Fire risk assessment or door inspection, which do I need?
Get a priceYou need both. They are different jobs, and one does not stand in for the other.
A fire risk assessment is about the whole building. How a fire could start, how people get out, what the alarm and lighting are like. It usually lists which doors are meant to be fire doors.
A door inspection is about those doors, one by one. We put a gauge in every gap, check hinges, closer, seals and glass, and photograph each door.
Where people get caught
An assessment may say "fire doors to be checked". That line is a reminder. The assessor looked at the doors from the corridor, and usually did not measure the gaps or open each door and let go.
We do not do fire risk assessments as part of an inspection. If you need one, go to an assessor.
Which first
If you already have an assessment, send it to us. It tells us which doors your assessor treats as fire doors. If you have none, get one first, because it decides what we check.
What each gives you
The assessment gives a list of things to improve in the building. The inspection gives a list of faults on each door. When somebody asks what you have done, you may need both.
Send the postcode and a rough number of doors. A price comes back the same day.
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