Fire door inspection in Hounslow
Hotels and guest houses near Heathrow, and flats in the town.
Get a priceHeathrow is a short way west of Hounslow, and where there is an airport there are rooms for people to sleep in.
Hotels and guest houses are the buildings where fire doors do the most work, because the people inside are asleep, on their own and in a place they do not know.
Bedroom doors
In a hotel each bedroom is a small compartment. The door has to keep a fire inside the room long enough for the people along the corridor to leave. It also has to keep smoke out of the corridor.
So bedroom doors get the most attention, and they get the worst treatment. Guests bang them. Luggage hits the bottom. Housekeeping props them with a trolley.
We do not have a local hotel to point to, but we surveyed 129 doors at a hotel in Reading. The same things come up everywhere. Closers worn out, seals scraped away by luggage wheels, door edges chipped, and a gap at the bottom that has grown because carpet was changed.
Corridors and stairs
The doors along the corridors split the building into sections. They need to close, and they usually have to be held open by a device linked to the alarm so staff can move trolleys without trouble.
If you have wedges in use anywhere, tell us. There is a short answer on this site about what to use instead.
Guest houses and small hotels
A guest house is often a converted house. It may have started life as a family home and been extended. The fire doors may be a mixture, with glass in some of them.
For a small place, an inspection takes less time than people expect, and we can do it at a quiet time between bookings.
Flats in town
There are blocks of flats around Hounslow town centre. If one of them is over 11 metres, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 set three-monthly checks on the shared doors and yearly checks on the flat doors.
On the High Street, the pattern is as elsewhere. Flats above shops, a door at the side, a stair behind it.
Who is in charge
The responsible person is whoever controls the premises. In a hotel that is the owner or the operator. In a chain it may be a head office, with a manager on site.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 expects fire doors to be kept working. The London Fire Brigade is the enforcing authority, and a record of door checks is the first thing a hotel can show it.
What the report gives a manager
Doors grouped by floor and by room number. Totals for passed and failed. A photo for each.
If you have a fire risk assessment, we can answer it point by point where it mentions doors.
Cost
A small building starts from around £250 plus VAT. A hotel with many rooms is priced by door count, and rooms can be done in batches around occupancy.
Where we are
Hounslow is a London borough of its own, next to Ealing. We drive from Luton and have no office in the area.
Questions we get asked
Can you inspect rooms while guests are staying?
Better when they are empty. We can work through vacant rooms on a rolling basis.
Do you check the doors on the guest rooms as well as the corridors?
Yes. Bedroom doors are the biggest part of the job.
Send the postcode and a rough number of doors. We will come back with a price the same day.
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