Fire Door Inspection London

A fire door inspection is a structured condition survey of fire-resisting doorsets, recording the door leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closers, glazing, ironmongery, signage and visible certification, and identifying defects against the relevant guidance. It produces a door-by-door schedule with remedial priorities for management and procurement.

Typically flat entrance doors, communal and cross-corridor doors, stair and lobby doors, service riser and plant room doors, and fire doors in commercial, education and healthcare premises. The scope is agreed at instruction to suit the building and the duty-holder's requirements.

We record the condition of the leaf and frame, the gaps and threshold, intumescent and smoke seals, hinges, the self-closing device and latching, glazing and beads, ironmongery, signage and any visible certification or labelling, and we flag defects and items needing further verification.

Yes. Flat entrance doors are a core part of residential block fire door programmes. Where access depends on leaseholders, we plan the survey around access arrangements and report the doors that could not be accessed so the duty-holder has a complete picture.

Yes. Survey data is structured into a fire door schedule or asset register with asset references, locations, condition, photographs and remedial priority, suitable for ongoing management, planned maintenance and statutory record keeping.

We provide remedial priorities and, subject to the appointment scope, develop repair or replacement specifications. We do not carry out the remedial works ourselves; they are undertaken by appointed competent contractors, which keeps the inspection and the works separate.

Frequency depends on the building type, the duty-holder's statutory obligations and the risk profile. We help structure a practical, risk-based inspection programme rather than applying a single fixed interval to every door.

No. A fire door inspection assesses the condition of the doors. A fire risk assessment is a wider statutory assessment of the building's fire safety. The fire door inspection informs and supports the fire risk assessment, but it does not replace it, and we identify where that wider assessment is needed.

We reference recognised fire door guidance and the relevant standards and good practice for the doorset type, and we are explicit where a defect or a missing record means a door needs further verification or specialist testing rather than asserting compliance.

No. We report observed condition and defects against guidance and identify where evidence is missing. We do not issue a compliance certificate or guarantee that a door meets its fire rating, because that depends on certification, installation and records that an inspection alone cannot confirm.