Workplace fire door inspection in Watford
Offices, units and shops, checked between shifts with a report that fits your assessment.
Get a priceWho looks after the fire doors in your office? If the answer is "the landlord, I think", that is the first thing to sort out.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 puts the duty on the employer or whoever controls the premises. A lease can split it with the landlord, so read yours.
The doors people forget
Everybody looks after the main doors. Ask about the odd ones and you get a pause.
- The door from the stairwell into the ground floor lobby
- The one to the plant room or the comms cupboard
- A back door to the bin store that somebody props open every summer
- Doors between an office and a warehouse area
- Riser doors, which get opened by every trade with a cable to run
Any of them can be a fire door, and any of them may be named in your assessment.
Cables and pipes
Here is the fault we meet most in offices. A data cable gets pulled through the top of a fire door frame. The installer drills a hole, pushes the cable through and leaves a gap round it you could put a finger in.
That hole is now a break in the frame. We photograph it and mark where it is on the plan. Closing it is a different trade and may need fire stopping, which we price separately.
Working round your day
For an office we can start at seven or stay on after the staff have left. In a unit with machinery, tell us which areas to keep out of.
A shop sounds harder than it is. Most of the fire doors are at the back, and an hour or two is usually enough.
What your report does
It carries the date, each door, what was found and what needs doing. Staple it to your fire risk assessment.
If the assessor has already listed doors that need attention, send us that list and the report will answer it line by line.
Send the postcode and a rough door count. You get a price back the same day.
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