Quarterly communal door checks in Uxbridge
Stair doors, lobby doors and riser doors, every three months, with a record.
Get a priceIf your block is over 11 metres, you have a date in the diary every three months.
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 say the responsible person must check all communal fire doors at least that often. You also have to keep the results.
The regulations do not tell you how. We do it the same way each visit so that you can compare one quarter to the next.
Which doors count
Every fire door in the shared parts. Stair doors, lobby doors, doors to plant rooms and bin stores that open off the common parts, riser cupboards, and the door to any shared corridor that is split by a fire door.
It does not cover the doors into the flats. Those are on a 12-month cycle and need their own visit. We can do both together.
What the quarterly visit covers
A shorter check than a full inspection. We look at each door to see:
- it closes and latches from open
- the gaps look even and none has opened up since last time
- the seals are in the frame and undamaged
- nothing is wedging it open
- the signs are up and readable
- the glass has no cracks and the beads are in place
Anything that has changed since the last visit goes at the top of the note.
Why every three months
Communal doors are the ones that get hit. Deliveries, bikes, prams, a resident leaning on the push plate. A door that was fine in March can be dropping on its hinges by June.
Spotting it at the quarter, when it is a tightened screw, is cheaper than spotting it at the annual, when it is a new frame.
The record
One page per visit. Date, who checked, door by door results, and what has been done since the last quarter.
The page is written to be handed over. A fire inspector asking to see your checks should get something dated and clear in a minute.
Price
Quarterly checks are priced per visit by the number of communal doors. A contract across the year costs less per visit than booking each one. Tell us how many communal doors there are and which floors.
Questions we get asked
Our block is 10 metres. Do we still need this?
Not under that regulation, which starts at 11 metres. The Fire Safety Order still expects doors to be maintained, so a regular check is sensible.
Can the caretaker do the quarterly checks?
If they know what to look for and write it down, yes. Some clients have us do one full inspection a year and a caretaker do the quarters.
Send the postcode and a rough number of doors. A price comes back the same day.
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