Communal fire doors for Andover buildings
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Andover, we offer communal fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
Around Andover, houses with integral garages, small offices and small blocks of flats all depend on fire doors that close, latch and seal. We survey each opening and tell you plainly which doors need work and which don't.
Communal corridors and stairs in Andover buildings take the heaviest use, so we choose finishes and hardware that keep working between checks. The evidence pack for each communal door in Andover is set out to support whatever checking regime your fire risk assessment sets.
What makes communal doors different?
Communal doors take far more traffic than flat entrance doors. They are pushed with trolleys, propped open and slammed. Many are pairs, glazed, or fitted with hold-open devices. That combination is why communal doors so often fail inspections for gaps, worn seals, damaged closers and doors that no longer latch.
In England, communal fire doors in residential buildings above 11 metres must be checked at least every three months under regulation 10. A sound installation makes passing those checks routine.
Each installation includes:
- Evidence pack suitable for regulation 10 records
- Closers, coordinators and hold-opens as required
- Survey of every communal opening and its use
- Certified single, double or leaf-and-a-half doorsets
The regulations behind fire doors in Andover
In Andover, as elsewhere in England, the starting point is the Fire Safety Order 2005: whoever controls a workplace or the shared parts of a residential block must make sure its fire doors work. When doors are replaced, the Building Regulations and Approved Document B set the standard the new work has to meet.
Blocks above 11 metres have a specific routine under regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: quarterly checks of communal fire doors and annual best-endeavours checks of flat front doors. If your Andover building is a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022, we confirm the approval route with the Principal Accountable Person before any work is ordered.
Which buildings in Andover need communal fire doors?
You are most likely to need communal fire doors if you look after hotels, student accommodation or blocks of flats. Whatever the building in Andover, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
Our process in Andover
- Survey communal doors and plan a phased sequence
- Agree working hours and resident notices with the client
- Order doorsets to size with matching hardware
- Replace doors one route section at a time
- Commission closers and hold-opens with the alarm contractor
- Hand over evidence for your fire safety records
Budgeting for communal fire doors in Andover
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 Andover as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Nearby areas we cover from Andover
Neighbouring towns such as Winchester, Newbury, Salisbury and Thatcham are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions from Andover
Is Andover within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Andover in Hampshire and neighbouring towns such as Winchester. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Andover building?
Yes. Send it over and we can often price straight from it, then confirm on site. We report back against the same door references so you can close actions off.
Will the stairs be out of use while you work?
No. We phase the work so that each route stays protected and usable, replacing doors one section at a time and never leaving an opening without a door at the end of the day.
Do communal doors need vision panels?
Not always, but they are common on cross-corridor and lobby doors so people can see who is coming the other way. Any glazing has to be fire-rated and fitted in a tested system.