Fire door repairs in Welwyn Garden City
Flats above shops and offices where one door separates two uses.
Get a priceWelwyn Garden City was started in 1920 and the middle of town still has that mix of shops at street level with offices or flats over the top.
Those buildings share a problem. There's a door at the bottom of the stairs, and it's carrying a lot. On one side is the shop or the office, on the other side the people who live upstairs.
The door at the foot of the stair
When an inspector looks at a building like that, this is the door that tends to come back with the longest list. Shop staff go through it, so do residents, and so does the man delivering the stock.
Typical faults on a door like that: the closer's gone or been wound off, there's a gap at the bottom you could slide a hand under, and the strip on the edge was painted when the shop front was redone.
Not one of those needs a new door.
Two sets of rules, one stair
A shop falls under its own fire risk assessment. The flats above belong to whoever manages the block. The stair door sits between the two, and it isn't always clear who's meant to be looking after it.
Find out before you spend money. Your agent or the freeholder should know.
Flat entrance doors
Once a residential building is over 11 metres and has two or more sets of domestic premises, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 apply. Communal fire doors need checking every three months. Flat entrance doors need checking once a year, as far as the responsible person can manage it.
Below that height the regulations don't set those intervals, though the Fire Safety Order still expects the doors to be kept in good order.
What we do and what we don't
We do the carpentry and the ironmongery. Your inspector writes the report and we work from it.
We come from Luton and book full days, so if you've got the stair door and three or four others to do, tell us all at once.
Questions we get asked
Which door matters most?
Normally the one between the commercial unit and the stair. Your report will rank them.
Can you work while the shop's open?
Quick jobs, often. Longer ones are better on a quiet day.
Send it with the postcode and we will price it one door at a time.
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