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Fire doors are the single most commonly failed element of passive fire protection. We inspect and record every door against current guidance and give you a door-by-door schedule with photographs, a clear pass or fail, and prioritised remedial actions.
Two categories of building dominate our fire door work in Durham: converted student HMOs around the city centre and Gilesgate, where original Victorian doors have often been upgraded with varying degrees of competence, and modern business park units where the doors were compliant on handover but have been propped, drilled for cabling or fitted with non-compliant furniture since.
Durham City, Belmont, Dragonville, Meadowfield, Bowburn, Aykley Heads, Framwellgate Moor, Chester-le-Street and Newton Aycliffe.
Crestfield Safety is based in County Durham, so Durham is genuinely local to us — not a postcode we service from three counties away.
A written report you can hand straight to an enforcing officer, your insurer, your landlord or your client — branded, photographed and dated, with every finding given a priority rating and a realistic timescale.
We talk you through it afterwards. A report you don’t understand is a report you won’t action.
Tell us the premises type, floor area and number of storeys. We come back with a fixed price, usually the same day.
A full walkthrough with you or your responsible person. We ask questions on site rather than guessing later.
Issued within five working days — branded, photographed, with a prioritised action plan you can work through.
We talk you through the findings. Review reminders are included so nothing lapses without you knowing.
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View dsear risk assessment in DurhamFixed-fee retainer support so compliance is managed across the year rather than revisited once something goes wrong.
Explore retainersUnder the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, responsible persons for relevant residential buildings above 11 metres must carry out quarterly checks of communal fire doors and make best endeavours to check flat entrance doors annually. Outside that scope, frequency is driven by your fire risk assessment — typically annually, and more often in high-traffic settings like schools, care homes and busy offices.
Yes. We work across Durham City, Belmont, Dragonville, Meadowfield, Bowburn, Aykley Heads, Framwellgate Moor, Chester-le-Street and Newton Aycliffe. Crestfield Safety is based in County Durham, so Durham is genuinely local to us — not a postcode we service from three counties away.
We inspect and report. We don't fit, repair or supply doors, which means the inspection findings are impartial — there's no commercial incentive for us to fail a door. We're happy to review a contractor's quote against our findings if that helps you.
The schedule tells you exactly what failed and why, with a priority rating. Many failures are cheap fixes — a replacement closer, re-fitting a seal, correcting a gap. We separate the genuinely urgent from the housekeeping so you can budget sensibly.
Yes, and it's usually the most cost-effective way to do it. The fire risk assessment considers doors at a strategic level; the door inspection gives you the individual evidence record to sit behind it.
Not necessarily — existing doors can often be assessed as satisfactory for their purpose without third-party certification, particularly in older buildings. What matters is whether the door will do its job. We'll tell you when a door genuinely needs replacing and when it doesn't.
Tell us a little about the building and we’ll come back with a fixed price. No obligation, no sales call, no pressure.
Prefer to talk? Call 07742 043 378 or email info@crestfieldsafety.co.uk.
Serving Durham City, Belmont, Dragonville, Meadowfield, Bowburn, Aykley Heads, Framwellgate Moor, Chester-le-Street and Newton Aycliffe.