High-bay LED lighting for warehouses, production halls, distribution centres and workshops across East Lancashire. Lux surveys to industry standards, documented energy savings, phased installs that don’t stop the line.
Factory lighting is the single largest electricity load in most warehouses and production halls – often 30-40% of the building’s total consumption. It’s also the system most likely to be running on hardware that’s a decade past its design life. Sodium and metal halide high-bays from the late 1990s burning four hundred watts each, twenty-four hours a day, six days a week.
A high-bay LED retrofit is one of the few projects where the financial case is almost embarrassingly strong. Sixty per cent reduction in lighting electricity is typical. Eighteen to twenty-four month payback periods are normal. Maintenance call-outs drop to almost zero because LEDs don’t fail like discharge lamps.
The challenge isn’t the engineering – it’s the install. Most factories can’t lose a single shift. Most warehouses are running 24/7 or close to it. Doing a 200-fitting LED retrofit without disrupting operations requires phased weekend windows, careful crew sequencing, and the kind of planning most contractors don’t do well.
We’ve done enough factory lighting jobs across East Lancashire to know how to phase them. Cherry pickers in place by Friday evening, crew on site by Saturday morning, old fittings removed and new fittings up by Sunday afternoon. Lux verification and commissioning Sunday night. Monday morning the line is running under new light.
We walk the whole floor with a calibrated lux meter, recording readings on a layout drawing. Existing fitting count and locations photographed. Design produced for review.
Install windows agreed - usually consecutive weekends for larger sites. Cherry pickers and crew booked. Old fitting storage location agreed.
Friday evening cherry pickers positioned. Saturday old fittings down and away by lunch, new fittings up by end of day. Sunday remaining fittings, commissioning, lux verification.
Post-install lux survey, certification, warranty documentation handover. Building ready for Monday morning shift.
62 %
Typical reduction in lighting electricity vs metal halide baseline
21 mo
Average payback at 2026 industrial electricity tariffs
50k hr
LED rated life vs 8-15k for HID fittings
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Phased installs – we’ve never stopped a production line
Depends on fitting count and access. A 200-fitting warehouse retrofit is typically two consecutive weekends. Larger sites (400+) phase across three or four weekends.
No. We schedule installs around shifts – usually weekend windows when production is paused or minimal. We’ve never stopped a line for an LED retrofit and don’t plan to start.
Typically 18-30 months at current industrial electricity tariffs. Heavily-run sites pay back fastest. We calculate the specific projection from your tariff and run hours.
Yes – we spec IP65 or higher for damp or washdown environments, IP54 for general production, IK08 for impact resistance where forklifts operate.
Yes – booked, delivered and operated as part of our quote. Operator-required certificates and risk assessments provided to your H&S team in advance.
Usually yes. Existing PIR, daylight or time-based controls can typically be retained or upgraded. We assess and quote controls work at site survey stage.
Free site survey. Quote and payback figures within forty-eight hours. No pressure, no follow-up calls if it’s not for you.