The latest in fire door compliance.

Fire door failures can attract a lot more than a warning. Here is how enforcement under the Fire Safety Order escalates, and what tends to trigger it.

Regulation 10 sets clear minimum frequencies for buildings above 11 metres. Here is what they are, who they apply to, and what a check actually involves.

FM companies on DoorTRACE can now give their clients secure portal access to live compliance status, reports and defects, no more chasing for the latest PDF.

A fire door register is the backbone of compliance. Here is what to capture per door, and why a spreadsheet eventually lets you down.

Most people know Regulation 10 for its inspection rules. The duty to give residents fire door information is just as enforceable, and it applies regardless of building height.

Social housing landlords carry specific fire door duties in residential blocks. Here is what the law expects and how to evidence it.

The thin strips around a fire door do a lot of the work. Here is what intumescent and smoke seals do, and why they so often let a door down.

A failed inspection is not a crisis, it is a to-do list. Here is what failure means, how to act on it, and what happens if you do not.

We are now on the ICO's register of data controllers, part of how we look after your data and your clients' compliance records.

Hinges and ironmongery look like afterthoughts. On a fire door they are part of the tested assembly, and getting them wrong undoes the rest.

A fire door that does not close is just a door. Here is how self-closing devices should work, and when holding one open is allowed.

The word certification is everywhere in fire door work, but it covers three different things: the product, the people who fit and maintain it, and the people who inspect it.