Fire Door Certificate London

No law in England requires a document called a fire door certificate. The law does require fire doors in workplaces and in the common parts of flats and HMOs to be kept in good repair, and in blocks above 11 metres, checked at set intervals. Home Office guidance says routine checks needn't be done by a specialist. Check your HMO licence, lease or insurer for their own requirements.

It has no fixed expiry date, because it records the condition of your doors on the day they were inspected. The law sets fixed intervals only for blocks of flats above 11 metres; otherwise, follow your fire risk assessment. Industry bodies recommend checks at least every 6 months.

Only regulation 10 sets fixed intervals: in blocks of flats above 11 metres, communal fire doors at least every 3 months and flat entrance doors at least every 12 months on a best-endeavours basis. For lower blocks, HMOs and workplaces, the law requires maintenance but no set interval.

The law doesn't require a certificate, but HMO managers must keep the means of escape in good order and repair (in practice, that includes fire doors on escape routes), and your HMO licence may include fire door conditions. A certificate gives you a clear record for your licence file and fire risk assessment.

Yes, if your building has two or more sets of domestic premises with common parts that residents would use to escape, whatever its height. Under regulation 10 (opens in a new tab), the Responsible Person must tell new residents soon after they move in, and all residents at least once every 12 months, that fire doors should be kept shut when not in use, that self-closing devices must not be tampered with, and that any fault or damage should be reported straight away.

The law doesn't say who can issue one, but the person should be competent: look for relevant training and independent certification. For routine regulation 10 checks, Home Office guidance says a specialist isn't needed. Our certificates are signed by M Umar Iqbal, Operations Manager, a UK Fire Door Training approved fire door inspector.

No. A fire door certificate records the condition of your fire doors. Our fire safety certificate covers fire alarms and smoke detectors.

Your fire risk assessment decides which doors need to be fire doors and to what standard. The certificate records the condition of those doors on the day we inspect them, door by door, so your assessor and your contractor can see what was checked and what needs fixing.

Keep trying, and keep records. In blocks above 11 metres, the Responsible Person must use best endeavours to check flat entrance doors at least every 12 months and record the steps taken, including access attempts. Home Office guidance says access may need to be arranged under the lease or, in some cases, by court order.

No. Your certificate records every door's result, including any that fail, with the action needed to put it right. London Fire Brigade (opens in a new tab) advises property managers not to leave damaged fire doors in use, so arrange repairs promptly, using your own competent contractor or ours. We then re-inspect those doors at the same per-door price.

Your certificate and report are emailed to you as a PDF within 24 hours of the inspection.

Yes. Every price on this page includes VAT: £70, £60 or £50 per door, depending on how many doors we check on the same visit, with a tailored quote for more than 12 doors. Your quote shows the full cost before anything is booked.