Construction Week Birmingham is a premier industry event that brings together professionals, experts, and businesses from the construction and building sector. It offers a unique platform for networking, showcasing innovations, and sharing knowledge within the construction industry. (Read More on their website.)

The Dry Risers Direct team had the opportunity to engage with industry leaders, explore cutting-edge technologies, and gain insights into the latest trends and developments in construction. We are committed to staying at the forefront of the industry, and our participation in events like Construction Week Birmingham helps us achieve that goal.

The NEC in Birmingham was the birthplace of UK Construction Week in 2015 and the tradeshow has grown to become the UK’s largest built environment event, held annually in the first week of October. We look forward to returning in future years.

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Dry Risers Direct designs, installs, maintains and tests dry riser systems and services fire sprinkler systems and privately owned fire hydrants. In addition we also install wet riser pipework.  All our dry and wet riser installations and fire hydrant work conforms to BS9990 2015 and all other relevant British Standards and legislation. Please get in touch on 0800 689 4034 or drop us an email enquiries@dryrisersdirect.co.uk to speak to an expert or request a quotation.

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Established as a market leader nationwide, Dry Risers Direct offer installation, maintenance and testing of wet and dry risers and fire hydrants throughout the UK. 

Dry Risers Direct started trading in 2015 and since then have grown steadily to become the market leading expert in Dry Risers in Britain. “Good customer service has always been our number one priority. Our business success relies on looking after our customers and retaining their business year after year. We always have and always will aim for 100% customer satisfaction.” Says Adrian Prichard the founder and CEO.

The company expanded into testing and maintenance of privately owned fire hydrants and also fire sprinkler servicing. More recently they have also added fire hose reels and fire extinguisher testing to the services that they offer. “This enables us to work more efficiently with regional teams of engineers who are cross skilled in delivering services across a ranged of fire safety infrastructure and equipment. Further improving the service and value we can offer to our customers” explains Adrian.

Our size enables us to be among the best equipped in the industry. All our engineers are experienced and carry a wide range of spares and replacement parts. This means that we are prepared for the many surprises that greet us on the customer sites that we visit. Enabling us to achieve a high first time fix rate on any repairs and success when testing non-standard or difficult installations.

For further information on our nationwide dry riser services don’t hesitate to get in touch.

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Servicing, maintenance and testing of fire safety equipment is an essential service and we are dedicated to continuing to deliver this, while doing everything we can to limit the spread of COVID-19.

We have been closely studying the government guidelines, and establishing best practice for our business in these challenging times. The situation is constantly changing and we are adapting every day but we wanted to update our clients on how we anticipate operating in the coming weeks and months.

We Are Open

We are open – working from home – to take your calls and discuss your requirements and how we can be of service. We will be quoting, planning and scheduling work for the most appropriate time. During the next three weeks of lock down we will be available to go on site for urgent work to repair and maintain dry risers, fire sprinklers, hydrants, fire hose reels and fire extinguishers. Other non-urgent work will be scheduled for delivery after the lock down period when restrictions are eased.

How Are We Working

We have established guidelines for working on site at this time, in summary, these include:

• All paper work delivered digitally including quotes, certification etc.
• Avoid face to face contact, use telephone or video communications wherever possible.
• Engineers and all staff self-isolating at home if any signs of infection – as per government guidelines.
• Respect all government guidelines at all times on social distancing including maintaining at least 2m distance from clients at all times.
• All engineers are equipped with hand and surface sanitiser.
• Wash or sanitise hands before and after each site visit and periodically during the intervention.
• Wipe down and sanitise any surfaces we may be required to touch at the client’s site during delivery of our services, both before and after the intervention.
• Avoid or minimise entering buildings, offices etc. Much of our work can be undertaken without ever entering a client’s building. In other instances we only need access to the lobby, corridor or less well used areas of the building. We will always keep our presence in a building to the minimum necessary to ensure your fire safety equipment is tested and certified to the required standard.

Please be aware that we are continuing to update our working practices to respect all guidelines and emergency legislation relating to the spread of COVID-19.

Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss your requirements for our services or your concerns relating to the delivery of our services at this challenging time.

