Fire Door Surveys & Inspections in Ealing: what’s different here
Ealing’s residential stock spans period conversions in W5 and W13, post-war estates mid-rebuild at South Acton, and new blocks rising around Ealing Broadway. Where a building’s top storey sits above 11 metres, fire door inspections in Ealing are a scheduled legal duty under Regulation 10 — communal doors quarterly, flat entrance doors annually on a best-endeavours basis — not a one-off survey. We inspect and tag every door set, photograph defects, and leave you with the record an enforcing officer expects to see.
- Regulation 10 is as much about records as checks: the duty includes keeping a record of the checks made — and of the occasions a resident refused access for a flat-entrance inspection. We build that record as we go: door location, condition, defects photographed, actions ranked.
- The South Acton estate is being rebuilt as Acton Gardens: nearly 3,500 new homes across 52 acres — so the borough holds both older blocks mid-regeneration and newly handed-over buildings, each needing its own fire door baseline record.
- Ealing operates mandatory, additional and selective property licensing plus a section 257 licence for freeholds converted into three or more flats without a Building Regulations completion certificate — converted stock is exactly where flat-entrance fire doors most often fail. The council’s postcode checker shows what currently applies to an address.
- Ealing is served by four London Fire Brigade stations — Acton, Ealing, Northolt and Southall.
Fire Door Surveys & Inspections for Ealing buildings
Fire doors hold back fire and smoke long enough to evacuate the building. Under Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, Responsible Persons of residential buildings over 11 metres must check fire doors in communal areas at least every 3 months, and use best endeavours to check flat entrance doors at least every 12 months.
What we deliver in Ealing
- FDIS-qualified inspections of every fire-rated door set.
- Photographic report, asset tag, defect register and prioritised remediation plan.
- Replacement of failed door sets with third-party certified products (BWF Certifire / BM TRADA).
- Intumescent seal, smoke seal and ironmongery upgrades.
Why this matters in Ealing
Common defects — excessive gaps, missing intumescent strips, painted-over hinges, unrated closers — render the entire door non-compliant. Post-Grenfell, this is one of the highest enforcement focus areas in the country.
Standards we work to
Frequently asked
Cost depends on building size, complexity and access. Most bookings in Ealing are quoted within one working day of survey — call 0208 059 4836 for an immediate ball-park.
