tank

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for signs of leakage
  • Checking for unusual sounds when running, noise and vibration
  • Checking pressures
  • Checking for strainers blockages and seal integrity
  • Checking to specific manufacturer’s instructions.

Plant Room Ventilation

Located within an energy centre or main heating plant room that has no means of natural fresh air ventilation. The boilers and CHPs can be interlocked with the Plant Room Ventilation meaning they will switch off automatically for safety if there is no fresh air supply.

Our Service Includes
  • Cleaning and inspecting the housing for looseness and corrosion
  • Checking condition and alignment of drive and shaft
  • Cleaning fan wheels and inspect for tightness
  • Checking tightness of bearings
  • Checking tightness of mounting bolts
  • Checking effectiveness of vibration mountings
  • Checking operation of automatic changeover

VRF and Condensers

Consisting of an outdoor condenser unit and multiple indoor units, the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air conditioning system circulates air around your building as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for mechanical and electrical integrity
  • Checking air flow, filter cleanliness, coil effectiveness and cleanliness
  • Checking for corrosion on pipe work and condenser tray, presence of water and condensation, and effectiveness of actuators and dampers.

Cold Water Boosters

Usually installed in high-rise buildings, these systems pump the water from the mains water tank up to each area of the building

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for signs of leakage
  • Checking for unusual sounds when running, noise and vibration
  • Checking pressures
  • Checking for strainer blockages and seal integrity
  • Checking to specific manufacturer’s instructions

Commercial Gas Boilers

These are usually installed in a central plant room and supply hot water through a communal pipe work system to areas of the building.

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for gas tightness, the correct fuel flow and combustion levels
  • Checking mechanical and electrical soundness
  • Checking any specific manufacturer instructions

Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring

Water quality maintenance is aligned with Building Services Research & Information Association (BSRIA) compliance and best practice

Our Service Includes
  • Taking samples of the heating and chilled water systems
  • Checking chemical dosing levels to ensure bacteria levels remain below correct parameters
  • Checking and cleaning system strainers
  • Legionella risk assessment, visual inspection of components, bacteriological and chemical condition of the systems (analysed by an accredited laboratory)
  • Dosing and tank cleaning, maintaining domestic water quality, temperature monitoring and analysing trends in temperature variations.

Pumps

Used for a variety of tasks; they pump the hot, chilled and cold water from the plant room to the rest of the site to ensure other assets work as they should.

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for signs of leakage
  • Checking for unusual sounds when running, noise and vibration
  • Checking pressures
  • Checking for strainer blockages and seal integrity and any specific manufacturer instructions

Standby Generators

These provide a back-up electrical supply that kicks in automatically within seconds of a power outage. Regular inspection of their mechanical and electrical integrity will maintain their longevity and their capacity to support your buildings

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for mechanical integrity and continuity
  • Checking for electrical resistance

Automatic Transfer Switch

Installed as part of an electrical system that has a standby generator. If there is a power failure event the generator supplies temporary power to the equipment connected to the Automatic Transfer Switch which is usually Life Safety Systems such as sprinkler systems, lifts and smoke extract systems.

Our Service Includes
  • Checking mechanical and electrical performance
  • Checking security effectiveness
  • Checking for component wear and tear

Uninterruptible Power Supply

UPS are installed to provide power to electrical equipment that needs to remain powered during a power failure event. They also maintain a power supply to electrical equipment in the time between a power failure event and the standby generator supplying the power

Our Service Includes
  • Checking indicator lamps, meters and controls
  • Checking condition and cleaning
  • Checking operation of switches and isolators
  • Checking fuses and ratings
  • Checking relays for damage and tightness
  • Checking earthing is adequate
  • Checking condition and voltages of battery charger, batteries and inverter
  • Checking output voltages and load transfer
  • Checking alarm relays
  • Checking operation of switches

Photovoltaic System (Solar Panel Systems)

Installed as an alternative energy source usually on the roofs of buildings. Photovoltaic systems convert light into energy that can be used or stored in a building.

Our Service Includes

• Testing that the system can be isolated safely
• Testing operation of the inverter
• Checking meter readings
• Inspecting cables for integrity and wear
• Inspecting panels for damage and soiling
• Testing operation of the system

Lightning Protection

This system protects the electrical supplies in your building by ensuring that any electrical charge that it receives from being struck by lightning is grounded to earth

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for mechanical integrity and continuity
  •  Checking for electrical resistance

Electrical Inspection & Testing

Regular inspection of your electrical systems enables us to maintain the longevity of your electrical circuits while giving you confidence in the ability of your electrical supplies.

Our Service Includes

Access Control

 The door control system that allows only authorised people to enter

Our Service Includes
  • Checking mechanical and electrical performance
  • Checking security effectiveness
  • Checking for component wear and tear

CCTV

This can be installed externally and internally to aid with the security of a building.

