Fire door repairs in Welwyn Garden City
Shop or office below, flats above, and the doors between them.
Get a priceWelwyn Garden City was planned in the 1920s as the second garden city, and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council looks after it today. We'll stick to what we know, which is doors in buildings where one use sits on top of another.
Shops and flats under one roof
A shop or an office sits at ground level and homes are above it, so the two sets of people keep very different hours. The doors between the two matter in both directions, and they're the ones a delivery driver props open, or one tenant locks while another wedges. When we visit a block like that, the first question is who owns which door. Your managing agent will know, so ask before we turn up.
Shared entrances
Some blocks have a shared entrance and a stair. The communal doors are the landlord's job, and the flat doors might belong to the leaseholder. We repair either, as long as the right person has agreed.
For a block over 11 metres with two or more homes, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 want communal fire doors checked every three months and flat entrance doors yearly where that's reasonably possible.
What turns up most
Closers first, then gaps after new flooring, then missing signs. In Luton we repaired 140 of 147 doors without replacing them, and most of the faults were those same three.
It's a short run down the A1(M) from Stevenage, booked as a full day from Luton. Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers the town.
Questions we get asked
Do you repair doors between a shop and the flats?
Yes, when they're fire doors. Tell us who the responsible person is.
Can you fix a leaseholder's door?
If the leaseholder or the lease allows it. Ask your managing agent.
Send the list and the postcode. We will come back with a fixed price for each door.
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