Fire door signs
The smallest line on the report, usually sorted while we are there for the rest.
Get a priceA missing sign won't stop a fire door doing its job.
It still ends up on the report and somebody has to clear it. Nobody wants a carpenter's call-out for a 10cm blue disc, so we add the signs to a visit when we are already there fixing the door.
Which sign goes where
Three cover nearly everything.
Fire door keep shut. The blue disc. For doors that stay closed but aren't locked, mostly on corridors and stairs. Both faces.
Fire door keep locked. For cupboards, risers and meter stores. One sign on the outside.
Automatic fire door keep clear. For doors held open by a device that lets go when the alarm sounds.
Flat entrance doors don't normally need the blue disc, and neither do doors inside a flat. We still see them stuck on, usually by someone tidying a list. It does no harm. It is just pointless.
How we fit them
Around eye level, the same place on every door in a corridor so it looks like someone meant it.
Self-adhesive vinyl on a clean door is fine. On a textured or freshly painted door we use a rigid plate and a proper adhesive.
No screws. A fire door is a tested item, and every hole through its face is a question for the next inspector.
Wrong, not missing
A faded sign counts. So does a "Fire Exit" sign on a door that is really a cross-corridor fire door, which tells nobody anything useful.
Taller blocks have more. Under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, residential buildings at least 18 metres high or with seven or more storeys need wayfinding signs in stairwells and lobbies showing floor and flat numbers. That is a separate job from door signs. If your report mentions it, ask us.
Closing it off
You get photos of each door, signs included. Send them to your assessor or managing agent and the action can be closed.
In a hotel or student block a full run of signs is a morning. Whoever is on site with us can fit them between other jobs, which keeps the cost close to nothing.
Questions we get asked
Do signs have to be a set size?
No single size suits every door. They have to be clear and readable from where people will see them. 100mm discs are the common choice.
Do I need signs in a small HMO?
Often yes on escape route doors, but not always. It depends on your fire risk assessment and the council.
Send it to us with the postcode and we will price it door by door.
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