Fire door inspection in Ealing
Tell us the postcode and how many doors. Every door is gauged, photographed and written up, and you get a price the same day.
Get a priceSomebody has told you the fire doors in your building need inspecting. It might be your insurer, your fire risk assessor or a letter from the London Fire Brigade.
This site tells you what the inspection involves, what you get at the end and roughly what it costs.
We inspect fire doors in Ealing and the boroughs beside it. Converted houses, blocks of flats, shared houses, offices, workshops, schools and halls. We look at every door you ask about and tell you in writing what is wrong with it.
What we do at each door
Each door gets a number, and the number goes on the plan so the report matches the building.
Then, in this order:
- Measure the gaps with a gauge, across the top and down both sides, then underneath
- Look for a label, a plug in the edge or a mark in the glass that says what the door is
- Count the hinges and check every screw is in
- Check the seals and strips all the way round the frame
- Look at the glass, the letterbox, the lock and anything that has been cut into the leaf
- Open it wide and let go, to see if it shuts and latches by itself
- Take photos
Where there is no label we write "no marking found". We do not guess what the door is.
What lands in your inbox
A report with one entry per door. The photos, the measurements, what failed and how urgent it is.
A door that needs its closer turned up a quarter turn is a different problem from a door that has to be replaced. The report says which is which.
Pass it to your fire risk assessor, your managing agent or your insurer. Nobody has to translate it.
If repairs come out of it, our own crew can price them from the same report. Taking it to your own carpenter is fine as well.
Why Ealing buildings need a proper look
A lot of Ealing's housing is big Victorian and Edwardian houses cut into flats. The front doors to those flats were often put in by whoever bought them, whenever they bought them.
Next to those there are 1930s and post-war blocks, flats over shops on the main roads and newer blocks near the stations.
The London Fire Brigade is the fire authority for the whole of Greater London. If it audits a block, doors are one of the first things it looks at.
If your residential building is over 11 metres, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 add dates. Communal fire doors checked every three months. Flat entrance doors checked every twelve months, using best endeavours to get in. Below that height the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 still applies, and the doors still have to work.
Rough cost
A small building starts from around £250 plus VAT.
After that it comes down to the number of doors and how easy they are to reach. An empty office is quick. Thirty flats and thirty residents who all work different shifts takes longer.
Send what you have and you get a proper price.
Questions we get asked
Is this the same as a fire risk assessment?
No. A fire risk assessment looks at the whole building and how people get out. We look at doors one at a time and in detail. They are two separate services and one does not replace the other.
Do you work in Ealing itself?
Yes, and in Acton, Hanwell, Southall, Greenford, Perivale, Northolt, Brentford, Chiswick, Hayes and Hounslow. We come from Luton and we do not have an office in west London.
What if there is no label on the door?
Then nobody can prove what it is. We record it as unmarked and tell you what your choices are.
Who we inspect for
Send the postcode and a rough number of doors. We will come back with a price the same day.
Get a price