Berkshire · SL1

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Slough

Whether it is a block of flats, a school or a care home in Slough, our flat entrance door checks follow the same door-by-door method and report format.

Annual flat entrance door checks are the yearly checks of each flat's front door, and its self-closer, that regulation 10 requires on a best-endeavours basis in English residential buildings with storeys over 11 metres. We use the same method for buildings in Slough.

Town: Slough
County / area: Berkshire
Local authority: Slough
Postcode district: SL1
Region: South East England
Population: Around 160,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Windsor (3 km)

Typical Slough fire door jobs

Buildings in Slough range from 1960s flats to new-build apartment schemes, plus care homes, schools and retail units with stock rooms and stair doors. For flat entrance door checks, we group Slough visits with nearby buildings wherever possible to keep your price down.

What happens on site in Slough?

A per-flat result that can be shared with the leaseholder
Repeat visits for missed appointments
Flags for doors replaced by residents without fire rating evidence
Door, frame, gaps, seals, closer, letter plate and spy hole checked
Resident notification letters and booking slots

Letter plate	Letter plates and spy holes are fire-rated and intact.
Alterations	No unauthorised replacement, cat flaps, extra locks or cut-down leaves.
Seals	Intumescent and smoke seals present and continuous around the leaf.

Full details on our annual flat entrance door checks page.

Why book with us in Slough?

Booked around you

Visits in Slough are booked around residents, pupils or patients, including early, late and weekend slots by arrangement.

Records you can use

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

One contact

One point of contact for inspections, repairs and replacements across Slough and Berkshire.

Fire safety law that applies in Slough

Slough is in England, so the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to the common parts and non-domestic premises, and regulation 10 adds quarterly communal and annual flat entrance door checks in residential buildings with storeys over 11 metres.

Slough guide prices

Guide prices for flat entrance door checks in Slough are typically £15–£28 per flat, ex VAT. Get a guide price for your Slough building.

Questions from Slough clients

Do you cover the area around Slough?

Yes. As well as Slough itself we cover nearby towns including Windsor, Maidenhead and Gerrards Cross.

Who is responsible for a flat entrance fire door?

It depends on the lease, but since the Fire Safety Act 2021 the Fire Safety Order clearly covers flat entrance doors in multi-occupied residential buildings, so the responsible person must account for them in the fire risk assessment even where the leaseholder owns the door.

Which fire safety law applies in Slough?

Slough 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.

What does best endeavours mean?

The government fact sheet describes it as the responsible person deciding how to engage residents to gain access and keeping evidence, such as correspondence, where access is refused or not possible.