Getting HMO fire doors right in Godalming
We provide HMO fire doors in Godalming (GU7 and the surrounding postcodes), from the first survey through to a documented handover.
Around Godalming, light industrial buildings, care homes and small offices 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.
For HMO landlords in Godalming, fire door work often follows a licence application or a council inspection. Closers we fit in Godalming HMOs are set to close and latch without slamming, so tenants are less tempted to disconnect them.
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.
Each installation includes:
- Survey of bedroom, kitchen and stair doors
- Intumescent strips and smoke seals
- Thumb-turn locks within the evidence where needed
- FD30 or FD30S doors or doorsets
The regulations behind fire doors in Godalming
In Godalming, 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 Godalming 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 Godalming
Typical settings for HMO fire doors include student lets, converted period houses and bedsit conversions. In Godalming, 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.
The steps on a Godalming installation
- 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
Guide prices in Godalming
Guide pricing for HMO fire doors: from around £350 per door in a volume HMO job, up to £900 where frames are replaced, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Godalming building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Godalming and nearby
Neighbouring towns such as Guildford, Aldershot, Farnham and Woking are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions
Do you work in Godalming?
Yes, we take on HMO fire doors in Godalming and the surrounding area, including Guildford and Aldershot. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
Do I need to be there for the survey?
Someone needs to give us access to the doors. For blocks and commercial buildings, a caretaker or site contact is fine; for HMOs and homes, we agree a time with you or your tenants.
Do all doors in an HMO need to be fire doors?
Not always. Bedroom, kitchen and stair doors are the usual focus. The council's requirements depend on the HMO's size, storeys and layout.
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.