Do Parsec Fire Doors carry out the inspection?

No. Formal fire door inspections and the reports that come from them are arranged through a specialist fire door inspection contractor. Parsec Fire Doors carries out installation, replacement, repairs and remedial works, and quotes from the resulting report. Our own site assessment confirms works scope and is never presented as a formal inspection report.

How is an inspection normally priced?

Typically per door, often with a minimum charge for the visit, and frequently at a higher rate for double doors than single doors. Per-door rates generally fall as the number of doors rises, because the visit overhead is shared.

Is it cheaper to inspect and repair through the same firm?

Not necessarily, and there is a reason to keep them separate: the party recording the defects is not then the party pricing the works arising from them. Where inspection is arranged through the specialist partner and works are priced by us, the report can be quoted against openly.

How often will we need re-inspecting?

That depends on the building, its use, its occupancy and your fire risk assessment, which is what should set the frequency. We would not quote a universal interval, and you should be cautious of anyone who does without knowing your building.

Can you quote works without a formal inspection report?

Often, yes. If you hold an FRA action list, a maintenance list or a door schedule with photographs, we can usually price most of it and confirm the remainder on site. A formal inspection report is what you need where you must evidence a competent door-by-door assessment rather than a works scope.

Cost Guide

Fire Door Inspection Costs: What Drives The Price Of A Door-By-Door Survey

Inspection and remedial works are two separate purchases, priced in completely different ways. This page explains how inspection pricing usually works so you can budget for both — and how a report turns into a priced works schedule afterwards.

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Two Different Purchases

A formal fire door inspection produces a record: door by door, findings, references, photographs and a report you can rely on as evidence. It does not put anything right, and its cost has almost nothing in common with the cost of remedial works.

Where a formal inspection report is required, it is arranged through a specialist fire door inspection contractor. Parsec Fire Doors then carries out the repairs, remedials, installation or replacement arising, quoting per door reference against that report. Our own pre-works assessment confirms scope for pricing and is not a substitute for a formal report.

Inspection

Priced by doors and visits

Driven by door count, single versus double leaves, how spread out the doors are, access into dwellings, and any minimum charge for attending.

Remedial works

Priced by findings and doorsets

Driven by what was found, whether doorsets are sound, component versus structural work, and how many doors can be worked through per visit.

What Moves An Inspection Price

Number of doors — per-door rates usually reduce with volume
Single versus double doors, and leaf-and-a-half arrangements
Minimum charge for a visit where door numbers are low
How concentrated the doors are: one block, or doors scattered across sites
Access into occupied dwellings, and whether appointments are needed
Revisits for no-access doors, and how those are charged
Depth of output: findings list only, or per-door photographs and references
Whether an asset register or door numbering has to be created first

Published UK Guide Figures (Indicative, Third-Party)

For a sense of scale: South Coast Fire Doors, “Fire Door Costs 2026: Inspection, Repair & Replacement” (southcoastfiredoors.co.uk/guides/fire-door-cost/, last reviewed 11 September 2026, accessed 18 September 2026) gives inspections at £20 plus VAT per single door and £25 plus VAT per double door, subject to a £200 plus VAT minimum charge, and a standalone fire risk assessment at around £600 plus VAT. Those are that contractor’s own guide prices for its trading area in Dorset and Hampshire, not a national benchmark.

These are indicative third-party market figures, cited with their source page and the date we checked it. They are not Parsec Fire Doors prices, not the specialist inspection partner’s prices and not a quotation. They are here so you can recognise whether a quotation you have received sits in a normal range.

Confirm whether the quoted rate includes photographs and per-door references
Confirm how no-access doors and revisits are charged
Confirm whether door numbering or an asset register is included
Check the VAT treatment stated by any published guide before comparing
Budget separately for remedial works — inspection cost is not a proxy for them

Budgeting For What Comes After The Report

The report is the cheap part. The sensible approach is to hold a provisional remedial budget before the inspection happens, then replace it with a priced schedule as soon as the report lands.

Send us the report as soon as you have it. We price per door reference, separate component repairs from genuine replacements, and identify anything that needs confirming on site so the figure you take to a budget holder is defensible.

How inspection connects to the works that follow.

Fire door inspections After a fire door inspection Repair & remedial costs Installation & replacement costs Remedials from an FRA Checks & maintenance

Frequently Asked Questions

Already Have A Report?

Upload your inspection report or FRA action list and we will price the works per door reference. Need the inspection itself? Tell us and we will point you to the specialist fire door inspection contractor.

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