Fire door surveys for schools and care homes in Maidenhead
Buildings full of people who rely on someone else to get them out.
Get a priceSchools and care homes have a lot in common when it comes to fire doors.
Lots of doors, heavy use, people inside who rely on someone else to get them out, and a building that can't close for the day while somebody checks them.
Schools
School doors take a beating. They get slammed hundreds of times a day, and corridor doors with glass panels get hit by bags and trolleys.
We've finished programmes at two secondary schools and an almshouse in Luton. That was 147 doors in all, and 140 of them were repaired on site rather than replaced.
People assume an old fire door has to come out. Most of the time it doesn't.
Holidays and inset days are the easy time. In term time we work around the timetable, and there's no need to clear a corridor. An inspection doesn't involve taking anything apart.
Care homes
Residents may be asleep or unsettled, and some won't understand why a stranger is opening their door. We work with whoever is in charge that day and go at the pace of the home.
A closer on a bedroom door has to suit the person who lives there, so hold-open devices linked to the alarm come up a lot. We look at those as part of the door.
We inspected 16 fire doors across three homecare properties in Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley, with a report on every door.
What we look at in these buildings
Everything we'd check on any fire door: gaps, seals, hinges, closers, the leaf and the frame. Then what's more common here.
- Glass panels, and whether the glass is marked as fire rated
- Doors held open by wedges or furniture
- Double doors that don't meet properly in the middle
- Notices screwed straight into the door
- Damage low down from trolleys and wheelchairs
The report
Governors, trusts and care inspectors all want to see this has been looked at. You get a written report with photos and a list of what's urgent and what can wait, written so someone who isn't a carpenter can follow it.
Got a budget? Tell us, and we'll put the fails in order so the worst get done first.
Tell us how many doors you have and we will send you a price the same day.
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