County Durham · DH1

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Durham

From the DH1 district outwards, we cover Durham and neighbouring towns such as Chester-le-Street and Houghton-Le-Spring for flat entrance door checks.

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.

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 buildings in Durham

Student accommodation and HMOs are a big part of the building stock in Durham, and bedroom door closers and seals in shared housing take heavy wear every term. Durham jobs start with a short call to agree access, followed by a fixed price in writing.

What happens on site in Durham?

A written record of every attempt where access is refused or not possible
Door, frame, gaps, seals, closer, letter plate and spy hole checked
Flags for doors replaced by residents without fire rating evidence
Repeat visits for missed appointments
Resident notification letters and booking slots

Seals	Intumescent and smoke seals present and continuous around the leaf.
Closer	A self-closing device is fitted and closes the door fully against the frame.
Alterations	No unauthorised replacement, cat flaps, extra locks or cut-down leaves.

Full details on our annual flat entrance door checks page.

How we work in Durham

Booked around you

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

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.

Which fire door rules apply in Durham?

Durham 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.

Prices in Durham

Typical Durham prices: £15–£28 per flat (ex VAT), confirmed as a fixed price before work starts. Get a guide price for your Durham building.

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Durham: questions

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.

Can you price remedial work in Durham from another company's report?

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

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.

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.