Fire door inspection in Slough
Converted offices, blocks of flats and a lot of shared houses.
Get a priceSlough has had a lot of old offices turned into flats.
From a fire door point of view, that is where we would start. An office block was designed for people working in the day and going home. Flats are lived in all night.
So you can get doors that were added quickly, in frames that were built for something else, off corridors that used to be open plan.
What to look at in a converted block
First, can anybody show you what the doors are? A certificate from the conversion, a label on the door, a plug in the edge. If nobody can, that goes in the report.
Next, how they were fitted. A good door in a bad frame is still a problem. We look at the gaps, the packing, what has been used to fill behind the frame and whether the seals carry on all the way round.
Then what has happened since. Cables and pipes going through walls above doors. Door entry systems wired through the frame. Trades tend to leave holes.
Shared houses
There are a lot of HMOs in Slough, and the council has a close interest in them. Our HMO door inspection page covers what goes wrong.
The short version is that bedroom doors get damaged, closers get removed and locks get changed badly. If you are a landlord with more than one house we can do them in the same trip.
The trading estate
Slough Trading Estate and the units around it are a different kind of job. Fewer doors in some ways, but heavier use. Doors between warehouse and office, doors on plant rooms, doors that forklifts have introduced themselves to.
Workplaces fall under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, so someone is responsible for those doors. We can work around your shifts.
We have done a survey on 129 doors at a hotel in Reading, just down the road. If you have a big building, we can deal with it.
Who covers Slough
Slough Borough Council deals with housing. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers fire safety enforcement.
If you have received an enforcement notice or a letter, send it over with your enquiry. It will tell us what they want to see.
Getting to you
We come from Luton. Slough is about 50 minutes for us on a good day, around the M25.
The Elizabeth line has brought more people and more development to the town, and we are out this way regularly.
Tell us the address and how many doors. We will send you a price the same day.
Questions we get asked
The developer said the doors are fine. Do I still need them checked?
If you are the responsible person, yes. Doors change once a building is in use, and fitting mistakes do happen.
We have no paperwork for our doors. Is that a problem?
It makes things harder but it is common. We will record what we can see, and tell you what your options are.
Tell us how many doors you have and we will send you a price the same day.
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