SOCIAL HOUSING & HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS
Fire doors for social housing and housing associations
Fire doors for social housing: flat entrance and communal doors at portfolio scale, for registered providers, councils and housing associations working under close regulatory scrutiny.
WHAT THESE BUILDINGS NEED
Consistency and evidence, at scale
Social housing carries the duties that have been front and centre since Grenfell. In buildings over 11 metres, the responsible person must check communal fire doors quarterly and make best endeavours to check flat entrance doors annually, under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022. Higher-risk buildings bring further duties under the Building Safety Act. Across a portfolio, that is a lot of doors to inspect, evidence and maintain.
The real challenge is consistency and evidence at scale. In other words, the same standard of inspection and the same quality of record across every block, with a clear audit trail for residents, the regulator and any building safety case.
HOW WE HELP
Fire doors for social housing: one standard across the portfolio
Inspection programmes. Flat entrance and communal fire door checks, quarterly and annual, with consistent photographic reports across the portfolio. An ABBE Level 3 qualified inspector leads them.
Fire risk assessments. A Level 4 qualified fire risk assessor carries these out, covered by our £2m professional indemnity.
Repair-first remediation. We put seals, closers, gaps and glazing right. Where a door genuinely needs it, we supply a documented certified doorset replacement.
Evidence at scale. Consistent records you can put in front of residents, the regulator and your building safety case. More on our accreditations.
HOW A PROGRAMME RUNS
From baseline survey to a live door register
1. Baseline survey. First, we inspect and photograph every communal and flat entrance door in scope, and give each one a unique ID and location. That becomes your door register.
2. Prioritised findings. Every fault is rated by risk, so your budget goes to the doors that matter most first. Most faults are repairs, not replacements.
3. Remediation, block by block. We schedule works around residents and access, with resident letters and appointment slots for flat entrance doors. Where a door is beyond repair, we fit a certified replacement doorset.
4. Re-inspection and records. After the works, we re-inspect and photograph every door, so the register shows a dated, compliant status for each one. Quarterly and annual checks then keep it current.
The result is one consistent record across the whole stock, in a format your fire safety team, your board and the regulator can all read.
Fire doors for social housing FAQs
Straight answers to the questions housing associations and councils ask us most.
How often must fire doors in social housing be checked?
In buildings above 11 metres, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require checks of communal fire doors at least every three months and best-endeavours checks of flat entrance doors at least annually. Below 11 metres, the fire risk assessment sets the frequency. Either way, the regulator expects a documented regime.
Can you handle fire doors for social housing across a whole portfolio?
Yes. We build a door register for the whole stock, inspect to one standard, and report in one format. So a block in Poole and a block in Southampton produce records that look the same and can sit side by side in your evidence file.
How do you get access to flat entrance doors?
We provide resident letters and appointment slots, and we work with your housing officers on no-access cases. We record every attempt, because the Regulations ask for best endeavours and you need to evidence them.
Do you replace doors or repair them?
Repair first, always. Most faults are seals, closers, gaps or hardware, and a repair restores compliance at a fraction of the cost. We replace only where a door is beyond economic repair or cannot be evidenced, and we say why.
What records will we hold at the end?
A dated, photographed record for every door: what we checked, what we found, what we did, and its current status. That is the evidence a fire risk assessor, an insurer or the Building Safety Regulator will ask for.
Last reviewed 7 September 2026 by Daniel Storr, Founder & Managing Director.
LET’S TALK
Bring one standard to every block
Tell us about your stock. We will then set out a consistent, evidenced inspection and remediation programme, with a clear, itemised quote.