Flat front door inspections
The door between a flat and the landing is the hardest one to get at. We arrange the access for you.
Get a priceFlat front doors are the odd ones out.
The tenant lives behind it. The freeholder is responsible for it. Nobody has looked at it for years.
What the 2022 Regulations ask
Residential building over 11 metres, two or more homes. Flat entrance doors checked at least every 12 months. The wording is best endeavours.
You try. You keep a record that you tried. Nobody expects you to force a lock.
Getting in
Say a block has 24 flats. Letter one gives a date and a time window. Some residents let us in. Letter two goes to the rest, and we come back one evening. Whoever is left, we try on a Saturday.
Each flat goes in the log. Inspected, no answer, or refused. Refusals happen. The date goes next to each one.
What we find
A letterbox cut through the leaf with nothing fire-rated behind it. A spyhole drilled at eye height. A thumb-turn lock that took a block of timber out of the latch edge. Hinges with short screws. A hollow door from a DIY shed that a tenant put in last year.
Some of these are 30 minute doors with the rating cut away. Some were never rated.
If the replacement has no label it goes down as unknown, and it gets a photo.
Who pays
The lease decides. Some leases put the front door on the freeholder and some do not. Ask your solicitor.
Under 11 metres
No 2022 timetable. The 2005 Fire Safety Order still applies, so a yearly look is sensible.
Questions we get asked
Do you need to come inside the flat?
For the inner face of the door, yes. A few minutes. Only the door.
What if a resident refuses?
We write down the date and the flat number and move on.
Send the postcode and a rough door count. We will come back with a price today.
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