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Out-of-Hours, Night & Bank Holiday Remote Hands

No Extra Fees
Anytime, Any Day

Nights, weekends, bank holidays — same transparent pricing. No "Emergency" fees. No "Urgent" surcharges. Let your engineers sleep.

Less than 20 minutes from 20+ of Manchester's data centres
Samuel Lewis

Samuel Lewis

Founder / Director

Director of IT in Telecommunications. Experienced in Network, Systems & Software Engineering

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Experience

  • Director of IT in telecoms — engineering background
  • Network, systems & software engineering background
  • Can follow your runbook or diagnose independently
  • Hands-on experience in production data centres

Why Choose Smart Hands for Out-of-Hours Support?

Same great service, same transparent pricing — anytime

Key Benefit

No Extra Fees

Nights, weekends, bank holidays — same transparent pricing. No "Emergency" fees. No "Urgent" surcharges. No premium rates for inconvenient times.

Let Your Engineers Sleep

Reduce on-call burden on your team. Handle urgent issues, maintenance windows, and emergency work without waking your engineers.

Available When Others Aren't

24/7/365 by arrangement. Available for nights, weekends, and bank holidays when traditional services aren't operating.

Quick Response

Responsive scheduling for urgent issues. Can travel to data centres, offices, or retail spaces when you need support most.

Handle Urgent Issues

Infrastructure problems, network issues, hardware failures — handle urgent work without premium pricing or waiting for business hours.

Clear Communication

Live updates during work, documented reports with photos. Stay informed even when you're not on-site, day or night.

Traditional Out-of-Hours vs Smart Hands

Why pay more for inconvenient times?

Traditional Services

  • Premium rates for nights, weekends, and bank holidays
  • "Emergency" or "Urgent" fees on top of hourly rates
  • Limited availability outside business hours
  • Engineers on-call, disrupting work-life balance
  • Opaque pricing with surprise charges
Better Choice

Smart Hands

  • Same transparent pricing — £75/hour + £0.75/mile, regardless of time or day
  • No "Emergency" or "Urgent" fees — handle urgent issues without premium pricing
  • Available 24/7/365 — nights, weekends, bank holidays by arrangement
  • Let your engineers sleep — reduce on-call burden on your team
  • Engineering capability — we diagnose and fix, not just report what we see

Out-of-Hours Services

Available for urgent issues, maintenance windows, and emergency work

Emergency Racking

Urgent server or equipment installation. We rack it, cable it, verify it — same quality at midnight as midday.

Network Troubleshooting

Port down? Link flapping? We'll trace it, test it, and find the problem — not just report that it doesn't work.

Hardware Repairs

Drive swap, PSU replacement, hardware diagnostics. We understand what we're handling and get your infrastructure back online.

Cabling & Patching

Urgent cabling work, patch panel changes, and network connections. Handle critical infrastructure changes.

Maintenance Windows

Support for planned maintenance windows during off-peak hours. Same transparent pricing for scheduled work.

Configuration & Setup

Device setup, network configuration, and troubleshooting. Engineering capability available when your own team shouldn't have to be.

Same Transparent Pricing — Anytime

No extra fees for nights, weekends, or bank holidays

Time

£75/hour

1-hour minimum. Same rate for nights, weekends, and bank holidays. Per engineer.

Travel

£0.75/mile

Travel charged without hourly rate. Parking/tolls at cost. No extra charges for out-of-hours travel.

No Extra Fees — Ever

Unlike traditional services, Smart Hands charges the same transparent rate regardless of when you need support:

  • No premium rates for nights or weekends
  • No "Emergency" or "Urgent" fees
  • No bank holiday surcharges
  • Same transparent pricing 24/7

Additional details

  • Invoices with receipts provided.
  • Discounted day-rates for planned work — ask for a quote.
  • Multi-engineer Smart Hands available for complex work orders — ask for a quote.
  • Basic materials included in the hourly rate; additional fees for incidentals may apply.

Ready to reduce your on-call burden?

Book an introductory call to discuss how Smart Hands can support your out-of-hours infrastructure needs — without extra fees.