Flat fire door regulations, for the door the search means, the flat entrance door, are one paragraph of Regulation 10 as the Home Office fact sheet states it, cited below: in multi-occupied residential buildings over 11 metres, the responsible person undertakes, on a best endeavour basis, annual checks of all flat entrance doors that lead onto the common parts, including their self-closing devices, and gives residents information on keeping doors closed, not tampering, and reporting faults. The fire door inspection checklist on this site is the check, free, and the paid product keeps the checks and the attempts per door.
The check
The fact sheet lists what a check covers: whether there has been any alteration or damage to the door's glazing apertures or air transfer grille, whether there are gaps around the door frame and whether the seals and hinges are fitted correctly, that the door closer shuts the door, that the door closes correctly around the whole frame, and that there is no visible damage to the door or the closer. For a flat entrance door the closer line is the one that fails most, because residents disconnect closers that slam.
Best endeavour
The responsible person cannot open a resident's door, so the duty is to try, record the attempt and the notice, and try again. A record of attempts is evidence; a blank is not. The checklist on this site records attempts as well as checks.
The resident
Told, in a form that can be evidenced and on a date the record holds, to keep the door closed, not to tamper with the door or the closer, and to report faults or damage immediately. A resident who replaces the door with a non-fire door has changed the building's fire strategy, and the lease and the responsible person decide the remedy.
Under 11 metres
The Order's maintenance duty on the common parts applies and the fire risk assessment sets the frequency for the flat entrance doors, recorded with a reason. The register on this site records the height and the frequency per block; DoorsetBook Pro keeps the checks. IgnisTrack lists £49 per user per month on its pricing page, cited below; DoorsetBook Pro is £49 per month for the whole building portfolio.
Questions people ask about flat fire door regulations
Is the flat entrance door the resident's responsibility?
To keep closed and unaltered, yes; to check, the responsible person's, on a best endeavour basis.
What does annual mean in practice?
One check in each year for each door, with the attempts recorded where the door could not be reached.
Is the checklist free?
Yes, without an account.