Fire door repairs in Hatfield
Hard-used doors in shared houses, student accommodation and offices.
Get a priceHatfield is where the University of Hertfordshire is, so a good share of the lettings round here are to students.
If you own one of those houses, you know the doors take a hammering. Ten people share a kitchen, somebody comes in at 2am with a takeaway, and the kitchen door gets shouldered open because their hands are full.
What we find in shared houses
The closer on the kitchen door is the usual casualty. It gets taken off or wound right down, because it bangs and the neighbours complain.
Then the seals. Landlords repaint in the summer between tenancies, and the door edges get a coat along with everything else.
Hinges loosen where a door has been swung against a wall. Sometimes a screw has gone and nobody noticed, because the door still opens.
None of that is dramatic, which is why it's cheap. A house with a long list of small faults is a better position than a house with one big one.
Offices and units
The business parks are a different story. Doors in an office corridor don't get kicked, they just get old. Closers weaken, a refit takes the signs down and nobody puts them back, and a gap opens because the frame was packed with whatever was lying about.
If a tenant is leaving and you're getting the space back, look at the corridor doors before the lease runs out. It's easier to charge for them then.
Doors that can't be saved
Plenty of older rental houses have panelled doors on the kitchen and the stairs. Panels void the rating. We'd tell you to fit a plain certified doorset rather than pay for repairs that won't pass.
Booking it
We drive up from Luton and prefer to book a full day, so if you have three or four houses, send them together.
Questions we get asked
Can you work between tenancies?
Yes. Tell us the dates and how many doors, and we'll say if it fits.
Do you inspect first?
We can, but it's a separate job with its own price. If you've got a report already, we work from that.
Send it with the postcode and we will price it one door at a time.
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