Fire door signs and labels
Signs are the cheapest item on an inspection list and the quickest to clear.
Get a priceWalk down a corridor and count the signs. A green exit sign over the door at the end. A blue sign on each fire door saying keep it shut.
Inspectors count them too. Each missing one gets a line on the report, so a building can end up with a dozen entries that cost almost nothing to put right.
Which signs go where
Keep shut signs go on the door itself, about eye level, facing the people who use it. A door that's locked shut gets a keep locked sign.
Exit signs go above the door that leads out, positioned so someone on the escape route can see them.
Floor numbers and wayfinding signs are a different matter. They're a requirement in high-rise blocks of flats, which the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 define as at least 18 metres or seven storeys. A lower building is outside that rule, so ask your fire risk assessor before buying any.
What we fit
Keep shut signs where they've gone missing, and new ones for those that have peeled or been painted over.
Surface-fixed exit signs that don't need cabling.
If an illuminated sign needs rewiring, that's a job for an electrician, and we'll tell you when we spot one.
Why bother
Because people wedge doors open. Usually it's the closest thing to hand, a fire extinguisher or a bin, and usually nobody told them it was wrong. A sign won't stop everyone, but a door with no sign gets wedged more.
New caretakers benefit too. A blue sign tells them at a glance which doors are fire doors and which are just doors.
Doing it on the same visit
If we're already on site for hinges and closers, the signs go up while we're there. No extra trip, so the cost on top is small.
We inspected 16 doors across homecare properties in Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley.
Questions we get asked
Does every door in my block need a sign?
Not necessarily. Fire doors that are kept shut should carry one. Your fire risk assessment is where to confirm it.
Can you do the green exit signs?
Surface-fixed ones, yes. Anything needing new cabling goes to an electrician.
Send it with the postcode and we will price it one door at a time.
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