A photo and a verdict for every door
A BS 8214:2026-aligned photographic report with a photo and a plain pass/fail for every door — no sampling gaps, so your evidence covers the whole building, not a percentage of it.
Fire door inspections · Housing associations
Independent fire door inspections for housing associations & social landlords
Audit-ready photographic reports for your Regulation 10 records and building safety case — with per-door pricing that scales across your whole stock. Independent, so I don’t sell, fit or repair the doors I inspect.
Independent & impartial
Every door photographed
Reports typically within 48 hrs
Your legal duty
Your duty as a social landlord
Regulation 10, and the evidence behind it
Under Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, for residential buildings over 11 metres the responsible person must check communal fire doors (including self-closing devices) at least quarterly and use best endeavours to check flat entrance doors at least annually, keeping records. For higher-risk buildings (18 metres or more, or at least 7 storeys) this fire-door-condition evidence also supports the safety case report required under the Building Safety Act 2022. General information, not legal advice.
For a compliance, building-safety, asset or property-services lead, that duty translates into a steady flow of documented evidence. In residential buildings over 11 metres the quarterly communal-door checks and annual best-endeavours flat-entrance checks must be recorded. Separately, in residential buildings of any height with two or more sets of domestic premises, you also have a duty to give residents information on the importance of fire doors.
Where a building is higher-risk (18 metres or more, or at least 7 storeys), that door-condition record feeds the Building Safety Act 2022 safety case and the golden thread of information the Building Safety Regulator expects. Alongside this, the Regulator of Social Housing’s Safety and Quality Standard expects registered providers to meet their health-and-safety obligations and to have an accurate record of the condition of their homes.
Below 11 metres the specific Regulation 10 frequencies don’t apply, but the Fire Safety Order 2005 still requires common-parts fire doors to be kept in efficient working order — so periodic, competent, documented inspection remains good practice across the rest of your stock.
Want the rules in plain English?
Read my jargon-free guide to Regulation 10 and the Fire Safety Order to see exactly which duties apply to each building in your portfolio.
What you receive
Audit-ready evidence for every door
Defects located & priority-graded
Each defect is located and priority-graded, with plain-English remedial recommendations — so your team and your contractors know what genuinely matters first and what can wait.
A consistent per-door reference
A consistent per-door reference system so you can track remediation and re-inspection across a portfolio, and roll findings up into a compliance dashboard, asset system or safety case.
Built for portfolios
Portfolio scale, on a scheduled cadence
One block or thousands of doors
From a single scheme to a stock of thousands of doors, the same methodology and grading is applied throughout — one inspector for consistency building-to-building and year-on-year, rather than a rotating cast of subcontractors.
A recurring Regulation 10 cadence
A recurring schedule that mirrors the Regulation 10 cadence — quarterly communal-door checks and annual flat-entrance checks — so evidence stays current and nothing quietly falls out of date.
Structured for roll-up
Reports are structured so findings roll up cleanly into a compliance dashboard, asset-management system or safety case — not left as loose PDFs someone has to re-key.
Scheduled around residents & staff
Inspections are planned around residents and scheme staff, with communal and flat-entrance doors covered where they’re in scope, and access coordinated across multiple visits where a block needs it.
How it works
Three simple steps
Tell me about your stock
Use the instant estimator or send a message with your buildings, rough door counts and access notes. I’ll confirm a per-door price and a plan for the programme — no obligation.
Scheduled on-site inspection
I inspect and photograph every door in scope, worked around residents and scheme staff, checking each as a complete assembly and grading anything I find.
Audit-ready report
You get an audit-ready report typically within around 48 hours — a per-door photographic record with pass/fail and prioritised remedials, ready for your compliance file or safety case.
Pricing
Straightforward, per-door pricing
You pay per door, with the rate tapering as the door count across your stock rises, plus one clear drive-time travel call-out — and every building or portfolio gets a firm, no-obligation quote before anything is booked.
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 there’s no incentive to over-report to win remedial work. For a landlord accountable to a regulator and to residents, impartial third-party evidence is far easier to stand behind.
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.
Formatted for your readers
Reports are formatted for the people who’ll read them — responsible persons, building safety managers, fire risk assessors, insurers and enforcing officers — calm, factual and in plain English.
Housing association FAQs
Fire door inspection questions
What does Regulation 10 require housing associations to check?
In residential buildings over 11 metres, communal fire doors (including self-closers) must be checked at least every 3 months, and best endeavours used on flat entrance doors at least every 12 months, with records kept. My reports give documented photographic evidence for every door. General information, not legal advice.
Can you provide evidence for our building safety case?
Yes. For higher-risk buildings (18 metres or more, or at least 7 storeys) door condition supports the Building Safety Act 2022 safety case report. I provide clear, dated photographic records for your golden thread; the safety case itself remains yours to compile. General information, not legal advice.
Can you inspect our whole portfolio and multiple blocks?
Yes — planned around your stock, from one block to thousands of doors, with one inspector for consistency building-to-building and year-on-year.
How does pricing work for large volumes?
Per door, tapering with volume, plus one transparent drive-time call-out. Use the estimator for an instant figure, then we refine it into a portfolio programme with a firm, no-obligation quote.
Can you set up a quarterly and annual cadence?
Yes — a recurring schedule mirroring the Regulation 10 cadence of quarterly communal checks and annual flat-entrance checks, so your evidence stays current.
Do you carry out the repairs you find?
No — and that’s the point. I provide an impartial assessment and a priority-graded defect list for whichever competent contractor you choose to appoint.
What about buildings under 11 metres?
The specific Regulation 10 door-check duties apply over 11 metres. Below that, the Fire Safety Order 2005 still requires common-parts doors to be kept in efficient working order, and periodic documented inspection is good practice. I inspect stock of any height. General information, not legal advice.
How quickly do we get the reports?
Typically within around 48 hours: a per-door photographic record with pass/fail and priority-graded defects.
Get started
Get audit-ready evidence across your stock
Get an instant indicative price, or send a few details and I’ll come back with a firm, no-obligation quote for a portfolio programme.
- Qualified, competent inspector
- Independent & impartial
- Reports typically within 48 hrs
- No obligation
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