Residential Blocks and Housing passive fire protection
Regulation 10 fire door checks, flat entrance door replacement and fire stopping for residential blocks and housing associations.
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Passive fire protection for residential blocks and housing
Residential buildings carry the most demanding fire safety duties in England. Since 2022 the Responsible Person for a block of flats over 11 metres must check communal fire doors every three months and flat entrance doors every year, keep records, and in higher-risk buildings maintain the golden thread of building information required by the Building Safety Act 2022. TECS works with housing associations, local authorities, managing agents, build-to-rent operators and resident management companies to carry out those checks, fix what they find and keep the records that prove it.
We understand that residents’ homes are not a construction site. Our teams give notice, work to agreed appointment windows, respect access refusals and record them, and leave flat entrance doors secure and working at the end of every visit.
What the regulations require
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 made the fire doors in blocks of flats a legal duty: Regulation 10 requires quarterly checks of communal fire doors and annual checks of flat entrance doors in buildings over 11 metres, with best-endeavours access to each flat and records kept. The Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that flat entrance doors and external walls fall within the Fire Safety Order, so they must be covered by the fire risk assessment. Higher-risk buildings over 18 metres or seven storeys are regulated by the Building Safety Regulator and must hold a golden thread of information. Our article on Regulation 10 fire door checks explains what each check involves.
Typical scope in a residential block
Quarterly communal fire door checks and annual flat entrance door checks, scheduled across the year with resident notifications
Flat entrance door surveys recording door type, certification, gaps, seals, closers, letterplates, glazing and signage
Replacement FD30s flat entrance doorsets to a tested, third-party certified specification where existing doors cannot be proven
Fire stopping in risers, service cupboards, corridor ceilings and around new services such as sprinkler, broadband and heating pipework
Compartmentation surveys of common parts, bin stores, plant rooms and car parks
A golden thread record in OneTrace for every door and seal, with photographs and product data
Working with residents
Access is the hardest part of any residential programme. We provide letter and notice templates, offer evening and weekend appointments, record every attempt and refusal so the Responsible Person can show best endeavours, and return for missed flats in a planned sweep rather than leaving gaps in the record.
Services residential clients use most
Fire door inspections, fire door repairs, fire door installation, fire stopping, compartmentation surveys and planned maintenance.
Golden thread and the Building Safety Act
For higher-risk buildings the record is as important as the work. OneTrace gives every door and penetration a unique ID with photographs, products and dates, and the Accountable Person can export it for the Building Safety Regulator or a safety case review. Read more on keeping fire safety records up to date.
Every door and seal recorded
Every check, repair and replacement is recorded in OneTrace and visible to the Responsible Person, the managing agent and the fire risk assessor, so the next quarterly check, fire service visit or regulator request starts from a complete record.
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