Getting communal fire doors right in Lichfield
Our communal fire doors service in Lichfield is simple: a survey, a fixed quote, certified products and an installation finished to the manufacturer's evidence.
Fire doors in Lichfield protect escape routes in light industrial buildings, family homes after loft conversions and schools alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
Communal corridors and stairs in Lichfield buildings take the heaviest use, so we choose finishes and hardware that keep working between checks. The evidence pack for each communal door in Lichfield is set out to support whatever checking regime your fire risk assessment sets.
How do you work in an occupied building?
Escape routes have to stay usable. We phase communal door work so that no stair or corridor is left without protection overnight, keep a doorset ready to fit before removing the old one, and agree working hours with the building manager. Where a hold-open device is needed, we coordinate with your fire alarm contractor for the release interface.
Each installation includes:
- Closers, coordinators and hold-opens as required
- Phased programme keeping escape routes protected
- Evidence pack suitable for regulation 10 records
- Tested vision panels and durable finishes
The regulations behind fire doors in Lichfield
In Lichfield, 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 Lichfield 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.
Who needs communal fire doors in Lichfield?
From hotels to student accommodation, the requirement for communal fire doors in Lichfield comes from the fire strategy or risk assessment for the building. We work from that document, or help you interpret your inspection report, before quoting.
From enquiry to handover in Lichfield
- 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 Lichfield
Guide pricing for communal fire doors: from around £800 for a single communal doorset to £3,200 for a glazed pair, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Lichfield building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Lichfield and nearby
Lichfield is about 43.3 km from Stoke-on-Trent, and we cover both, along with nearby Burntwood and Tamworth. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Questions
Do you work in Lichfield?
Yes, we take on communal fire doors in Lichfield and the surrounding area, including Burntwood and Tamworth. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Lichfield 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.
How often should communal fire doors be checked?
In England, every three months for residential buildings above 11 metres under regulation 10. Your fire risk assessment may set other frequencies for other buildings and nations.
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.