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Share what you already have
The fire door report, FRA action list, any door schedule and photographs. We price against the door references those documents already use.
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Fire Doors for RTM and Residents' Management Companies
Right to manage companies and residents' management companies are often run by volunteer directors who are also residents. When a fire door report or FRA action list lands, the board needs a scope it can understand, a price it can approve and records it can keep. We carry out the repair, remedial, replacement and installation work, and set out the quotation so it supports your decision rather than complicates it.
Not Every Company Is Set Up The Same Way
RTM companies and RMCs vary. Some boards manage the building themselves, some appoint a managing agent, and some share responsibilities with a freeholder. Directors change, and the person who received the report may not be the one who approves the works. We do not assume a particular structure; we ask who instructs, who approves and who receives the records before pricing.
We cannot advise on leases, section 20 consultation or who is legally responsible for which doors. Check the lease and obtain appropriate professional advice where needed. Our part is to make the scope and cost of the door work clear enough for your company to decide.
From Report To Approved Scope
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Pre-works site assessment if needed
Where the paperwork leaves gaps, we visit to scope, measure and price repair or replacement. This is not a formal fire door inspection or report.
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An itemised quotation
Each door listed with the proposed repair, remedial or replacement, plus assumptions, exclusions, provisional items and VAT basis, so directors can see exactly what they are approving.
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Board decision, then programme
Your company approves all or part of the scope. Dates and access arrangements are then agreed with your nominated contact.
Communal Doors and Flat Entrance Doors
Reports often mix communal doors (stair, corridor, lobby, riser and plant doors) with flat entrance doors. Because the responsibility and recovery arrangements for each may differ under your lease, we can price them as separate groups. For the technical side of entrance doors, see flat entrance fire doors; where an individual leaseholder is replacing their own door, see leaseholder fire door replacement.
- Communal doors grouped by core, floor or block
- Flat entrance doors listed individually by flat or door reference
- Repair and replacement shown separately, so the board can see where a door may be repaired rather than replaced
- Doors outside the agreed scope noted, not silently added
Making The Quotation Easy To Approve
Volunteer directors often have to explain a decision to other residents. A quotation that is itemised and plain makes that easier. We state what is included and what is not, so making good, decoration or access arrangements are not assumed.
For the factors that drive cost in a block, see fire door costs for blocks of flats. We do not publish fixed prices for this work; each quotation is based on the doors and conditions in your building.
- Door reference, location and proposed work on every line
- Clear separation of priority items from items that could be scheduled later
- Assumptions about access, occupied flats and working hours
- Exclusions stated, including any decoration or making good
- VAT basis shown
Access and Living In The Building
Directors usually live alongside the residents affected, so access planning matters. Flat entrance doors need a resident at home or keys arranged; communal doors on escape routes need temporary arrangements agreed with whoever is responsible for fire safety in the building.
- Work dates, affected doors and access needs set out so your company or agent can include them in its own resident notice
- Where the agreed scope allows, visits grouped by floor or core to reduce disruption
- Where recording is included in the quotation, no-access doors noted with the date attempted and kept on the outstanding list
- Any temporary measures decided by the responsible person under the fire strategy or FRA
A Hypothetical Example
Imagine a residents' management company receives a report listing communal doors and several flat entrance doors. The board is unsure which entrance doors it should fund. It asks for a quotation with communal and entrance doors priced separately, takes advice on the lease, then approves the communal items first. This is an illustration of how the quotation can support a staged decision, not a description of a real project.
Close-Out Records For The Company File
Directors change, so records need to make sense to the next board. Where included in the quotation, we provide a record of the work against each door reference, dates, outstanding and no-access items and product information supplied with components. If a reinspection is required, it is arranged through the external specialist partner; see fire door inspections. For how works are run across a whole block, see fire door remedial works for blocks of flats; if your agent is coordinating, see our page for managing agents and property managers.
Related Pages
Pages that cover the technical, cost and coordination side of the same work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Need A Scope Your Board Can Approve?
Send the report or FRA action list and tell us who instructs and approves. We will return an itemised, door-referenced quotation with assumptions and exclusions stated.