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Fire damper inspection in Addlestone
Fire damper testing across Addlestone and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Missing or out-of-date damper records
- Dampers overdue for their annual drop test
- Blades that jam part-way when released
Common questions in Addlestone
Can you come to Addlestone after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Addlestone does not have to lose a day’s trading. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which fire authority looks after Addlestone?
Addlestone is in the area of Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. BESA guidance is that every fire damper is tested at least once a year, so an officer or insurer may expect a report less than a year old.
Who has the legal duty for fire safety?
The Fire Safety Order 2005 calls them the responsible person: often the employer, owner or occupier. In shared or managed buildings, a landlord, facilities manager or managing agent can share the duty.
Who has the duty to keep fire dampers working?
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 puts it on the responsible person. Testing at least yearly and keeping the reports is how they can show it’s being done.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Do you test smoke dampers as well?
Yes. We operate each smoke damper from its controls and check it opens and closes fully. Where a controls contractor needs to be involved, we arrange it with you.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Where does the waste go?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
How we handle fire damper testing in Addlestone
Each damper we test gets a location, a result and a note of its condition. Passes are reset and left ready to work, while failures are flagged with what we found. That record belongs with the building’s fire safety paperwork. The work covers motorised smoke dampers, hospitals and care homes and offices and schools, and people most often call us about corroded dampers in damp risers and plant rooms and dampers clogged with dust or grease.
In smaller places like Addlestone, dampers are often in the ductwork serving kitchens, plant rooms and escape routes. Testing is planned around residents, pupils or guests.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Addlestone (KT15)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- Written report with pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Keep to at least yearly testing
- Make sure access panels stay clear and usable
- Warn anyone working in ceiling voids about the dampers
- Update the register when ductwork changes
Make sure trades working in ceilings and risers know where the dampers sit, and that they mustn’t tie, wedge or obstruct them. Anything they disturb should be checked again.
A simple register of every damper helps a great deal: where each damper is, what kind it is and when it was last tested. It stops dampers getting lost as the building changes.
What happens if it’s left?
If a damper can’t close, the wall it sits in has a hole in it during a fire. The rest of the compartment can be built perfectly and still be bypassed by the duct. It’s far better to find that out on a test than in a fire. Systems on quieter sites still build up dirt and wear, just more slowly.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, which can make the next visit longer. If you’re unsure, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why Addlestone businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
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Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What happens on the day
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a couple of hours for a few dampers, and a day or more across a big site. For a site near Addlestone, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- We go through the damper schedule and any previous faults.
- We locate every damper and note any we cannot reach.
- We test fire dampers by dropping them and smoke dampers by operating them through the controls.
- Passes are reset and any failures recorded with the reason.
- The report sets out the results, and we can quote to repair or replace failed dampers.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
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Signs you need fire damper testing in Addlestone
Buildings in Addlestone change owners, tenants and maintenance contractors over the years, and damper records often get lost along the way. With no register, it’s hard to say how many dampers exist, let alone when they were tested.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Buildings with no damper register
- Dampers overdue for their annual drop test
- Smoke dampers that need testing through their controls
- Fire dampers nobody can get to
For buildings around Addlestone station with ducted ventilation, any fire dampers need an annual test at least.
Before you book anyone
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- Proof of insurance
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Different parts, different methods
Ceiling voids and risers
Where ductwork runs up through a building, there are often dampers at every floor. Testing goes floor by floor so nothing is missed.
Access panels
If we cannot reach a damper, it goes on the report as inaccessible. Fitting a panel means it can be tested on the next visit.
Addlestone buildings and fire safety
Food Standards Agency records list about 18 schools, colleges and universities and about 17 care, childcare and hospital premises registered as food businesses within about 1.5 miles of central Addlestone. Many buildings of this kind have ductwork through fire-resisting walls and floors, and the dampers at those points need testing at least annually. Fire safety in Addlestone falls to Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic buildings, and that covers fire safety systems such as dampers. The nearest hospital to Addlestone is Runnymede Hospital, about 1.5 miles west. Hospitals are a good example of a building with fire dampers across many floors and departments.
If you manage an older building converted to a hotel or venue, like many historic houses in the area (Botleys Mansion is about 1.8 miles west), finding every damper is the first job. If you manage a school site such as Darley Dene Primary School, any fire dampers can be tested in the holidays.
Addlestone is about 5 miles north-east of Woking, in Surrey. Anywhere in KT15, we can carry out fire damper testing at your premises. Across Surrey, we cover 395 places, Addlestone among them. We also work in Guildford, around 9 miles away.
Fire damper testing in KT15 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Market Street, High Street and Station Road and nearby roads. With the A317 and A318 close by, Addlestone is easy for our technicians to reach at any hour. Neighbouring places we cover for fire damper testing include New Haw (1 mile south), Brooklands (2 miles south-east), Weybridge (2 miles east), St George's Hill (2 miles east) and Byfleet (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Guildford (9 miles south), Woking (5 miles south-west), Camberley (11 miles west), Epsom (10 miles east), Ewell (10 miles east) and Egham (5 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Addlestone
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Jubilee High School, Woburn Park and St George's College Weybridge. Addlestone has its own railway station: Addlestone station. Well-known places in the area include Runnymede Hospital (1.5 miles west). Not far away are St Ann's Hill and Gracious Pond.
Fixed quotes for fire damper testing in Addlestone
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The times the site is available
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
What we need to know
To help us quote quickly, send us:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.