Fire door inspection in Bourne End
Most of the work in a block is getting people to let us in. Here is how we handle it.
Get a priceThe doors in a block of flats take a few minutes each. The knocking is what takes the time.
A 20-flat block
Take a weekday between nine and five. Perhaps half the flats are empty, because people are at work, at school or away. So we offer evenings and a Saturday morning, for a small extra charge for the hours, and the letters you have to send afterwards drop sharply.
How it runs
Tell us about the resident on night shifts and the flat that is standing empty, and send the flat list. We write the notice, with two or three dates on it. Your agent posts it through every door and emails it round as well.
On the day each flat is logged as inspected, no answer or refused. We come back once for the ones we missed. Any that are still shut go down as no access, with the dates we tried.
Why the log matters
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 ask for flat entrance doors in buildings over 11 metres to be checked every 12 months, on a best endeavours basis. Nobody expects you to break in. You are expected to show what you tried, and a dated log does that.
Shared doors
Stair doors and corridor doors are open to us at any time, so we do them first, in the quiet part of the day, and report on them separately. The worst faults are often there.
Offices and units
These are easier. The manager gives us a time and we walk the doors in a morning. The 2005 Fire Safety Order makes whoever runs a workplace responsible for the escape routes, and that includes the doors.
Who enforces
Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service enforces fire safety here, and Buckinghamshire Council deals with rented housing.
Getting here
We come from Luton by the M25 and the M40, past High Wycombe. For a large block we plan the job beforehand and tell you how many days to expect. Residents can pick their own slot from the ones in the notice, and if none suits we return.
Send the postcode and a rough door count. We will come back with a price today.
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