Step one
Review what the FRA actually says
We read the fire door entries as written, note the references used and identify which items are door-specific and which are general observations that need resolving on site before they can be priced.
Guide
Fire Door Remedial Works After a Fire Risk Assessment
A fire risk assessment tells you what needs attention. It does not get the doors put right. This page is for responsible persons, landlords, agents and property teams holding an FRA action list with fire door items on it, who need those items quoted, completed and evidenced.
From Action List to Completed Works
Most of the work we are instructed on begins with a document somebody else wrote: a fire risk assessment, an extracted action list, or a door-by-door inspection report. Our job is to turn that into priced work, complete it and hand back a record that reconciles against the original.
Parsec Fire Doors carries out fire door repairs, remedials, installation and replacement. We do not produce standalone formal fire door inspection reports and we do not carry out fire risk assessments. Where a formal door-by-door inspection report is needed, we can arrange it through a specialist fire door inspection contractor — see fire door inspections. Wider fire safety services are covered on our other fire safety services page.
How We Handle an FRA Action List
Step two
Verify on site where needed
Where entries are general, or where a finding needs confirming before a method can be proposed, we assess the doors on site. This confirms remedial or replacement scope and cost; it is not a formal inspection report.
Step three
Price door by door
Each door is quoted against your reference, with repairable items separated from doors where we would recommend replacement, so the schedule can be approved in whole or in part.
Step four
Agree priority and sequence
Escape routes, flat entrance doors and high-traffic openings usually take precedence. Access arrangements, resident notice and phasing across floors or blocks are agreed before mobilising.
Step five
Complete the works
Seals, hinges, closers, latching, gaps, frames, glazing beads, signage and doorset replacement, carried out with the building in use and each area left clean and secure daily.
Step six
Return records against your references
An itemised record of what was done on each door, photographs where taken, and a clear list of no-access doors and outstanding items for your building file.
Repair First, Replace Where It Is Justified
An FRA action list can look alarming when every entry is read as a replacement. In practice a large proportion of recorded fire door findings are component or adjustment items that can be corrected without removing the door, which is usually both quicker and considerably cheaper.
We take the repair-first position deliberately: repair where the construction, condition and available compatible components make it appropriate, and replace where the required performance cannot reasonably be restored or the doorset's specification cannot be established. The reasoning is set out in full in our guide to fire door repair or replacement.
- Seals, hinges, closers and latching renewed with compatible components
- Gaps and alignment corrected where the frame and leaf allow
- Frame and liner defects addressed as part of the same visit
- Unrecorded apertures and alterations assessed rather than assumed
- Replacement doorsets where performance cannot reasonably be restored
- Anything we cannot verify flagged clearly rather than priced blind
What Makes a Quotation Faster
The more of your existing paperwork we can see, the tighter and quicker the quotation. You can attach documents directly to the enquiry form.
- The fire risk assessment or the extracted fire door action list
- Any existing door-by-door fire door inspection report
- The door reference or numbering system used in the building
- Photographs of the doors giving the most concern
- Number of doors, floors and blocks involved
- Access arrangements and any known no-access properties
Related Pages
Related pages for planning and evidencing the programme.
Frequently Asked Questions
Send Us Your FRA Action List
Attach your fire risk assessment or action list to the enquiry form and we will come back with a door-by-door quotation for the fire door items, separating repairs from doors where we would recommend replacement.