Essex · SS12

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Wickford

From the SS12 district outwards, we cover Wickford and neighbouring towns such as Pitsea and Rayleigh for flat entrance door checks.

In short: 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: Wickford
County / area: Essex
County council: Essex
Postcode district: SS12
Region: East of England
Population: Around 28,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Pitsea (5 km)

Typical buildings in Wickford

Wickford has its share of converted buildings and older doors of unknown origin, where an inspection records what evidence exists. Reports for Wickford buildings keep the same door references from one visit to the next.

What our flat entrance door check covers in Wickford

Repeat visits for missed appointments
Door, frame, gaps, seals, closer, letter plate and spy hole checked
A written record of every attempt where access is refused or not possible
Flags for doors replaced by residents without fire rating evidence
A per-flat result that can be shared with the leaseholder

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.

How we work in Wickford

Booked around you

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

One contact

One point of contact for inspections, repairs and replacements across Wickford and Essex.

Records you can use

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

Fire door law for Wickford buildings

Wickford 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 Wickford

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

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Wickford: questions

Does regulation 10 apply to buildings in Wickford?

Yes, if the building is a multi-occupied residential building with storeys over 11 metres. Wickford 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 Wickford?

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

Can you check the doors from the corridor only?

Part of the check can be done from outside, but the self-closer and the inside face need access to the flat. Where we cannot get in we record what was checked and why the rest was not possible.

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.