Kent · CT20

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Folkestone

Looking for a flat entrance door check in Folkestone? We inspect, repair and replace fire doors across Folkestone and surrounding parts of Kent, with a door-by-door report and every remedial item priced separately.

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: Folkestone
County / area: Kent
County council: Kent
Postcode district: CT20
Region: South East England
Population: Around 66,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Dover (11 km)

Where fire doors matter most in Folkestone

As a coastal town, Folkestone has many hotels, guest houses and holiday lets, where bedroom and corridor fire doors protect guests who do not know the building. Where a Folkestone building has had a recent fire risk assessment, send it over and we will price against its actions.

What happens on site in Folkestone?

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

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 Folkestone clients choose us

One contact

One point of contact for inspections, repairs and replacements across Folkestone and Kent.

Booked around you

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

Priced door by door

Every failed item in Folkestone is priced separately, so you approve exactly what you want done.

Fire safety law that applies in Folkestone

Buildings in Folkestone fall under English fire safety law: the Fire Safety Order 2005 requires fire doors to be maintained, and in multi-occupied residential buildings over 11 metres regulation 10 sets quarterly and annual checks.

What will it cost in Folkestone?

In Folkestone, flat entrance door checks typically cost £15–£28 per flat ex VAT, depending on the building and specification. Get a guide price for your Folkestone building.

Questions from Folkestone clients

Does regulation 10 apply to buildings in Folkestone?

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

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.

Do you work in occupied buildings in Folkestone?

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