Fire stopping in Hemel Hempstead
Care buildings are small, lived in and full of old services. The work has to fit around the people.
Get a priceSmall care buildings are a different sort of job.
Residents are in the building. Staff need to get through. Some of the people we pass on the stairs are unwell, and a drill in the next room is no help to them.
So we plan these jobs room by room, not floor by floor.
What we know about these buildings
We have inspected 16 fire doors at three homecare properties in Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley. That was a fire door job, not fire stopping, but we saw how the buildings run.
In any small building, pipes and wires get added over the years, and the notes on where they went through the walls are rarely kept.
Where we usually start
The airing cupboard or service cupboard. It has pipes and cables running through its walls and floor, and it is next to bedrooms.
The loft hatch, because the void above can run across several rooms.
The boiler room, where flues and pipes go through a wall that has to hold.
Then a compartmentation survey to cover the rest. See the compartmentation survey page.
How the work goes
We agree the rooms and the times with the manager first. Residents' rooms we do while they are out of them, and we aim to finish each room in one visit.
The sealing is by our BM TRADA / FIRAS-certificated contractors.
Fire doors in the building are a separate matter. If they need checking, ask us about a door inspection on its own.
Hemel Hempstead
Dacorum Borough Council has its offices in the town, and the fire and rescue service for Hertfordshire is Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
It is a short run from Luton. We still book by the day.
Questions we get asked
Can you work while residents are in?
Yes, with a plan agreed with the manager. We work in one room at a time and leave each tidy.
Is a fire risk assessment enough?
It is a different job. The assessor writes down what is wrong. We close the gaps and show you what was done.
Send us the postcode and a photo or two. We will tell you what it needs and give you a price.
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