Plant Room Maintenance & Repairs

Prevent serious heating and electrical breakdowns and keep your business running smoothly with our plant room maintenance & repairs services across London, Surrey and Sussex.

"James and his team have been looking after our plumbing and heating for over five years now. Always prompt, thorough, clean, polite service with aftercare to be proud of. I have and will continue to recommend Akehurst with confidence."

Jason Pollard

Planned Maintenance & Emergency Repairs for Commercial Plant Rooms

At Akehurst we offer planned maintenance and emergency repairs for commercial plant rooms. Our Gas Safe registered engineers and NICEIC commercial electricians can service all the equipment inside your plant room.

With over 10 years of experience offering planned maintenance for commercial plant rooms, we can identify potential issues before they escalate into major problems, and offer a customised maintenance plan that will leave your plant room running efficiently and safely.

We also provide emergency repair services in commercial plant rooms where problems are already symptomatic and disruptive to your business’s operations.

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Experienced Professionals

Our team brings extensive experience and expertise to every project.

Transparent Pricing on all Quotes

Clear, upfront pricing with no hidden costs.

Quality Products Designed to Last

We use only the best, most reliable heating, cooling and ventilation systems.

Customer-Centric Approach

We prioritise your comfort and satisfaction at every step.

Why Choose Akehurst for Your Plant Room Maintenance & Repairs?

  • Fully Qualified Team: Our Gas Safe registered heating engineers and NICEIC commercial electricians work together to service all your plant room systems. This means you have one trusted partner for heating, plumbing, and electrical maintenance within your plant room, rather than trying to coordinate multiple contractors.

  • Full Documentation & Compliance: We provide complete documentation for any maintenance or repairs projects to ensure that your commercial plant room complies with: Gas Safety Regulations 1998, NOx emission limits, and Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. This gives you peace of mind during inspections and audits. 
  • Listed and Historic Buildings: Our expertise in plant room maintenance allows us to work on plant rooms in listed and historic buildings. We can navigate the strict conservation regulations while meeting modern safety and efficiency standards.
  • Flexible Scheduling: We can work flexibly around your working hours to ensure maintenance isn’t disruptive, and to keep your business operations running smoothly.
  • 24/7 Support: When plant room failures occur outside business hours, we’re available 24/7 to respond to emergencies and get your systems back online quickly. 
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Our Commercial Plant Room Maintenance & Repairs Processes

Plant Room Planned Maintenance

  • Initial Assessment: When creating a maintenance plan, we assess the systems and equipment in your plant room against the manufacturer’s guidelines. We conduct a system load review to see if any changes to your building layout have placed additional strain on your systems, allowing us to identify any vulnerable equipment.
  • Maintenance Plan Consultation: We then draw up a suitable maintenance plan for all of the equipment and systems in your commercial plant room, to ensure that they remain compliant with UK, and local regulations. This includes an emergency shutdown procedure and staff training.
  • Preparing for Maintenance: We communicate with you well in advance to remind you about planned maintenance, and any systems that may be temporarily disrupted.
    Plant Room Maintenance: As part of our thorough checks, we use thermal imaging to detect any small heating, plumbing or electrical issues, vibration monitoring and oil and fluid analysis to check potential issues with rotary equipment and machinery, and building management systems checks to ensure that all your systems are running safely and efficiently.
  • Fixing Small Issues: Where small issues are detected, minor repairs are carried out. If there are major problems, we use a lockout device to shut off and isolate faulty equipment, notify the facility management team, and prepare to carry out repairs. We are always prepared for larger problems even when conducting routine maintenance.
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Plant Room Emergency Repairs

  • Callout: We offer 24/7 support for commercial plant rooms if you are experiencing a serious problem. When we arrive, we use a lockout device to shut off and isolate faulty equipment to ensure the safety of staff and customers inside the building.
  • Repair: Depending on the equipment, our expert team of Gas Safe engineers or NICEIC commercial electricians get to work to make sure that your plant room is safely up and running as soon as possible.

Every Service Includes

  • Documentation: Full documentation of all maintenance and repairs is provided. For emergency repairs, we keep a copy to cross check with your maintenance plan to see if any adjustments are needed.
  • Cleaning & Safety: After the equipment is checked and issues are resolved, we ensure that the plant room is secure, clean and dust-free to prevent equipment from overheating and to mitigate fire risks.
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Why Does Commercial Plant Room Maintenance Matter?

Regular commercial plant room maintenance is important to ensure that your building systems are running efficiently and safely. Commercial plant rooms also face strict regulations that must be followed. At Akehurst, we make sure that your building’s heating, plumbing, and electrical systems are fully compliant with local and UK regulations:

  • Gas Safety Regulations 1998: Requires any commercial property that uses gas to maintain its systems safely and mandates an inspection every year of all gas appliances, pipework, and flues. Our Gas Safe registered engineers carry out comprehensive annual inspections and maintenance to ensure your gas systems remain compliant and safe.
  • NOx Emissions Limits: Nitrogen oxides (nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide gas) are toxic and can have harmful effects on the respiratory system. Commercial boilers produce nitrogen oxides as a by-product of combustion, and there are limits to the emissions of nitrogen oxides from commercial boilers. London can set its own NOx emission limits, so businesses in the capital face even stricter regulations. Our maintenance services ensure your boilers operate efficiently and stay within legal emission limits.
  • Electricity at Work Regulations 1989: Commercial plant rooms often contain extensive electrical systems such as control panels, generators, motors, and switchgears. These must be maintained and tested regularly to prevent electrical hazards like shocks, burns, and fires. We offer EICR inspections as part of our commercial plant room maintenance services.
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Recent Projects

Full mechanical and electrical refurbishment across five floors of The Hero of Maida in London. Akehurst delivered electrical, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning installations for this Maida Vale gastro pub.
The Akehurst Group took on a groundbreaking electrical renovation for Propain Bikes’ flagship showroom, located at the heart of the UK headquarters.

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Located in the South-East, our large team have decades of experience providing excellent customer service nationwide. Get in touch with one of our team today for a free no obligation quote.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Check out some of our most common questions for plant room maintenance & repairs.

Most systems should be checked annually as a minimum. Depending on the size of your building and the complexity of your plant room, this may need to be more frequent. Commercial plant rooms that serve buildings where problems with heating, plumbing, and electrical systems can be extremely dangerous, such as industrial buildings or hospitals, should have more frequent maintenance.

Our commercial plant room maintenance services cover a range of systems and equipment:

  • Plumbing systems: Pumps, valves, pipework, water filtration, and chemical dosing equipment
  • Heating systems: Boilers and heat exchangers
  • Electrical systems: Control panels, switchgear, backup generators, and distribution equipment
  • Renewable energy systems: Solar thermal and PV systems, and battery storage
  • Combined Heat and Power systems (CHP): Gas-powered CHP units

Common warning signs that your plant room needs a service:

  • Strange noises or vibrations from pumps, motors, or boilers
  • Operational and performance changes such as inconsistent temperatures, reduced water pressure, or systems taking longer to respond
  • Visible signs such as leaks, corrosion, rusting, or pools of water forming around equipment
  • Rising energy bills without explanation

 

When these issues are detected early and repaired quickly, it prevents costly breakdowns and extends equipment lifespan.

Not all problems show visible warning signs, which is why regular maintenance is essential to detect hidden issues before they escalate.