Routine checks, technical assessment and maintenance
In England, Regulation 10’s routine-check duties apply to qualifying residential buildings with common parts where the top storey is more than 11 metres above ground level: communal fire doors at least every three months, and flat entrance doors at least every twelve months on a best-endeavours basis. The resident-information duty is not limited to buildings above that height.
These simple checks are distinct from the suitability assessment made through the fire risk assessment. Do not apply this timetable as a UK-wide rule for every door or building. Set other inspection and maintenance arrangements from the applicable duties, assessed risk, usage, condition and product instructions.
Measure and record the actual door condition. Threshold, head and side gaps are different interfaces; hinge numbers, seal details and component substitutions must be checked against the applicable evidence. A generic checklist cannot establish compatibility or certify safety.
There is no universal “recertification expiry date” for all installed fire doors. Maintain and assess the asset, record repairs and arrange appropriate follow-up. Any specific certificate or scheme conditions must be checked separately.
What Is Fire Door Maintenance?
Fire door maintenance addresses condition and defects between checks. Repairs, replacements and adjustments need to follow suitable instructions and product evidence, with appropriate follow-up. Routine re-inspection is not the same as recertifying a product.
Done well, maintenance is a connected process: a defect found in inspection becomes a tracked remedial, the repair is recorded with evidence, and the door’s record in the fire door register updates itself. Done badly, it is a set of paper jobs that no one follows up - which is exactly how fire doors quietly stop being fire doors.
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These are the elements a fire door maintenance process has to manage - and what Automate records against every door.
Defect remedials
Record the finding, affected door, responsible party, intended action and target date. Monitor outstanding work and retain completion evidence.
Repair records
Record what changed, who carried out the work, when it happened and which instructions or supporting evidence were used.
Follow-up assessment
Arrange appropriate checks after work. Re-inspection is not the same as product recertification; check any applicable certificate or scheme conditions separately.
Planned maintenance
Set the programme from applicable duties, assessed risk, usage, condition and instructions. Review missed visits and changes in condition.
Risk and escalation
Record severity and limitations, seek competent advice where suitability is uncertain, and escalate defects requiring urgent action.
Maintenance history
Keep findings, approved changes, repair photographs and follow-up outcomes connected to the asset for the next review.
Where Maintenance Sits in the Lifecycle
Fire door maintenance is the link between inspection and the Golden Thread. A door is inspected, defects are found, and maintenance takes over: each defect becomes a remedial, each remedial a repair, each repair a record, and every record feeds the door’s Golden Thread.
Retain the repair detail and any relevant document conditions, then arrange follow-up appropriate to the work. There is no universal expiry date that automatically makes every installed fire door due for product recertification.
One door, one record, one lifetime - and maintenance is what keeps the record honest.
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