Fire door compliance for managing agents
You're juggling Regulation 10 checks across several blocks, chasing flat access and answering leaseholders who want to know why they're paying. We take the inspections, flat access, maintenance and records off your desk, for block management firms, RMCs and RTM companies alike.
Your Regulation 10 duties
For residential buildings in England over 11 metres, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require:
Communal fire doors
Check all fire doors in the common parts, including self-closers.
Flat entrance doors
Use best endeavours to check every flat front door, and record the attempts where access is refused.
Resident information
Tell residents fire doors should be kept shut, not tampered with, and faults reported. This applies to all multi-occupied residential buildings.
In force since 23 January 2023. England only. Correct as of October 2026.
The law doesn't require a specialist for routine checks. What it does require is that the checks happen, defects get fixed and you can prove both. That's where a qualified inspector and a proper record earn their keep.
Fire doors in block management, made simpler
Fire doors are one of the most time-consuming parts of block management: quarterly rounds, annual flat checks, repairs and the paperwork to prove it. Here's what we take on.
Flat access, handled
We send the access letters, book the visits, chase no-shows and log every attempt, so your "best endeavours" are on record.
Portfolio reporting
One view across every block: what's been checked, what failed, what's fixed and what's due next.
Records leaseholders can see
Per-door photos and results make it easier to justify service charge spend to residents and boards.
Maintenance at agreed rates
A schedule of rates for common repairs and maintenance, so small fixes don't need a new quote every time. Replacement doors installed when they're needed.
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How often should fire doors be inspected?
In England, residential buildings over 11 metres must have communal fire doors checked every three months and flat entrance doors checked at least once a year on a “best endeavours” basis, under Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 (in force since 23 January 2023).
For other buildings, the frequency should be set by your fire risk assessment. Many buildings use a professional inspection every six months with routine visual checks in between. Busy or high-traffic doors may need checking more often.
Last reviewed October 2026
Who is responsible for fire doors in a block of flats?
The Responsible Person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, usually the freeholder, a residents’ management company or right-to-manage company, often acting through a managing agent. They must keep fire doors maintained and in good repair.
The Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that this duty covers flat entrance doors opening onto common parts, as well as communal doors. Who owns and pays for an individual flat door depends on the lease.
Last reviewed October 2026
Who can inspect fire doors?
The law does not require a specialist for routine Regulation 10 checks: Home Office guidance says Responsible Persons should be able to carry them out with simple instruction. A full inspection is different. It needs someone competent to judge gaps, seals, hardware and alterations against the door’s test evidence and BS 8214:2026.
Recognised qualifications include FireQual qualifications, the ABBE Level 3 Award in Fire Door Inspection and Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) certification. Burnham’s inspections are carried out by FireQual-qualified inspectors.
Last reviewed October 2026
Who owns and pays for a flat front door?
It depends on the lease. Some leases make the leaseholder responsible for their front door; others keep it with the freeholder. Either way, since the Fire Safety Act 2021 the Responsible Person’s duties cover flat entrance doors that open onto common parts.
If a flat door needs replacing, the lease decides who pays. It’s worth checking the lease before quoting or writing to residents.
Last reviewed October 2026
What is a Responsible Person?
The person or organisation with the legal duty under the Fire Safety Order: usually the employer, owner, landlord, or whoever controls the premises. In a block of flats it’s often the freeholder, a residents’ management company or a right-to-manage company.
Last reviewed October 2026
What is an Accountable Person?
Under the Building Safety Act 2022, higher-risk buildings (18 metres or more, or 7+ storeys) must have an Accountable Person. They hold the safety case and a “golden thread” of digital building information, which fire door records feed into.
Last reviewed October 2026
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