Fire door inspection in Dartford
Each door measured, photographed and written up. Send the postcode and a rough door count and a price comes back the same day.
Get a pricePick any door in your block. When did somebody last put a feeler gauge down the side of it and write the number down?
If you had to think about that, you are the person we work for.
We inspect fire doors in Dartford and the towns around it. Blocks of flats, new developments, offices, units on the business parks. You hold the keys and the liability, so send us the address and a rough number of doors.
What one door gets
Label first. Some doors have a maker's mark on the edge or in the frame. Some have nothing, and a door with no mark is a different conversation.
Then the gaps. Down both sides, across the top, underneath. We put the gauge in at several points on every edge. One reading and a guess is not an inspection.
Next the hardware. Hinges and their screws, the lock, the closer and its arm. Then the seals, all the way round. We press them with a thumb. Painted-over seals feel like plastic.
Last we pull the door wide open and let go. It clicks shut on the latch or it does not. Nothing in between counts.
Every door gets a photo and the reference from your plan, so six months on you can find door 3.14 without guessing.
What you get back
A written report with a line for every door. What we found, what it means, how soon it needs sorting.
Fire risk assessors, managing agents, lenders and insurers all ask for this sort of thing. Ours is written so they can read it cold and not ring you.
Doors that need work get priced from the same report. Our BM TRADA / FIRAS-certificated contractors do the repairs. You are not tied to us though. Take the report to your own carpenter if you like.
Dartford and the Kent side
Dartford sits at the Crossing, so traffic from the M25 funnels through it from both directions.
We come from Luton. That is a bit over an hour on a clear run, and longer when the Crossing is jammed. So we plan the day around it and book nearby jobs together.
Fire safety enforcement in Dartford is with Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A few miles west, in Bexley, it is the London Fire Brigade. Tell us which side of the line your building is on.
The towns we cover are listed at the bottom of this page.
What it costs
We cannot give you a number without a door count. A handful of doors in one building is a short job. A tall block with residents to chase is not.
As a rough guide, small buildings start at around £250 plus VAT. Anything bigger gets a proper figure from us once we know what is there.
Questions we get asked
Is a door inspection the same as a fire risk assessment?
No. A fire risk assessment looks at the whole building and what could go wrong. A door inspection goes deep on the doors. One does not replace the other.
How long does a visit take?
A small block is usually a morning. Larger buildings take a day or more, depending on how many doors we can reach.
Ways we can help
Where we go
Dartford first, then the towns within about ten miles on both sides of the Kent and London border. We come from Luton and group visits when we can.
Send us the postcode and a rough count of doors. A price comes back the same day.
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