Fire Door Testing and Maintenance
Keeping your fire doors & escape door safe, operational and compliant
Regular fire door door testing is essential to ensure that your fire doors continue to provide optimal fire and smoke resistance and comply with fire safety legislation. As part of our complete life safety protection service, the experts at Amthal offer regular, scheduled fire door testing and maintenance. Our skilled, accredited technicians will ensure that your fire doors and escape doors are fully operational and compliant with all relevant safety regulations.
What is involved in fire door testing?
We recommend fire doors in commercial buildings are checked at least once a year. In compliance with the The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, we undertake fire door testing in blocks of flats over 11 metres high every 3 months.
Our fire door testing service involves a thorough inspection of every fire door in the building. The engineers from Amthal will inspect every part of the doors, including the frame, seals, hardware, panels, and the door leaves themselves.
What are my legal obligations when it comes to fire doors?
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, fire doors come under the responsible person’s duty to ensure the safest and shortest emergency exit route. The rules state that fire doors must open in the direction of escape and allow a person to “escape the premises as quickly and safely as possible.”
Fire door maintenance is an important part of ongoing compliance. Section 17 of the same Order covers the maintenance of a facility’s fire safety measures, including its facilities, equipment and devices. Inclusive of fire doors, the order demands: “a suitable system of maintenance” with equipment required to be “in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair.”
Regular fire door testing and maintenance, from the experts at Amthal
As part of our complete fire protection services, we carry out fire door inspections to ensure that they are still compliant and fit for purpose. All of our engineers have undergone specialist fire door safety training.
Working as your trusted life safety protection partner, we will produce all the documentation you need for ongoing fire door compliance, including an appropriate maintenance schedule for your specific location and a process for the consistent documentation of safety checks. On completing your fire door inspection, we will advise on any maintenance works or improvements needed, and carry them out as required.
Choosing the right fire doors for your premises
Fire doors are given a fire-resistance rating, which forms part of the design and specification process to ensure suitability for your particular building or facility. The level of fire-resistance required will be determined by many factors, including:
- The number and dimensions of emergency routes
- The overall dimensions of the premises
- The unique risks of any given premises (such as the presence of flammable materials)
- The number of occupants in the building
If required, our expert engineers can identify and advise you on the right fire door rating for your premises.
Contact Us…
As one of the nation’s trusted life safety and security technology partners, we will work to ensure complete and compliant fire protection and for your UK business. Contact us today for fire door inspection, testing and maintenance services.
EMAIL: info@amthal.co.uk
PHONE: 0800 093 7818