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Hydrants Direct Ltd https://www.hydrantsdirect.co.uk is a sister company to both Sprinklers Direct Ltd https://www.sprinklersdirect.co.uk and Dry Risers Direct Ltd https://www.dryrisersdirect.co.uk

All three companies are well established and respected national installation and service providers in their respective fields. With a combined expertise of over 100 years, the group of companies offer specialist knowledge, financial stability and core expertise in the passive fire sector. The group of companies to offer multiple discount structures on properties aiming to have a single source supplier for these key firefighting areas.

Sprinklers Direct Ltd

Hydrants Direct Ltd

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This is the third company with in the ‘Direct’ Group of companies consisting of;

Dry Risers Direct Ltd:  https://www.dryrisersdirect.co.uk

Sprinklers Direct Ltd:  https://www.sprinklersdirect.co.uk

Hydrants Direct Ltd:  https://www.hydrantsdirect.co.uk

Fire Hydrants

Dry Risers Direct Ltd was established a number of years ago to specialise in installation servicing and maintenance of wet and dry risers and Fire Sprinkler servicing.

We are proud that the company has grown steadily and our clients appreciate the expertise and focus that we have on the markets that we serve. As the company increased in size and the expertise of our engineers evolved and broadened, we expanded into servicing and maintenance of fire hydrants and fire sprinklers. To maintain our focus, efficiency and unrivalled levels of customer service, the group is split into these three sister companies outlined above.

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The Engineers carried out 16 Hydrant flow and pressure testing at RS Components in Northamptonshire. It was conducted on a Saturday as most of the hydrants were located in a busy loading bay with many hundreds of lorry movements per day.

https://www.dryrisersdirect.co.uk/hydrants/hydrant-testing/

Dry Risers Direct specialise in the installation, testing and maintenance of dry risers. Please do not hesitate to get in touch and our experts will be happy to discuss your requirements and provide a free quote.

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Portsmouth Hospital Hydrant & Dry Riser tests

Dry Risers Direct are proud to have recently undertaken Portsmouth Hospital Hydrant & Dry Riser tests.

Fire safety is of paramount importance in a hospital or care home situation. There are large numbers of venerable and disabled people, together with specialist equipment all in a place that is open to the public. 

Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust has invested significantly over recent years to redevelop the Queen Alexandra Hospital into a modern ‘fit for all purpose’ hospital. We were particularly pleased to be selected for this project. 

If you would like to find out more about the installation and testing services that we offer for Dry Risers and Fire Hydrants please do not hesitate to get in touch and our experts will be happy to discuss your requirements. 

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Sebert Wood School selected Dry Risers Direct Ltd for their hydrant testing and service.

Fully operational fire safety equipment is a high priority in any building but never more so than when children are involved. We are always proud to be selected to deliver testing and servicing of fire hydrants at a school. Recently we have been awarded several such contracts.

Dry Risers Direct specialise in the installation and testing of Dry Risers and Fire Hydrants. Do not hesitate to get in touch with our experts to discuss your requirements and request a free quote.

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Another Academy Selects us for Hydrant and Dry Riser Test and Service

A London Academy, Bolingbroke selects Dry Risers Direct for Hydrant and Dry Riser test and servicing.

Bolingbroke Academy in Battersea opened in 2012 and the Sixth form welcomed its first pupils in 2017.  Formerly Bolingbroke Hospital, the 132 year old listed building has been refurbished and modernised to a high standard. We are pleased to entrusted with this contract as the equipment is vital to protect both the historic building and its young occupants.

Dry Risers Direct specialise in Dry Risers and Fire Hydrants. We deliver installation, testing and servicing. Please do not hesitate to get in touch and our experts will be happy to discuss your requirements and provide a free quote. 

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We were proud to be selected to carry out testing on the fire hydrants at Quarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire last week.

Quarry Bank Mill is one of Britain’s greatest industrial heritage sites, showing how a complete industrial community lived. There are a number of traditional buildings spread over a large site containing clattering and whirring of machinery and steam engines  The site is owned and managed by the National Trust. 

Dry Risers Direct specialise in dry risers and fire hydrants. Please do not hesitate to get in touch for a chat to see how we can help you.

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