Fire door inspection in High Wycombe
Each door gets its own page in the report, with photos. Send us the postcode and a door count and we will price it today.
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Open it halfway and let go.
If it stops, drifts or needs a shove to latch, it would not hold back smoke tonight. That takes ten seconds and it is the first thing we do at every door.
We then spend a good while longer on it with a gauge and a camera. Blocks of flats, shared houses, factory units, offices. Somebody is legally responsible for those doors, and that person is who we work for.
At the door
Gaps first. Top and both sides want to sit between 2 and 4mm. Old doors in old frames drift out of that as the timber moves.
Bottom gap next, because carpet fitters change it without knowing.
Then we go looking for proof of what the door is. A label on the top edge, or a coloured plug. No proof gets written down as no proof.
Hinges. Three is normal. We count the screws, and we look for any that were swapped for whatever was in the van.
Seals and intumescent strip. Painted over is the classic. Two coats of gloss and a brush seal stops being a seal.
Glass, if the door has any. We read the stamp in the corner.
Closer last, and then the door gets photographed front and back.
What lands in your inbox
A PDF. One door per entry, with its location, measurements, photos and what is wrong with it.
Faults are put in order of how soon they need sorting. You will see "replace closer" against door 14, and you can go and do precisely that.
It goes to you once the invoice has been paid. Pass it on to your assessor or your insurer as you like.
We can price repairs off it. Or give it to your own carpenter, nobody here will sulk.
The rules in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service enforces fire safety in the town. Housing conditions in rented homes sit with Buckinghamshire Council, which took over from Wycombe District in 2020.
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 put a timetable on buildings over 11 metres with two or more homes. Communal fire doors every three months. Flat entrance doors every 12 months, on a best endeavours basis, with a record of your attempts.
Under 11 metres, no timetable. The duty to keep doors working still applies under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Work we have done
Inspections come in all sizes. We checked 16 doors across three homecare houses in Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley. We surveyed 129 doors at a hotel in Reading.
Not every door fails. On a school programme in Luton we repaired 140 of 147 doors on site. The rest needed replacing.
Where we come from
Luton. It is about an hour down the M1, round the M25 and along the M40, so we would rather do two or three buildings on one trip. If you manage a few blocks, say so.
Downley, Terriers, Booker, Castlefield, Micklefield, Wycombe Marsh. All fine.
What it costs
Small buildings start at around £250 plus VAT. After that it comes down to door count and access. An empty office floor on a Saturday goes quickly. Twenty flats with twenty different people to catch at home takes longer, and costs more.
Questions we get asked
Can you inspect while the building is in use?
Yes, nearly always. A door is out of action for a few minutes while we check it.
Do you do fire risk assessments too?
A fire risk assessment is its own job and covers the whole building. Our inspection covers the doors, in far more detail. You cannot swap one for the other.
Inspections we do
Where we go
High Wycombe and the towns and villages around it. We drive over from Luton, so we like to line up two or three buildings in a day.
Send the postcode and a rough door count. We will come back with a price today.
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