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for mechanical and electrical performance
  • Checking for security effectiveness
  • Checking for component wear and tear

Twin Plate Heat Interface Units

Often mistaken for boilers, these transfer the heat from the community heating network to home central heating systems and provide instantaneous hot water to taps.

Our Service Includes
  • Cleaning strainers
  • Recording flow and return temperatures
  • Recording energy meter from flow rates
  • Exercising all isolation points
  • Checking operation of safety valves
  • Inspecting operation of pump
  • Inspecting expansion vessel and recording pressure
  • Recording correct system pressure
  • Checking for safe electrical isolation

Underfloor Heating (UFH)

This simply warms a floor or acts as a primary heat source instead of radiators, with the hot water generated from the HIU.

Our Service Includes
  • Recording all flow rates
  • Confirming actuator zone operation
  • Confirming operation of programmers
  • Confirming operation of thermostats
  • Thermal imaging check of each zone
  • Exercising all isolation points
  • Checking for safe electrical isolation

Fan Coil Units (FCUs)

Often called air-conditioning units or cooling units, these simple devices consist of a cooling heat exchanger or ‘coil’ and fan

Our Service Includes
  • Checking for safe electrical isolation
  • Removing and cleaning filters
  • Checking coil for dust build up and cleaning
  • Checking operation of the condense line and pan
  • Checking and cleaning fan blades
  • Checking controller settings
  • Checking for excessive noise
  • Checking operation of unit when set point temperatures adjusted
  • Checking operation of unit when speed controller adjusted

Radiators

These transfer heat from the primary heat source such as the HIU and allow it to radiate around living areas

Our Service Includes
  • Cleaning filters, fan motors and blades
  • Checking the operation of the condense line and pan
  • Visually inspecting the heat exchangers
  • Checking and recording the air volumes to Part F Regulations
  • Cleaning all air inlet and outlet vents
  • Checking for safe electrical isolation

Heat Interface Unit (HIU)

Often mistaken for boilers, these transfer the heat from the community heating network to individual homes

Our Service Includes
  • Cleaning strainers
  • Recording flow and return temperatures
  • Recording energy meter from flow rates
  • Exercising all isolation points
  • Checking operation of safety valves
  • Inspecting operation of pump
  • Inspecting expansion vessel and recording pressure
  • Recording correct system pressure
  • Checking for safe electrical isolation

Gas Boilers and Appliances

All gas works are undertaken by Gas Safe registered Engineers who service all appliance safely to the manufactures guidelines.

Our Service Includes

• Servicing of all appliances to the manufacturer’s literature
• Check safe operation of all gas appliances
• Appliance gas pressure testing
• Pressure check for gas leaks
• Issue gas safety certificate
• Flue gas analysis for appliance efficiency
• Inspect carbon monoxide alarms
• Checking appliances have been correctly installed to the manufacturer’s recommendations

Hot Water Cylinders

These store water at a constant temperature and provide instantaneous hot water to taps.

Our Service Includes
  • Checking the operation of safety valves
  • Checking the operation of thermal cut outs
  • Recording hot and cold-water temperatures
  • Checking and recording back up immersion heaters
  • Inspecting and recording expansion vessels pressures
  • Checking the operation of discharge pipe work
  • Exercising all isolation points
  • Checking correct operation of thermostat and recording incoming mains pressure

Cooling Interface Units (CIUs)

These transfer the cooling from the community cooling network to home air conditioning systems.

Our Service Includes
  • Cleaning strainers
  • Recording flow and return temperatures
  • Recording energy meter from flow rates
  • Exercising all isolation points
  • Checking operation of safety valves
  • Inspecting operation of pump
  • Inspecting expansion vessel and recording pressure
  • Recording correct system pressure
  • Checking for safe electrical isolation

Mechanical Extract Ventilation (MEV)

This system extracts moisture-laden air from ‘wet’ areas such as kitchens and bathrooms.

Our Service Includes
  • Confirming all Temperature Regulating Valves (TRVs) are working,
  • Checking for any visible signs of leaks
  • Checking the radiators are hung correctly on the wall
  • Bleeding the radiators of any air
  • Confirming temperature regulation with TRV operation

Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)

Combining supply and extract air in one unit, the system extracts moisture-laden air from ‘wet’ areas such as kitchens and bathrooms and then recovers the heat from this stale air via a heat exchanger to deliver tempered air to home living areas. 

Our Service Includes
  • Cleaning filters, fan motors and blades
  • Checking the operation of the condense line and pan
  • Visually inspecting the heat exchangers
  • Checking and recording the air volumes to Part F Regulations
  • Cleaning all air inlet and outlet vents
  • Checking for safe electrical isolation

London Office, Wright Maintenance Limited, 1 Northumberland Avenue London WC2N 5BW.

Birmingham Office, Wright Maintenance Limited, The Atlas Building 16 Portland Street Aston, Birmingham B6 5RX.

       
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02039 282 800 | 0121 322 4003

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