County Durham · SR7

Fire Door Surveys in Seaham

Looking for a fire door survey in Seaham? We inspect, repair and replace fire doors across Seaham and surrounding parts of County Durham, with a door-by-door report and every remedial item priced separately.

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.

Town: Seaham
County / area: County Durham
County council: County Durham
Postcode district: SR7
Region: North East England
Population: Around 22,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Houghton-Le-Spring (8 km)

Typical buildings in Seaham

Seaham has many converted townhouses now used as flats, guest houses or care homes, where original doors have been upgraded with mixed results. Where a Seaham building has had a recent fire risk assessment, send it over and we will price against its actions.

What happens on site in Seaham?

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
Defects graded by priority, from immediate risk to planned maintenance
A repair, upgrade or replace recommendation for every door, with the reason

Priority	Defects graded from immediate risk to planned maintenance, so urgent work is obvious.
Budget	Per-door and per-block budget figures for planning and consultation.
Measure	Leaf and structural opening sizes recorded where a replacement doorset is likely.

Full details on our fire door surveys page.

How we work in Seaham

Records you can use

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

Photos of every defect

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

One contact

One point of contact for inspections, repairs and replacements across Seaham and County Durham.

Fire safety law that applies in Seaham

As Seaham 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.

Seaham guide prices

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

Fire Door Surveys in Seaham: 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 you price remedial work in Seaham from another company's report?

Yes. Send the report and we will price each line for your building in Seaham, or revisit specific doors if the report lacks detail.

Can you survey a whole portfolio?

Yes. Multi-site surveys are scheduled building by building and delivered as one register so you can compare buildings.

Which fire safety law applies in Seaham?

Seaham is in England, so the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies, together with the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 for multi-occupied residential buildings.