Fire door inspection in Hemel Hempstead
One of our shortest runs, and one we have worked on before.
Get a priceHemel Hempstead is closer to Luton than Watford is, so we get here quickly.
It is also where part of our homecare work was. We inspected 16 fire doors across three homecare properties in Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley. That work was in ordinary houses, which is a type of building we understand.
A larger town, a wider mix
Hemel Hempstead was laid out as a new town after the war, and the buildings since then arrive in layers. A 1960s block, a 1990s office, a conversion from five years ago.
Each layer fails in its own way. The older timber doors have usually been planed and re-hung half a dozen times, which leaves a gap at the head you can see daylight through. The newer ones are mostly sound as doors, and go wrong in the fitting, or when a later trade drills through the frame.
Once you have seen both kinds you can tell which you have within a few doors.
Areas we cover
Boxmoor, Apsley, Adeyfield, Gadebridge, Bennetts End, Leverstock Green and the Old Town. We cover the whole town.
The buildings differ from one area to the next. What counts is the building in front of us, so give us the address and what the building is used for.
Planning a bigger building
When a building has a hundred doors or more, we plan the days before we arrive. We agree the order, floor by floor or wing by wing, and one person on site who can open locked rooms.
At the end of each day we give that person a short note of anything urgent, so it does not wait for the written report. The report follows, once every door has been done.
For a smaller building the whole visit is a single morning.
Business park units
Maylands is a business area on the east side of the town. Offices and units there have the same duties as any workplace under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
For that kind of building our workplace inspection page is the one to read. A unit with a mezzanine office may have fire doors at the foot of the stairs and between the unit and the front office.
Blocks of flats
If your building is over 11 metres, the three-monthly check on communal doors applies. The report from our communal door checks tells you what is recorded at each visit.
Local authority
Dacorum Borough Council is the local authority. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service enforces fire safety.
Booking
Send the postcode and a door count. We will come back the same day with a price. If you have buildings in Hemel Hempstead and Watford, tell us so we can plan both.
Send the postcode and a rough door count. You get a price back the same day.
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