Communal fire doors in Hayes

Communal fire doors: our service in Hayes

Our communal fire doors service covers Hayes and the wider Greater London area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.

In and around Hayes, fire door work covers everything from purpose-built blocks of flats to clinics. We plan each job around the people who use the building.

The evidence pack for each communal door in Hayes is set out to support whatever checking regime your fire risk assessment sets. Communal corridors and stairs in Hayes buildings take the heaviest use, so we choose finishes and hardware that keep working between checks.

Pairs, vision panels and robust finishes

We fit single, double and leaf-and-a-half communal doors, with vision panels in tested glazing systems and finishes chosen to stand up to use, such as laminates and kick plates covered by the certification. For pairs, the meeting edges, rebates and any door coordinator must match the evidence; see our double fire doors page.

What you get:

• Certified single, double or leaf-and-a-half doorsets
• Tested vision panels and durable finishes
• Closers, coordinators and hold-opens as required
• Survey of every communal opening and its use

The regulations behind fire doors in Hayes

The rules that apply to fire doors in Hayes are England's. The responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 must keep fire doors in non-domestic premises and the common parts of flats in working order; the Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that this includes flat entrance doors onto common parts. In London, the London Fire Brigade is the enforcing authority for fire safety law.

Where a Hayes block is above 11 metres, regulation 10 of the 2022 regulations means communal doors are checked every three months and flat entrance doors annually on a best-endeavours basis. Replacement doors must also satisfy the Building Regulations, with Approved Document B as the guidance most building control bodies work from.

Where communal fire doors fit in Hayes

Typical settings for communal fire doors include blocks of flats, student accommodation and hotels. In Hayes, as anywhere, the duty holder varies: a responsible person for a workplace, a landlord or managing agent for a block or HMO, or a homeowner after building work. We adjust access, timing and paperwork to suit whoever commissions the work.

Our process in Hayes

1. Survey communal doors and plan a phased sequence
2. Agree working hours and resident notices with the client
3. Order doorsets to size with matching hardware
4. Replace doors one route section at a time
5. Commission closers and hold-opens with the alarm contractor
6. Hand over evidence for your fire safety records

Prices for communal fire doors in Hayes

Budget around from around £800 for a single communal doorset to £3,200 for a glazed pair, ex VAT for communal fire doors. Our guide prices are the same in Hayes as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.

Around Hayes

Nearby towns we cover include Southall, Heston and Greenford. Distance from Hayes does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.

Questions from Hayes