County Durham · DH1

Fire Door Surveys in Durham

Fire Door Surveys in Durham, County Durham: every door logged, photographed and graded, with a clear price for anything that needs putting right.

A fire door survey is a more detailed version of an inspection, used when you need to plan and budget: it grades every defect by urgency, decides whether each door should be repaired, upgraded or replaced, and turns the findings into a costed schedule of works. We use the same method for buildings in Durham.

Town: Durham
County / area: County Durham
County council: County Durham
Postcode district: DH1
Region: North East England
Population: Around 48,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Chester-le-Street (9 km)

Typical Durham fire door jobs

With a large student population, Durham has plenty of HMOs and halls, where wedged doors and disconnected closers are common problems. If you look after more than one building around Durham, we can schedule them on the same day.

What our fire door survey covers in Durham

Budget costs per door and per block, ready for a board or section 20 consultation
Leaf and frame sizes recorded where replacement is likely
A spreadsheet register alongside the PDF report
Everything in a standard inspection, door by door
Defects graded by priority, from immediate risk to planned maintenance

Budget	Per-door and per-block budget figures for planning and consultation.
Priority	Defects graded from immediate risk to planned maintenance, so urgent work is obvious.
Decision	A repair, upgrade or replace call for each door, with the evidence behind it.

Full details on our fire door surveys page.

What to expect in Durham

Records you can use

PDF and spreadsheet records for every Durham building, ready for your fire risk assessor.

Photos of every defect

You get photographs of every defect found in Durham, linked to a door reference you can find again.

Priced door by door

Every failed item in Durham is priced separately, so you approve exactly what you want done.

Fire safety law that applies in Durham

As Durham is in England, responsible persons must maintain fire doors under the Fire Safety Order 2005, give residents fire door information in buildings with two or more flats, and run regulation 10 checks where a storey is over 11 metres.

How much do fire door surveys cost in Durham?

Typical Durham prices: £35–£60 per door (ex VAT). Minimum visit from £395. Get a guide price for your Durham building.

Fire Door Surveys in Durham: questions

Do you measure for new doors during the survey?

Where a door is likely to need replacing we record the leaf and opening sizes, so a replacement quotation can follow without a second visit in most cases.

Can the survey support a section 20 consultation?

Yes. The costed schedule gives a clear description of the proposed works and their budget, which you can use when consulting leaseholders. Formal consultation remains the landlord's responsibility.

Does regulation 10 apply to buildings in Durham?

Yes, if the building is a multi-occupied residential building with storeys over 11 metres. Durham is in England, so the quarterly communal door checks and annual flat entrance door checks apply to those buildings.

Do you work in occupied buildings in Durham?

Yes. Inspections and repairs in Durham can be carried out in occupied flats, schools, care homes and workplaces, with doors kept closable at all times.