LIGHTNING PROTECTION

INSPECTION AND TESTING

PROFESSIONAL TESTING AND INSPECTION TO ENSURE SAFETY AND

COMPLIANCE

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Once a lightning protection system is installed, it must be professionally tested at least once a year to ensure it is capable of conducting a potential lightning strike to a safe earthing point. This ensures compliance with the Electricity at Work Act 1989, BS6651 and BS EN 62305.

PTSG Electrical Services Ltd. is the UK market leader and member of the Association of Technical Lightning & Access Specialists (ATLAS). Our team of expert engineers are qualified to NVQ Level 2/3 and undertake detailed testing and inspection of completed installations. This includes verifying the installation is in accordance with the correct specification and compliant with all current legislation.

OVERVIEW

With 29 UK offices, PTSG can respond to all requests, whatever the location

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OUR SERVICEEstablished in 2007, PTSG has become the UK market leader through a number of strategic acquisitions, bringing some of the most outstanding lightning protection businesses into the Group. As a result, we have a number of nationwide offices and teams with extensive industry knowledge and expertise.

Inspection and TestingSection 5 of Electricity at Work Act 1989 states that all lightning conductors and earth grounding installations should be visually inspected and tested at regularly fixed intervals, preferably not exceeding 12 months.

We recommend the interval should be slightly shorter than one year in order to vary the season in which testing takes place over time. This counters the effect of ambient temperature and other seasonal factors on readings from the installation. We record all test conditions and results, and a reminder is sent out before the next test is due.

Retrofit UpgradesPTSG Electrical Services’ engineers are highly experienced when it comes to working on older equipment or equipment installed by other suppliers.

If you would like to look at the possibility of extending the lifespan of your existing equipment, whether PTSG installed it or not, or if you are thinking about changing supplier, our engineers will improve what is already in place in a more cost-effective way.

Remedial RepairsPeriodic maintenance inspection of any type of equipment is a good idea. In the case of a lightning protection system it is absolutely essential. During our annual inspections, the mechanical condition of all conductors, bonds, joints and earth electrodes are checked and the observations noted. These periodic inspections and tests indicate what maintenance, if any, is needed. We also test and maintain ESE and systems.

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Stoke OfficeUnit 43 Parkhouse Indl Estate EastWinpenny RoadNewcastle Under LymeStaffordshireST5 7RH

Tel: +44 (0) 1782 565 797Fax: +44 (0) 1782 564 260

Manchester OfficeAlma HouseGrimshaw LaneMiddletonManchesterM24 1GQ

Tel: +44 (0) 161 655 3000Fax: +44 (0) 161 655 3001

Wishaw OfficeUnit 6C Netherdale RoadNetherton Ind. Est.WishawNorth LanarkshireML2 0ER

Tel: +44 (0) 1698 374101Fax: +44 (0) 1698 355025

Bury OfficeUnit 1 Bridge Trading EstateBolton RoadBuryBL8 2AQ

Telephone: 0800 917 3065

Chadderton OfficeUnit 6 Whitegate Business CentreJardine WayChaddertonOL9 9JT

Telephone: 0161 871 2970

Edinburgh Office78/82 Carnethie StreetRosewellMidlothianEH24 9AW

Tel: +44 (0) 1314 401 991

UK Distribution CentreUnit 4Sterling Business ParkCarr Wood RoadCastlefordWF10 4PS

Head Office11-14 Flemming CourtWhistler DriveGlasshoughtonCastlefordWF10 5HW

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Nottingham OfficeUnit 16 & 17H2O Business ParkLakeview DriveAnnesleyNottinghamNG15 0HT

Tel: +44 (0) 1159 758 820

Essex (Witham) OfficeSwanbridge Industrial ParkBlack Croft Road

WithamEssexCM8 3YNTel: +44 (0)1376 503330

Maidstone OfficeUnit 12, ViewpointBoxley RoadMaidstoneKentME14 2DZ

Tel: +44 (0)800 043 1974

The Beehive BuildingBeehive Ring RoadGatwick AirportWest SussexRH6 OPA

Tel: +44 (0) 845 074 2758

Gatwick

London City219 Long LaneBermondseyLondonSE1 4PB

Tel: +44 (0) 845 074 2758

Norbury Office2a Norbury CrescentNorburyLondonSW16 4JU

Tel: +44 (0) 2086 799 323

London OfficeThe GroveNorth RoadSouth OckendonRM15 6SS

Tel: +44 (0) 1977 668 771Fax: +44 (0) 1977 668 772

Kidderminster OfficeMCF ComplexNew RoadKidderminsterWorcestershireDY10 1AQ

Tel: +44 (0) 1562 829565Fax: +44 (0) 1562 829286

SheffieldUnit 34Jessops Riverside800 Brightside LaneSheffield S9 2RX

Tel: 0114 256 1197Fax: 0114 242 2440

Unit 4 Rotunda Business CentreThorncliffeChapeltownSheffieldS35 2PG

Tel: 0114 257 2080Fax: 0114 240 2171

London320 New North RoadHainaultLondonIG6 3ES

Phone: 0207 256 8035Fax: 0207 236 0655

Hello House135 Somerford RoadChristchurchBH23 3PY

Phone: 01202 007721

Bournemouth

Building 16699, Old Met Office Northern Perimeter Road West Heathrow AirportHounslowTW6 2EQ

Phone: 0208 564 8752

Heathrow

9E Nuffield Trade ParkNuffield WayAbingdonOX14 1RL

Phone: 01235 862456Fax: 01235 834450

Abingdon

Little Bridge Business ParkOil Mill LaneClyst St MaryExeterEX5 1AU

Phone: 01392 874455Fax: 01392 875546

Exeter

Suite 128 The White HouseWilderspool Business ParkGreenhall AvenueWarringtonWA4 6HL

Phone: 01925 438012

Warrington

Richardson 1The Town Hall ChambersHigh Street EastWallsendNE28 7AT

Phone: 0191 500 9758

NewcastleWest AcreThe Walnut YardGelscoe LaneDiseworthDE74 2AN

Phone: 01926 485080

Diseworth

Unit 48 Apollo Business VillageHeol PersondyAberkenfigBridgendCF32 9TF

Phone: 02920 029717

Bridgend

University RoadOff Gibbet Hill LaneWarwickCV4 7AL

Phone: 01926 485080

Warwick

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