Hampshire · SO14

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Southampton

Need a flat entrance door check in Southampton? Tell us the building and roughly how many doors, and we will confirm a fixed price before booking.

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 Southampton.

Town: Southampton
County / area: Hampshire
Local authority: Southampton
Postcode district: SO14
Region: South East England
Population: Around 270,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Hythe (5 km)

What kind of buildings in Southampton need fire door work?

Southampton has purpose-built student blocks and shared houses alongside university, hospital and council buildings with long runs of corridor doors. Where a Southampton building has had a recent fire risk assessment, send it over and we will price against its actions.

What our flat entrance door check covers in Southampton

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

Closer	A self-closing device is fitted and closes the door fully against the frame.
Seals	Intumescent and smoke seals present and continuous around the leaf.
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 Southampton

Records you can use

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

Same report everywhere

Whether your building is in Southampton or across the country, the report format, defect grading and pricing are the same.

One contact

One point of contact for inspections, repairs and replacements across Southampton and Hampshire.

Fire door law for Southampton buildings

Southampton 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.

How much do flat entrance door checks cost in Southampton?

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

Common questions in Southampton

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

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

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.

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.

Does regulation 10 apply to buildings in Southampton?

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