Fire damper testing in Banstead, Surrey

For landlords and multi-site operators

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.

Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.

What your team can do, and what needs us

Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.

If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.

What fire damper testing looks like in Banstead

There are about 6 schools, colleges and universities and about 23 hospitals, care homes and childcare premises on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of central Banstead. Buildings like these often have ducted ventilation, and wherever a duct crosses a fire-resisting wall or floor there should be a damper, tested at least once a year. For Banstead, the closest hospital is Banstead Hospital, roughly 0.9 miles north-east. Smaller healthcare sites, from surgeries to care homes, need the same annual damper test as a hospital. The fire and rescue service for Banstead is Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Under the Fire Safety Order, the responsible person has to keep fire safety systems, dampers included, in working order, and the fire authority enforces that in most non-domestic premises.

If you manage an older building converted to a hotel or venue, like many historic houses in the area (Nonsuch Mansion is about 2.7 miles north-west), finding every damper is the first job. For managed buildings around Banstead station, damper testing can be booked out of hours so tenants aren’t disturbed. For schools like St Anne's Catholic Primary School, damper testing is easiest in the holidays, when corridors and ceilings are clear.

Banstead is about 3 miles west of Coulsdon, in Surrey. Across the SM7 area, we can take on fire damper testing. Our area takes in 395 places across Surrey, large and small. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 13 miles away.

Work in SM7 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. You will find streets such as High Street, Glenfield Road and Highview Path, all of which we cover for fire damper testing. Banstead is on the A217 and A2022, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. We also cover Woodmansterne (1 mile south-east), Shanklin Village (2 miles north), Chipstead (2 miles south-east), Little Woodcote (2 miles north-east) and Woodcote Green (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Epsom (3 miles west), Horley (10 miles south), Redhill (6 miles south), Ewell (3 miles north-west), Reigate (6 miles south) and Walton-on-Thames (10 miles north-west).

Near you in Banstead

Around Banstead, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Woolpack pub, Fames Rough and Priory Preparatory School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Banstead station, about 0.7 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Walton on the Hill (3.6 miles south-west) and The Ashley Centre (3 miles west). Not far away are Colley Hill and Cuddington Meadows.