Fire Doors
Samuel Whitbread Academy
A survey of 199 fire doors across a large secondary school in Bedfordshire, followed by block-by-block remedial and betterment works.
Project overview
A door-by-door fire door survey of a secondary school in Shefford for the school’s facilities management provider, followed by remedial and betterment works programmed block by block so the school could stay open. Every door was inspected, recorded and labelled in OneTrace, and the findings were turned into a costed scope the client could instruct one block at a time.
SCOPE
Survey 199 doorsets across the school’s teaching blocks against the Q-Mark fire door maintenance scheme, separate out doors that are not on a fire compartment line, and give the client a clear, prioritised scope of remedial work for the rest, broken down by block.
WHAT WE DID
Our surveyor recorded each door’s rating (FD30s and FD60s), gaps, seals, hinges, closers, glazing and signage, with photos of every defect. The most common faults were dropped or damaged hinges, damaged perimeter seals, gaps outside tolerance and closers not working correctly. 136 doors were put into scope. Where a door was due for replacement, we offered a betterment option instead: easing and adjusting the leaf, new fire-rated hinges, intumescent and drop-down seals, lippings and new closers. Works began in August 2026 with Blocks 4, 6 and 20.
OUTCOME
Each repaired door carries a TECS maintenance label and a before and after record in OneTrace, with its next six-monthly check date. The school has a block-by-block programme it can budget for, and a clear list of the doors that should be replaced in future years.
RELATED
Services used: Fire Door Inspections and Fire Door Repairs. Area: East Anglia passive fire protection.
Category
Fire Doors
Location
Shefford, Bedfordshire
Duration
Survey April to June 2026, remedials from August 2026
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