Helping Keep Defence & Military Sites Comfortable, Economic & Compliant

Heating - Cooling - Plumbing - Drainage - Water Systems
Installation, Breakdown Repairs & planned Maintenance

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Boilers, Heating & Hot Water Systems

Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration Systems

Plumbing, Drainage & Water Systems

Breakdowns, Planned Maintenance & Installations

You shouldn't have to worry about...

Heating, hot water, plumbing, cooling or drainage

Forgetting annual servicing or regular maintenance

Inadequate paperwork or certification

Paying excessive, expensive repair bills

Disrupting the workspace during repairs

Struggling to call an engineer out in an emergency

Poorly performing, inefficient & costly systems

Wasting unnecessary money on running costs

Slow responses, unreliability or poor customer service

There's a better way, with SMS...

Experienced with High Security sites

Benefit from our 30 years of working within a variety of defence and other military high security sites. Our engineers are all enhanced DBS checked and available for site vetting.
Our reliable, responsive service helps keep your systems working and compliant.

The Responsiveness & Reliability You Need

Benefit from a range of services all from one easy to work with approved partner. Bespoke scheduled, preventative maintenance to one off breakdown repairs. We can care for your entire boiler & heating system, hot water, air conditioning, ventilation, plumbing, drainage, water systems & more.

Exceptional customer Service Support

Our team is focussed on delivering great customer service at all times. An incredible team of engineers supported by a dedicated customer support team all working together to give each & every customer great service & support.

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About SMS

SMS have been proudly providing our wide range of services including heating, cooling, ventilation, plumbing, drainage, water treatment and electrical works tailored to the defence sector for over 30 years. This makes maintenance easy with one reliable partner to work with.

We understand the unique challenges of military bases, training facilities, and high-security sites, where reliability, security, and compliance are critical.

Whether it’s planned maintenance, emergency repairs, full system installations or the protection and peace of mind from our scheduled preventative maintenance plans our security-cleared engineers work with discretion and precision to meet the highest industry standards.

Our team of highly skilled, experienced & qualified engineers are enhanced DBS checked, smart, polite & professional. We appreciate, in the event of a breakdown, that speed of response, reliability and minimising disruption are key requirements. 

You Can Trust SMS

Armed Forces Covenant

We, Southern Maintenance Solutions, are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant. This is a promise that together we acknowledge and understand those who serve or have served in the armed forces, and their families, should be treated with fairness and respect.

We have experience working within

Commercial Heating Services

we Can help Your Defence Site

SMS provide reactive heating and plumbing breakdown repairs, bespoke scheduled maintenance plans and full installations or upgrades to keep your facility comfortable, energy efficient and compliant.

Installation, upgrades, servicing, scheduled maintenance, breakdown repairs and testing of

Service Maintenance Plans

With the heavy use and demands experienced across large defence and military sites, most choose the reassurance of a tailored service maintenance plans which include all of our core services, fully bespoked to your needs, facilities and equipment onsite.

We can attend on bi-weekly, monthly or any schedule you require for planned maintenance visits. For additional peace of mind, we also offer 24×7, 365 days of the year cover in the event of unplanned disruptive breakdowns. 

This planned preventative maintenance, can help extend the life span of equipment and ensures compliance. This is not just a quick test of a boiler or system, this is full strip down servicing of equipment – ensuring that systems are in their optimum health, safety and condition with the aim of preventing faults and breakdowns.

Heating, Hot Water & Controls

When it comes to heating and hot water, our team at SMS understand the specific requirements and considerations for defence and military sites. From installation and performance standards through to efficiency and costs. It’s why you need reliable and efficient heating across your entire facility.

Breakdowns have serious consequences to facilities, so having the peace of mind that your systems are well maintained, efficient and compliant along with a reliable, responsive company by your side in the event of any issue or breakdown can be critical to remaining operational and minimising disruption.

Air Conditioning & Ventilation

SMS provide a comprehensive range of air conditioning and ventilation services that help keep your facility or specific areas within your facility at optimum, comfortable, regulatory temperatures and health standards.  

In addition to Air conditioning & ventilation installation, servicing, maintenance, breakdown repairs and testing, we provide:

Legionella Testing and Risk Assessments

Legionella and bacteria risk assessments and testing are legal requirements for many sites. Our Legionella assessments and testing keep your establishment legal, safe and compliant.

SMS engineers are qualified to carry out both legionella risk assessments and testing, ensuring the health and safety of drinking water as well as other water supplies for your staff & visitors.

In addition, we can also provide full plumbing installation, servicing and repairs, water tank cleaning, drainage checks and repairs, all in order to keep your water services working properly throughout your facility. 

Plumbing and Drainage

SMS can help with all of the installation, maintenance and repair of your facility’s plumbing & drainage across your facility including barracks, kitchens and medical facilities.

We Help keep your Facility compliant

We understand the vast compliance and regulations defence sites have to adhere to. Our expert team of engineers can help proactively scheduling required maintenance, testing and reporting to maintain your compliance with full documentation and certification.

Our Service Solutions

Service Maintenance Contracts

(Planned Preventative Maintenance​)

Reactive & Emergency Repairs

(Unplanned Occurrences)

Installations & Projects

(From Design To Implementation)

Our Core Services

Heating

Ventilation

Plumbing

Air Conditioning

Renewables

Drainage

Controls

Electricals

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LOCATED IN
BERKSHIRE

Providing services & solutions across the Home Counties & the south of England.

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HIGHLY
QUALIFIED

Our team of engineers have plenty of experience across all services to support you.
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PROFESSIONAL
SERVICE

From the start of your project, right through to the aftercare…
You’re in safe hands.

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Our Service Areas

Berkshire

Our Reading & Berkshire team provides Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Plumbing, Drainage & Water services to Aldermaston, Ascot, Bracknell, Crowthorn, Goring, Henley, Hungerford, Lambourn, Langley, Newbury, Maidenhead, Pangbourne, Reading, Shinfield, Slough, Sunningdale Thatcham, Theale, Windsor, Wokingham

Wiltshire

Our Swindon & Wiltshire team provides Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Plumbing, Drainage & Water services to Avebury, Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Faringdon, Marlborough, Melksham, Pewsey, Purton, South Cerney, South Marston, Swindon, Wanborough, , Westbury, Wootton Bassett and surrounding areas.