Hi, all. I run maintenance in a residential care home. The manager has now asked that all fire doors are inspected every month. This seems a bit excessive to me. I thought I read somewhere that high traffic areas (corridors and communal areas) were inspected every 3 months and bedrooms every 12 months or am I mistaken? Do the rules change for a care home? Any help on this would be appreciated.

Usually 6 months unless high traffic otherwise 3 months. A less thorough check is usually recorded as part of weekly or monthly basic fire precaution/housekeeping checks (obvious things like wedged or not shut in the frame or grossly damaged) that is not a thorough examination.

If they want a more frequent regime in order to have a higher level of safety then they are of course free to do so.