Getting HMO fire doors right in Esher
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Esher, we offer HMO fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
Esher has a broad mix of buildings, including care homes, high-street shops and HMOs, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
For HMO landlords in Esher, fire door work often follows a licence application or a council inspection. We can price an HMO in Esher directly from the council's schedule of works and give you evidence to send back.
Doors that keep working
HMO doors take hard use: closers get disconnected, doors get wedged and seals get painted. We set closers so they close and latch without slamming, which makes tenants less likely to defeat them, and leave you photographs and product details you can show the council.
On a typical job that means:
- Thumb-turn locks within the evidence where needed
- FD30 or FD30S doors or doorsets
- Survey of bedroom, kitchen and stair doors
- Photo record for licensing and inspections
Fire door law for Esher properties
In Esher, 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 Esher 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Esher
From converted period houses to student lets, the requirement for HMO fire doors in Esher 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.
Our process in Esher
- Review the council's requirements or schedule of works
- Survey each door and frame
- Agree specification and tenant access
- Fit doors, seals, closers and locks
- Test every door closes and latches
- Hand over evidence for the council
Prices for HMO fire doors in Esher
If you need a budget figure first, the guide for HMO fire doors is from around £350 per door in a volume HMO job, up to £900 where frames are replaced, ex VAT. We firm that up after a survey, pricing each door separately so you can see where the money goes.
Around Esher
Neighbouring towns such as Walton-on-Thames, Hampton, Sunbury-on-Thames and Surbiton are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions
Do you work in Esher?
Yes, we take on HMO fire doors in Esher and the surrounding area, including Walton-on-Thames and Hampton. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
What happens on a survey in Esher?
We look at every door in scope: the leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closer, glazing and how the frame is fixed. You then get a written quote that prices each door separately.
Do HMO fire doors need closers?
In many HMOs, yes, especially on bedroom and kitchen doors. Your council's schedule of works will say which doors need them.
Can you work to a council schedule of works?
Yes. Send us the schedule and we will price each item, carry out the work and give you evidence to send back.