Fire Damper Testing in Eton Wick

Fire dampers in Eton Wick buildings

Food Standards Agency data includes about 42 schools, colleges and universities, about 12 care, childcare and hospital premises and about 5 hotels and B&Bs in and around Eton Wick, up to about a mile and a half out. 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. The nearest hospital to Eton Wick is King Edward VII Hospital, about 1.9 miles south-east. A hospital is the kind of building where dampers sit on every floor, and clinics, surgeries and care homes need the same annual testing for any they have. Fire safety in Eton Wick falls to Royal Berkshire 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.

For schools like Eton Wick CofE First School, damper testing is easiest in the holidays, when corridors and ceilings are clear. King Edward VII Hospital, about 1.9 miles south-east of Eton Wick, is the kind of building where dampers protect every compartment; smaller care sites need the same annual tests.

Eton Wick is about 1 mile north of Windsor, in Windsor and Maidenhead. From the centre of Eton Wick to the outskirts, fire damper testing is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Windsor and Maidenhead, we cover 57 places, and Eton Wick is one of them. We also work in Reading, about 15 miles from Eton Wick.

We cover every part of the SL4 postcode area for fire damper testing and the roads nearby. Streets in the area include Eton Wick Road, Princes Close and The Wheatbutts, and we cover them all for fire damper testing. Other places close to Eton Wick include Boveney (1 mile south-west), Clewer (1 mile south-east), Eton (1 mile east), Windsor (1 mile south) and Dedworth (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Maidenhead (4 miles west), Boyn Hill (5 miles west), North Ascot (6 miles south-west), Cookham (6 miles north-west), Furze Platt (5 miles north-west) and Broomhall (7 miles south).

Near you in Eton Wick

We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Westgate School, Westgate School and Shepherds Hut pub and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Windsor & Eton Central station, about 1.5 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include The History On Wheels Museum (within half a mile north-east) and Windsor Castle (1.7 miles south-east). The countryside around Eton Wick includes Taplow Lake and Bray Pit.

Multi-site and managed buildings

Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.

From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.

What your team can do, and what needs us

Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.

Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.