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Neil / Anthony, many thanks for your helpful responses. Anthony, out of interest and for my own knowledge can you point to what guidance/standards would include this information, would it be the approved documents?

I am finding difficulity on thinking why it would be an issue but could you not just note that the gaps aren't sufficient and specify that a repair is carried out by a company with BM TRADA Q-Mark fire door maintenance certification? Presumably the BM Trada certfied company would then know what Accepted Repair Technique to use. The repair proposal would then need to be reviewed/approved by the client?

Hi Amy, I would contact your local building control for advice, conversion of a garage into habitable space will normally require approval under the Building Regs.

For older properties there are often no fire strategy drawings available that detail the protected zones, locations of fire doors and the necessary fire resistance etc. What is the general approach in this case for fire door inspectors? For example if the inspector comes across a door do they just make a determination on if the door is a nominal fire door (in absence of any signs of certification labels) based on the door make-up (leaf width, hinges, presence of intumescent strips, door closers etc)? I have also come across doors that appear to be fire doors where if you then look above the (non fire resistant) suspended ceiling there is no compartmentation to the wall above the door! So in this instance it wouldn't make much sense to recommend replacement of the fire door without also recommending upgrade of the compartmentation above the ceiling. But it does raise the question on if the door actually needs to be a fire door. If the inspector determines it is a fire door and it needs replaced, how does the client instructing the fire door inspector know what specification of fire door to replace it with in absence of fire strategy information? Would the fire door inspector be expected to advise on this or would it be reasonable to suggest that the client looks to have restrospective fire strategy drawings produced?

Have a look at the iAuditor app (you can try it for free and search through pre-made fire door inspection checklist templates to see what it can do). I've created a fire door inspection checklist using it and it's fairly powerful due to the fact you can create custom checklists to your clients requirements. You can add necessary actions/photos etc and you could add fields for budget costs. I believe if you use the premium version (seems to be around £20/m per user) you can export to a MS Word file in addition to PDF however I haven't tried that yet as just been exploring capability.

Hi all, in the case of a large site with multiple buildings, would every building require an individual fire risk assessment? I understand most occupied buildings would certainly require one but what about say a small GRP security kiosk, single unit portacabin or vacant/derelict buildings etc?