Staffordshire · ST16

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Stafford

Responsible persons in Stafford can book flat entrance door checks with clear reports, useful photos and itemised prices.

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 Stafford.

Town: Stafford
County / area: Staffordshire
County council: Staffordshire
Postcode district: ST16
Region: West Midlands
Population: Around 70,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Rugeley (13 km)

Fire doors in Stafford's buildings

In a town the size of Stafford, many buildings are looked after by landlords and managing agents with a handful of properties each. We can work early, late or at weekends in Stafford where residents, pupils or patients make daytime access difficult.

Included as standard in Stafford

Resident notification letters and booking slots
A per-flat result that can be shared with the leaseholder
Repeat visits for missed appointments
A written record of every attempt where access is refused or not possible
Door, frame, gaps, seals, closer, letter plate and spy hole checked

Seals	Intumescent and smoke seals present and continuous around the leaf.
Letter plate	Letter plates and spy holes are fire-rated and intact.
Closer	A self-closing device is fitted and closes the door fully against the frame.

Full details on our annual flat entrance door checks page.

What to expect in Stafford

Photos of every defect

You get photographs of every defect found in Stafford, linked to a door reference you can find again.

One contact

One point of contact for inspections, repairs and replacements across Stafford and Staffordshire.

Records you can use

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

Fire safety law that applies in Stafford

As Stafford is in England, responsible persons must maintain fire doors under the Fire Safety Order 2005, give residents fire door information in buildings with two or more flats, and run regulation 10 checks where a storey is over 11 metres.

Stafford guide prices

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

Annual Flat Entrance Door Checks in Stafford: 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.

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 Stafford?

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

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