Workplaces, units and business parks
Doors that get a lot of use need more than a once-over.
Get a priceA workplace door gets opened hundreds of times a day.
Trolleys hit the bottom corner. Someone props it with a bin to carry stock through. A cleaner wedges it so it stays open during the evening round.
After a year or two the door is not what it was when it was fitted.
The law that applies
Workplaces come under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The responsible person has to keep the fire safety measures in the building working. Doors are one of them.
The order does not say how often to inspect. That is your call, based on your risk assessment and how hard the door is used. Busy doors need looking at more often than a store cupboard.
What we see in units and offices
Warehouse-to-office doors that have been trimmed on site to clear a new floor.
Plant room doors with the closer taken off because it was in the way.
Kitchenette doors on landings, with the seals painted over at the last redecoration.
Glazed doors where the glass is marked but one of the beads has been replaced with something plain.
Double doors where one leaf closes before the other and the pair no longer meet.
Around Dartford
Business parks round here, especially along the river and by the Crossing, are mostly let by the unit. One landlord can end up answering for a dozen tenants.
If that is you, send the unit list. We do one visit per estate. We do not do twelve.
Working around you
We do not need the building empty. Tell us who works shifts and which doors you cannot lose, and we book round it. Out of hours is fine.
We inspected 16 doors across three homecare properties in Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley, so places that cannot close for the day are nothing new to us.
What you get
A list of doors in the order we walked them, a photo and a plain line on each. Hand it to a contractor, your assessor or your insurer.
Questions we get asked
I rent my unit. Do I need an inspection?
Read the lease. It usually says who looks after fire safety. If that is you, then yes.
Can you come out of hours?
Yes. Tell us what suits.
Send us the postcode and a rough count of doors. A price comes back the same day.
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