Fire door inspections across Essex
From town-centre residential schemes to business parks and industrial estates, we provide independent fire door inspections for duty holders across Essex, including Chelmsford, Basildon, Southend-on-Sea, Colchester and Harlow.
Essex buildings we work in
We inspect fire doors in a wide range of Essex properties, including:
- Town-centre apartment blocks and mixed-use schemes
- Retail parks and shopping centres
- Industrial units, logistics and warehousing facilities
- Schools, colleges and training centres
- Healthcare, extra-care and care home settings
- Hotels and serviced apartments
Reports are tailored so that local authorities, private landlords and corporate occupiers can quickly understand the condition of their fire doors across individual buildings or entire portfolios.
Common fire door issues in Essex properties
In Essex, we frequently see a mix of original and replacement fire doors installed over many years. During inspections we often identify:
- Doors with no visible certification or traceable documentation
- Frames and leaves that have been altered to suit existing openings
- Inadequate protection to service risers and plant areas
- Over-reliance on intumescent mastics instead of suitable door sets
- Self-closing devices that are under-powered or over-adjusted
- Inconsistent gap tolerances leading to potential smoke leakage
Each finding is classified so you can distinguish between high-priority life safety issues and lower-priority items that can be scheduled into future maintenance.
A practical fire door inspection process for Essex duty holders
- Survey planning. We agree a realistic programme that suits your buildings, including out-of-hours inspections where needed.
- On-site inspection. Each fire door set is inspected and logged, with findings, photographs and locations captured on site.
- Reporting and review. We provide a clear report that can be used with contractors, internal teams and regulators.
- Next steps. Where requested, we can help you prioritise works and plan re-inspections across your Essex estate.
Discuss your Essex fire door inspections
If you are responsible for buildings in Essex and need independent fire door inspections, we can help you put a manageable programme in place.
For examples of how we structure larger programmes, see our multi-site fire door inspection and residential blocks pages.