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Fire door inspection London: routine checks, properly recorded.

The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 made routine fire door checks a legal duty. We run the checks, keep the records and flag what fails, so you are audit-ready all year round.

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Inspection record
Certification label
Gaps and alignment
Intumescent seals
Hinges and screws
Self-closing device
QUARTERLYCommunal doors
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What the law requires

Under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, since January 2023 responsible persons for residential buildings above 11 metres must carry out quarterly checks of fire doors in communal areas, and use best endeavours to check flat entrance doors at least every 12 months. The checks must be recorded, and residents must be told why fire doors matter.

In workplaces and non-residential premises, fire doors form part of the fire risk assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and routine inspection is how you evidence that they still work.

We run these cycles for you: scheduled visits, the 5-point check on every door in scope, records kept per door, and failures flagged with a recommended fix.

Quarterlycommunal fire door checks in residential buildings above 11 metres
Annualbest-endeavours checks of flat entrance doors, every 12 months
Recordedevery check logged against the door reference, ready for audit
76%

of the 100,000+ fire doors inspected across England in 2019 failed at least one inspection criterion.

Source: Fire Door Inspection Scheme audit data

Failure is the norm, not the exception.

The doors most likely to fail are the ones nobody checks between incidents. A routine inspection cycle catches worn seals, drifting gaps and tired closers while they are still cheap to fix, and builds the record the regulations require.

Every inspection covers

  • Certification: labels or plugs present and legible
  • Gaps: head and side gaps typically around 3mm, threshold as specified
  • Seals: intumescent and smoke seals intact and continuous
  • Hinges: fire-rated, secure, free of missing screws
  • Closer: closes fully onto the latch from any angle
  • Damage, glazing and signage checked and photographed

What you receive

A dated inspection record per door with pass and fail status, photos of defects, and a flagged action list. Kept cycle after cycle, it becomes the audit trail the regulations expect you to hold.

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Fire door inspection FAQs

In residential buildings over 11 metres: communal fire doors quarterly and flat entrance doors at least annually on a best-endeavours basis. Elsewhere, frequency follows your fire risk assessment, with six-monthly checks a common benchmark for busy buildings. The London Fire Brigade guidance on fire doors is a good plain-English reference.
The failure is recorded with photos and a recommended remedial action. Many fixes, like seal replacement or closer adjustment, can be done quickly; we can quote the remedial works from the same record with no second visit to diagnose.
Communal door checks need no access to flats at all. Flat entrance door checks take a few minutes at the doorway; we coordinate notice with your managing agent so residents know who is knocking and why.
Yes. We adopt your current door schedule if you have one, or build one on the first cycle, and your records carry forward so the audit trail stays unbroken.

Stay compliant, every quarter.

Tell us the building height, door count and current regime, and we will price a full inspection cycle.

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