Fire door repairs in Bracknell
Blocks that have been up for decades and doors that show it.
Get a priceBracknell was designated a new town in 1949, so a good part of what stands there went up from the 1950s onwards.
That matters for us. A door that has been swung open and shut for forty years has had thousands of days of use, and the hardware on it is usually tired.
The pattern we expect
Closers first. The original ones, if they are still there, have lost oil and lost spring. The newer ones fitted in the nineties tend to have been set too weak, because somebody was fed up with a door that was hard to push.
Then hinges, the knuckles worn and a couple of screws missing from each. The top hinge carries the weight and gives up first.
Seals are the third thing. Sometimes there are none. Sometimes there are three layers, one on top of the other, and the door has been planed to fit around them.
Offices and small commercial units
Not everything in Bracknell is residential. Offices and units have fire doors on stairs, plant rooms and between tenants, and the responsible person is whoever controls the premises.
A lot of those doors are rated for 30 minutes and have never been looked at. They get damaged when furniture is moved, and nothing is written down.
We can work outside normal hours so that you do not lose a working day.
Shared houses
Landlords with HMOs near the town centre will know the problem. Bedroom doors get kicked, closers go missing and locks get changed by tenants. We can do several houses in one visit.
The numbers
On one programme in Luton, two secondary schools and an almshouse, 140 of 147 doors were repaired and kept. Old doors are often better than people think.
When one cannot be saved, we say so and quote for a plain certified doorset instead. We would not put panels in a new one, because panels void the rating.
Getting to you
We are in Luton and Bracknell is a bit over an hour and a quarter. Group your doors and we come for a day.
Questions we get asked
Do you take on a whole block in one go?
Yes. Send the report and we tell you how many days it is.
Send it to us with the postcode and we will price it door by door.
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