We have a fire door inspection report for the whole block. Can you price it?

Yes. That is the most common way our block work starts. We price the report line by line against your door references, separating repairs from replacements and flagging any entries that need verifying on site before a cost can be committed. Where a formal inspection report is still needed, that can be arranged through a specialist fire door inspection contractor.

What happens with flats we cannot get access to?

They are managed as a distinct category rather than quietly dropped. No-access doors are recorded with the dates attempted, kept on the schedule as outstanding, and picked up in later access rounds. Keeping them visible matters, because an unaddressed flat entrance door is exactly the item that resurfaces at the next inspection.

Can works be phased across a service charge year?

They frequently are. Once the schedule is priced and prioritised, works can be batched by risk, by core or stairwell, by floor or by budget period. We will set out which items we would not recommend deferring, but the phasing decision is yours.

Do residents have to be home for flat entrance door work?

For work to the door of an individual flat, access is normally needed. We agree appointment windows with you or your resident liaison arrangements in advance, work in a way that leaves the flat secure at the end of each day, and report back on which doors were completed and which were not.

What evidence do we get at the end?

An itemised record of what was carried out at each door reference, including components fitted, photographs where relevant, and a clear list of outstanding and no-access doors. That record describes the works we carried out; it is not a formal inspection report and does not certify the building.

Guide

Fire Door Remedial Works for Blocks of Flats

For freeholders, RMCs, block managers and managing agents who already know what the defects are and need them priced, programmed and completed. This page is about executing the works across a block — flat entrance doors and communal doors, in occupied buildings, with the evidence to close each item out.

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Starting From What You Already Hold

By the time a block reaches us there is usually a document: a door-by-door inspection report, a fire risk assessment action list, or both. The problem is rarely knowing that something is wrong. It is turning dozens or hundreds of lines into a costed, sequenced piece of work that can actually be delivered in a building full of residents.

We price against your references so the schedule you approve maps directly onto the document you already have. Entries that are too vague to price honestly are marked for verification on site rather than carrying a guessed figure that changes once we open the door.

Flat Entrance Doors and Communal Doors Together

A block has two distinct populations of doors and they behave differently in a programme. Communal doors — stairwell, corridor, riser, bin store, plant — are accessible during working hours and are usually where the heaviest wear and the disconnected closers are found. Flat entrance doors depend entirely on residents being in.

We plan them as two workstreams within one programme, so the communal work progresses while access rounds for the flats are still being arranged. It keeps the programme moving instead of stalling on the first uncontactable leaseholder.

Communal doors scheduled independently of resident access
Flat entrance doors batched into access rounds by core or floor
Escape routes kept usable throughout the working day
Each flat left secure and operable before we leave
Leaseholder and tenant doors treated consistently across the block
Progress reported against the original schedule references

How a Block Programme Runs

Step 1

Schedule and price

Your report or action list priced door by door, separating repair items from replacement, with anything unverifiable flagged rather than assumed.

Step 2

Prioritise and phase

Items grouped by risk and practicality so the programme can be delivered in one go or batched across cores, floors or budget periods.

Step 3

Access planning

Appointment windows agreed with you and your resident communications, with notice periods that give leaseholders a realistic chance to respond.

Step 4

Works on site

Communal doors and access rounds run in parallel, with escape routes kept usable and areas left clean and secure at the end of each day.

Step 5

No-access management

Missed doors recorded with dates attempted and retained on the schedule as outstanding, then revisited in later rounds.

Step 6

Close-out record

An itemised record per door reference, with components fitted, photographs where relevant and a clear outstanding list for your building file.

Repair First, Replace Where It Is Right

Across a block, the cost difference between a repair-led and a replacement-led programme is substantial, so the decision deserves to be made door by door rather than by policy. Where the construction and condition are known and compatible components are available, repair is very often the right answer. Where the required performance cannot reasonably be restored, we quote replacement and say why — our repair or replacement guide sets out the reasoning.

Send us the report or FRA action list you hold and we will come back with a door-by-door schedule for the block. For the wider context, see remedial works in occupied buildings, flat entrance fire doors and managing agents and property managers. Where a formal fire door inspection report is required, that can be arranged through a specialist fire door inspection contractor; Parsec Fire Doors delivers the repairs, remedials, installation and replacement.

Related pages for block and portfolio work.

Flat entrance fire doors Managing agents & property managers Remedials in occupied buildings Remedials after an FRA Records & close-out Free remedial works schedule template

Frequently Asked Questions

Need a Block Priced Door by Door?

Send us your fire door inspection report or FRA action list and we will return an itemised remedial schedule covering flat entrance and communal doors, with repairs and replacements separated.

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