The report is a document with one row per door.
Each row starts with a reference. It matches the flat number or the room and floor you gave us, so a carpenter can walk to the door with the page in hand.
Then the readings. Head, hinge side, closing side, bottom. A figure beats "too big" every time, because you can see how far out the door is.
Then what we found, in short lines. Closer arm loose, two screws missing. Edge chipped for about 40mm, bare timber showing. No label on the edge or the glass.
Then a photo of the door and a photo of each fault.
At the end of the row is how urgent it is. Some doors will not do their job as they stand, like one that stops short of the latch or one with a hole through the leaf. Some work today but are wearing, like a torn seal or a hinge short of a screw. A few lines are only worth knowing, like a door with no label that otherwise looks sound.
If three doors in forty are urgent, the report says three.
Which way a failed door goes
Most failures are put right on site. Closers, seals, hinges, loose screws and small edge damage.
A smaller number cannot be. A leaf cut down below what its maker allows. A core crushed by a trolley. A panelled door, because cut-in panels thin the leaf and can void the rating. For those the answer is a plain certified doorset.
Who does the repairs
Our own crew can, and we can price from the report. Door repairs and fitting go through our BM TRADA-certificated contractors. You can also take the report to your own carpenter. It is written for that.
What to do with the report
Keep it. Send a copy to your fire risk assessor so they can see the doors are in hand. Pass it to your insurer if they ask. If a fire inspector asks about the doors, give them the report and what you have done since.
If you are in a block over 11 metres, the quarterly and annual checks have to be recorded. A dated report is part of that record.
Questions we get asked
Can you re-inspect after repairs?
Yes. We re-check the doors that failed and update the report.
Is the report a certificate?
No. It is a record of what we found on the day. A certificate would only apply to the door's manufacture or fitting.
Send the postcode and a rough number of doors. A price comes back the same day.
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