Compartmentation and fire door surveys
Know exactly what is wrong, where it is and what it will take to fix, before you commit to a programme.
A compartmentation survey is a visit of its own. You get the report and the remedial schedule first, and decide on the works afterwards. Our surveyors work floor by floor through risers, ceiling voids, service routes and fire doors, and record every breach so that anyone can find it again.
Because we are also asbestos surveyors, we check the voids we will need to open. Your remedial programme then allows for any asbestos from day one, instead of stopping when it is found.
What we do
- Non-intrusive and intrusive compartmentation surveys
- Fire door inspections with a door-by-door schedule
- Every breach numbered, pinned on a drawing and photographed, with the fire rating required
- A targeted asbestos survey of the voids the remedial work will open
- A remedial specification for each breach, using tested systems
- Report as PDF and spreadsheet, ready to price, phase and share with the fire authority
From survey to certificate
Plan
We agree access, drawings, resident liaison and the areas to be opened.
Survey
Floor by floor: risers, voids, penetrations, walls and doors, all pinned and photographed.
Check for asbestos
We sample suspect materials in the areas the works will disturb.
Report
A numbered breach register and an action-required schedule you can price and phase.
Recent projects
Described by building type and region to protect our clients.
17-storey council tower
A 226-location survey report and a 43-day phase-one programme: asbestos survey, two days' mobilisation and 36 days on the tools, working top down at 1.5 days per floor.
View project →Five-level residential block
An action-required schedule the landlord could price, phase and put in front of the fire authority.
View project →Questions we get asked
What does a compartmentation survey give us?
A register of every breach in the compartment lines we surveyed, each with a number, a location on the drawing, photographs, the fire rating required and the recommended remedy. It goes into your fire safety records and turns straight into a programme.
Do you do the survey and the work on the same visit?
No. The survey is its own visit, so you can see the findings and the scope before deciding. If you then instruct us, the same team that surveyed the building carries out and certifies the work.
How long does a survey take?
It depends on the building. On a 17-storey tower we pinned 226 locations across 18 levels and turned them into a 43-day phase-one programme. We will give you a time and price for the survey once we know the building.
Will the survey find asbestos?
We include a targeted asbestos survey of the areas the remedial work will disturb, so the programme allows for any asbestos from the start.
Other services
Fire stopping and compartmentation
Penetration seals, linear joints, cavity barriers and air transfer grilles under BM TRADA Q-Mark, recorded seal by seal.
Fire doors
FD30S and FD60S doorsets installed, inspected, repaired and maintained under Q-Mark STD 052 and STD 058.
Licensed asbestos removal
HSE-licensed removal by our own supervisors and operatives, cleared by independent UKAS-accredited analysts.
Asbestos surveys and management
Management, refurbishment and demolition surveys by BOHS P402 surveyors, with registers and re-inspections.
Environmental and remediation
Asbestos in soils and made ground, environmental cleans, contaminated land and the minor civil works around them.
Planning a programme?
Send us the address and what you already know. Our bid and contracts team replies within one working day.