Fire and smoke damper testing in Dulwich Village

Staff cleaning versus specialist work

Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.

Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.

Fire damper testing around Dulwich Village

The FSA’s food hygiene register lists about 65 schools, colleges and universities, about 59 hospitals, care homes and childcare premises and about 4 hotels and B&Bs with registered kitchens or food service within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Dulwich Village. Schools, care settings and hotels are the kind of buildings where fire dampers are commonly found. Fire safety in Dulwich Village falls to London Fire Brigade. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and keeping dampers working is part of the responsible person’s duty. Testing in London is usually done zone by zone, evenings and weekends included, so occupants are not disturbed.

For schools like Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, damper testing is easiest in the holidays, when corridors and ceilings are clear. If you manage a care home or clinic near Dulwich Village, the testing that a hospital like Dulwich Community Hospital (about 0.6 miles north) relies on applies to your dampers too. If you manage a historic building in the area (Kingswood House is about 1.3 miles south), dampers fitted during conversions can be hard to reach and need recording.

Dulwich Village is about 1 mile south-east of Herne Hill, in Greater London. Dulwich Village gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots.

Here we cover the SE22, SE21 and SE24 postcode area for fire damper testing. You’ll find streets such as Court Lane, Druce Road and Turney Road, and we cover them all for fire damper testing. Dulwich Village is on the A2216, so it’s easy for us to get to for fire damper testing. Neighbouring places we cover for fire damper testing include Dulwich (1 mile south-east), Herne Hill (1 mile north-west), East Dulwich (1 mile north), West Dulwich (1 mile south) and Denmark Hill (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover London (3 miles north), City of Westminster (5 miles north-west), Marylebone (5 miles north-west), Kensington (6 miles north-west), St Pancras (5 miles north) and Shoreditch (5 miles north).

Landmarks near Dulwich Village

Around Dulwich Village, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Alleyn's School, The Crown and Greyhound pub and The Charter School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Dulwich Village itself: North Dulwich station. Nearby you will also find Lewisham Shopping Centre (3.2 miles east) and Greenwich Castle (4 miles north-east). Open spaces near Dulwich Village include Knight's Hill and Centre for Wildlife Gardening.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.

Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.