We have a security specification. Can you work to it?

Yes, and it makes the job simpler. A written spec dictating bar section, spacing, weld pattern and fixing type removes the guesswork. What we will still insist on is an escape release on at least one opening per floor, because no security standard is worth trapping people.

Can metalwork be removed at the end of a lease?

If it is fixed for that. We use bolted structural fixings into sleeved anchors rather than welding to the building, so the metalwork unbolts and the anchors can be made good. It costs a little more and it is usually the condition of being allowed to fit anything.

Plumber in Gigiri, Nairobi

We cover Gigiri including UN Avenue, UN Crescent, Rosslyn, Nyari East, Nyari West, Red Hill, Ridgeways, Thigiri Ridge. Off Limuru Road and UN Avenue. Fitters are vetted and cleared before installation week.

What is different about plumbing in Gigiri

Gigiri properties near the UN Complex are frequently specified to a security standard that dictates bar section and spacing rather than appearance.
Diplomatic tenancies around Rosslyn need metalwork that unbolts without damaging the structure at the end of a lease.
Fitters working near UN Avenue need vetting before installation week, so a welding day cannot simply be added to recover a slipped programme.

Security metalwork in Gigiri

Gigiri is the one area where security metalwork is usually specified rather than chosen, and that makes it straightforward technically and slow administratively.

Working to a written standard

Many properties here carry a security specification dictating bar section, spacing, weld pattern and fixing type. That is genuinely helpful: it removes the negotiation about whether decorative flat bar is adequate, because the answer is written down.

What we add regardless of any specification is an escape release on at least one opening per floor. No security standard justifies a fully sealed upper floor, and where a spec omits it we raise it rather than following the document off a cliff.

Reversible fixings

Diplomatic tenancies require the property to come back as it was. Metalwork welded to a structure or resin-anchored irreversibly fails that test.

We fix through sleeved anchors so the assembly unbolts and the anchor positions can be made good. It costs a little more and it is frequently the condition of being permitted to fit anything at all.

Programme

Vetting means we cannot add labour to recover a slipped installation. A welding day here is booked, not summoned, so we build float into a Gigiri programme rather than promising a date we could not hold if a delivery slipped.

What we are usually called out for in Gigiri

Window grills Grills made to each opening, with spacing that resists entry and at least one escape route per floor. Gates and perimeter Sliding, swing and pedestrian gates built for the ground they actually run on. Mild steel railings Mild steel railings, galvanised and powder coated rather than painted, for balconies, stairs and boundaries. Stainless steel railings Stainless balustrades in the right grade, welded and finished properly rather than assembled from kit parts.

Landmarks we work around here: UN Complex, Village Market, Rosslyn Riviera, Limuru Road. See what railings cost.