Topic
Fire Doors & Equipment
Door checks, alarm servicing and the records that back them up.
Fire extinguisher servicing: what a responsible person actually needs to know
Extinguishers are one of the more visible bits of fire safety kit in a building, which makes an out-of-date one an unusually obvious gap to an inspector.
23 July 2026 · 5 min readThe most common fire door defects, and how to record them properly
Most fire door failures come from a small, repeating list of causes. Recording them consistently is what turns a one-off fix into a lasting one.
4 June 2026 · 4 min readEmergency lighting testing: what's actually required and how often
Emergency lighting only matters in a power failure, which is exactly why nobody notices it's failed until it's tested — or until it's genuinely needed.
7 May 2026 · 4 min readWhy a fire door register matters more than the checks themselves
The checks catch problems in the moment. The register is what proves, months or years later, that they were actually happening.
23 April 2026 · 5 min readFire alarm servicing: what to expect and how often it should happen
A fire alarm system is only as reliable as its last service. Knowing roughly what a competent servicing visit should involve helps you judge whether you're getting one.
19 March 2026 · 4 min readFire door gaps and tolerances, explained simply
A few millimetres either way sounds trivial until you understand what the gap is actually there to control during a fire.
19 February 2026 · 4 min readHow often should fire doors actually be inspected?
Routine checks and formal surveys operate on very different clocks, and conflating the two is one of the more common gaps in a fire door programme.
22 January 2026 · 5 min readFire door checks: what to actually look at, door by door
A fire door is only as good as its weakest component. A short, consistent check routine catches most of what actually goes wrong between formal surveys.