DSEAR Regulation 7

Hazardous area classification and zoning

Marked-up drawings that tell your electrical contractor exactly what they can install, and where.

Why sites get this wrong

Hazardous area classification is a judgement about how often a flammable atmosphere can form and how far it can spread. Get it too tight and you fail an inspection. Get it too generous and you spend thousands on ATEX equipment you never needed.

Both mistakes are expensive. The second one is more common, and nobody ever tells you about it.

What we produce

A zoning drawing

Plan and elevation where it matters, with zone boundaries and extents dimensioned. Issued as a PDF and as a marked-up copy of your own layout if you have one.

The reasoning behind it

Release sources, grades of release, ventilation assessment and the standard applied. If an inspector asks why a boundary sits where it does, the answer is in the report.

An equipment schedule

What is currently installed in each zone, whether it is suitable, and what needs replacing. Ranked by urgency.

A verification route

What your contractor needs to certify, and what records to keep, so the next inspection is a paperwork exercise rather than a shutdown.

Typical jobs

If your site is not on that list, ring anyway. Most of the interesting work is not on anyone's list.

Tell us what you store and we'll tell you where you stand

No charge for the conversation. Most quotes go out the same day.