Solid wall from the corridor side. ๐งฑ
Lift a ceiling tile and it stops right there, with open void up to the slab. Smoke goes straight over the top.
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Office EICR: 5 years max. Industrial: 3. Pools and petrol stations: 1. Construction sites: 3 months. Upper limits, not targets. https://t.co/WDkfN8hyxC
Letterboxes from the builders' merchant, cut into fire doors. ๐ง
Also never logged:
โ spy holes
โ surface bolts
โ second locks
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Damaged fire door frame? Usually repairable: new timber spliced in, hinges re-fixed, seals renewed, gap behind the architrave sealed. Filler doesn't count.
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The riser cupboard on the third floor got a smart new door in the refurb. ๐ช
Painted to match, new handle, looks the part.
It's a plain cupboard door.
Quick check on yours ๐
A label or plug on the top or hinge edge, intumescent strips round the edges, at least three hinges.
A light, hollow leaf with none of those usually isn't a fire door.
Two screws gone from the top hinge, and the fire door's scraping the floor. ๐ช
Refix it and the gaps often come back. Don't plane it.
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Cable tray through the plant room wall, fire batt hacked back to fit one more cable. ๐งฑ
Looks sealed from the floor. Up close, it's a gap into the next compartment.
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Coat hooks screwed into fire doors rarely make it onto the register. ๐
Nor do:
โ painted seals
โ a new kick plate
โ a swapped closer
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No law gives commercial fire doors an inspection date. Article 17 of the Fire Safety Order still wants them in good repair, and inspection is how you prove it. https://t.co/zPAoc5dFtp
It's Bonfire Night, so fire's on everyone's mind for an evening. ๐
Good time to ask where your dampers are, and when each one was last reached.
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Smooth new ceiling on level 3, and not one access hatch along the ductwork above it. ๐
The ventilation went in last spring. Air's moving, everyone's happy.
Dampers need a drop test to show they still close. ๐ง
No hatch means nobody can reach it, so the test gets skipped and the record just says "no access".
Cracked glass in a fire door's vision panel needs fire-rated glass and matching beads, not whatever pane fits the hole. ๐ช
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