Offices & business parks
Single offices, multi-let floors and business parks — corridor, stairwell, riser, plant-room and final-exit fire doors checked and recorded across the whole floor plate.
Fire door inspections · Commercial premises
Independent fire door inspections for commercial premises
Impartial surveys and clear photographic reports for offices, shops, warehouses and industrial units — evidence for your fire risk assessment, insurers and enforcing officers, with minimal disruption to trading, across single or multiple sites. Independent, so I don’t sell, fit or repair the doors I inspect.
Independent & impartial
Photographic pass/fail reports
~48-hour turnaround
Your legal duty
Your duty under the Fire Safety Order 2005
Efficient working order, and the evidence behind it
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for non-domestic premises must keep fire doors and other fire precautions in efficient working order and good repair. The Order sets no fixed inspection interval, but a documented, competent inspection — commonly every 6 to 12 months — supports your fire risk assessment and provides the recorded evidence insurers and enforcing officers expect. General information, not legal advice.
If you own, occupy or manage commercial premises, someone is the responsible person for fire safety — often a facilities manager, owner or occupier. Keeping fire doors in efficient working order and good repair is a continuing duty, not a one-off task, and it applies across virtually all non-domestic premises.
A fire door only works as a complete assembly: the leaf, the frame, the gaps and clearances, the intumescent and smoke seals, the hinges, the self-closer, the glazing and the signage all have to be right together. Because there is no fixed statutory interval, checks simply have to be frequent enough to keep every door reliably safe — and a documented inspection every 6 to 12 months is widely treated as good practice.
An independent inspection turns that duty into a competent, dated record you can put in front of your fire risk assessor, your insurer and the local Fire and Rescue Authority, rather than relying on an untested assumption that the doors are fine.
Want the rules in plain English?
Read my jargon-free guide to the Fire Safety Order and fire door duties to see exactly what applies to your premises.
Where I work
Commercial premises I inspect
Retail, hospitality & leisure
Shops, showrooms, restaurants, bars, gyms and salons — front-of-house and back-of-house doors alike, worked around trading so the customer experience isn’t disturbed.
Warehouses, factories & industrial
Office fit-outs, mess and plant rooms and higher-risk separation within warehouses, factories and industrial units — each compartment door assessed on its own merits.
Mixed-use & multi-let
Where landlord and tenant responsibilities overlap, I inspect and report clearly on the doors in scope — single sites or a portfolio to the same standard, one combined report or a report per site.
What you receive
A photographic record for every door
Every door numbered & photographed
A detailed report with every door numbered and photographed and a clear pass/fail — no sampling gaps, so your evidence covers the whole premises, not a percentage of it.
Defects located & priority-graded
Each defect is located and priority-graded, assessed against BS 8214:2026, so your team and your contractor know what genuinely matters first and what can wait.
A schedule for your own contractor
A priority-graded remedial schedule you can hand straight to whichever competent contractor you choose — formatted for responsible persons, FMs, fire risk assessors, insurers and enforcing officers, typically within ~48 hours.
How it works
Three simple steps
Get a quick quote
Use the instant estimator or send a few details about your site or sites — rough door counts and access notes. I’ll confirm a per-door price and a plan, with no obligation.
Scheduled around trading
I inspect and photograph every door as a complete assembly, scheduled around your trading hours — early, late or phased, room by room — with multi-site work coordinated around your operational calendar.
Report typically within ~48 hours
You get a detailed photographic report typically within around 48 hours — a per-door record with pass/fail and prioritised remedials, ready for your fire risk assessment or compliance file.
Evidence that stands up
Evidence insurers, assessors and officers expect
Supports your fire risk assessment
Your fire risk assessment relies on the doors actually being maintained. An independent survey gives the door-by-door detail behind that assumption, so the FRA rests on evidence rather than hope.
The record insurers ask for
Insurers increasingly ask for maintenance evidence, and a dated photographic pass/fail record is exactly that. Note: I provide inspection evidence only; I do not provide or arrange insurance.
Answers to an FRA audit
If an enforcing officer or auditor asks how you know your doors are safe, a competent, documented inspection answers the question — and independence means there’s no commercial bias behind the findings.
Pricing
Straightforward, per-door pricing
You pay a simple per-door rate that drops as the door count rises across your premises or portfolio, plus one clear, transparent drive-time travel call-out — and every commercial building or portfolio gets a firm, no-obligation quote up front.
Why independent
Impartial evidence you can stand behind
I inspect — I don’t sell doors
I don’t sell, fit or repair the doors I inspect, so a fail is always a genuine safety finding rather than a route to selling you a door. You keep full control of any remedial work.
Qualified & competent
More than seven years in fire safety and a working knowledge of the BS 8214:2026 code of practice, applied consistently across every door and every visit, by one inspector start to finish.
Formatted for your readers
Reports are formatted for the people who’ll read them — responsible persons, facilities managers, fire risk assessors, insurers and enforcing officers — calm, factual and in plain English.
Commercial FAQs
Fire door inspection questions
Do commercial fire doors legally have to be inspected?
Under the Fire Safety Order 2005 the responsible person must keep fire doors in efficient working order and good repair. There’s no fixed interval, but a documented, competent inspection every 6 to 12 months is good practice and the clearest evidence you’re meeting the duty. General information, not legal advice.
Will the inspection disrupt trading?
No. These are visual door-by-door checks that can be scheduled around your trading hours — early, late or phased, room by room — and multi-site work is coordinated to minimise downtime.
We have several sites — can you inspect all of them?
Yes. You can have one combined report or a separate report per site, whichever suits your records. Larger volumes attract a lower per-door rate.
What evidence do I get for my insurer or fire risk assessment?
A detailed photographic report with every door numbered and photographed, a plain pass/fail and priority-graded defects, assessed against BS 8214:2026. It supports your fire risk assessment and gives insurers and enforcing officers the recorded evidence they expect. Note: I provide inspection evidence only; I do not provide or arrange insurance.
How is it priced?
A per-door rate from around £15 that tapers as the door count rises, plus one transparent drive-time call-out (£45 up to 30 minutes, then £15 per extra 15 minutes). Use the estimator at /quote for an instant figure.
Do you fix or replace the doors that fail?
No — deliberately. I inspect and report only, so a fail is always a genuine safety finding rather than a route to selling you a door. You keep control of remedial work and use your own contractor.
How quickly do we get the report?
Typically within around 48 hours: a per-door photographic record with pass/fail and priority-graded defects.
Which commercial premises does the Fire Safety Order cover?
Virtually all non-domestic premises. If you own, occupy or manage them, at least one person is the responsible person with a duty to keep fire doors maintained in efficient working order. General information, not legal advice.
Get started
Fire door evidence, with minimal disruption to trading
Get an instant indicative price, or send a few site details and I’ll come back with a firm, no-obligation quote for a single site or a multi-site programme.
- Independent & impartial
- Qualified, competent inspector
- Reports typically within ~48 hours
- No obligation
Who else I help
Inspections for other duty-holders
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