West Sussex · Fire damper testing
Fire damper inspection in Fittleworth
Professional fire damper testing in and around Fittleworth, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Fire dampers with no recent test record
- Fire dampers that fail to drop shut
- Dirty dampers that may not close
Managing agents and facilities teams in Fittleworth
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.
Fire damper testing in Fittleworth
Each damper we test gets a location, a result and a note of its condition. Dampers that pass are reset and left open, ready to operate, while failures are flagged with what we found. You end up with a clear record to keep with your fire safety documents. Common call-outs are for rusted damper blades and springs and motorised smoke dampers due for testing, on riser dampers, hospitals and care homes and wall and floor dampers.
In a village or hamlet like Fittleworth, there may be only a few buildings with fire dampers. Wherever there are dampers, each one needs testing at least annually.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Fittleworth (RH20)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Written report with photos
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Fittleworth questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Fittleworth?
Fittleworth is in the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer audits the building, they may ask for the latest damper test records.
Do you work at weekends in Fittleworth?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Fittleworth does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
How do you deal with dampers that can’t be reached?
The report lists each inaccessible damper and where it is, so you know exactly what’s outstanding. Fitting an access panel is the usual fix, and we can quote to fit one.
Do you work in Fittleworth?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Fittleworth.
Who is responsible for fire damper testing?
Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, such as the employer, owner, landlord or managing agent. They must keep fire safety measures, including dampers, in working order.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Can you fix fire dampers that fail?
It’s listed on the report as a fault and we quote for remedials. Once fixed, the damper is drop tested again and the record updated.
Does the law say we must follow TR19?
Not in itself. Insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark, and many insurers ask for proof of cleaning to it. The legal duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Schools are often easiest to test during the holidays, when ceilings can be opened without disturbing lessons.
Access panels
Access panels sometimes get painted over, screwed shut or hidden by new ceilings. Letting us know where they are speeds the visit up.
How we price fire damper testing
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- The size of the system
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The condition we find in the survey
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What to send for a quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Signing off a building’s overall fire safety
- Control wiring problems outside the damper itself
- Designing the building’s fire compartments
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Fittleworth
- Motorised smoke dampers
- Riser dampers
- Offices and schools
- Wall and floor dampers
- Hospitals and care homes
- Fusible link fire dampers
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Warn anyone working in ceiling voids about the dampers
- Fix water leaks in plant rooms and risers promptly
- Close off damper faults promptly
- Book the next test before the year runs out
When we finish, we send a report covering every damper on the visit, with where it is and whether it passed. Keep it with the building’s fire safety records so it’s ready when your assessor or insurer asks.
Make sure every damper can be reached. Where there’s no hatch, an access panel makes testing possible before the next test.
What staff can safely do
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Fire damper testing in Fittleworth: local notes
Fittleworth sits within the area of West Sussex 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. We cover Fittleworth, about 42 miles from central London, as part of our work across London and the South East. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends, so the visit fits around the site.
Historic buildings that have had ventilation added later can hide dampers in awkward places; Old Place Manor, about 2.1 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the area around Fittleworth. School buildings such as Fittleworth CofE Village School are typically tested in the holidays, wherever they have dampers.
Fittleworth is about 11 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Fittleworth or further out, we cover fire damper testing for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Fittleworth is one of 371 places in West Sussex where we work for fire damper testing. For sites nearby, see our Guildford page (20 miles or so).
We cover every part of RH20 for fire damper testing and the streets around it. That includes premises on Fairmead Close, School Lane and Greatpin Croft and the roads around them. Other places close to Fittleworth include Bedham (1 mile north), Lower Horncroft (1 mile south), Coates (1 mile south-west), Hardham (2 miles south-east) and Coldwaltham (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Horsham (13 miles north-east), Worthing (12 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (13 miles south-west), Chichester (13 miles south-west), Littlehampton (11 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (15 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Fittleworth
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Swan Hotel. For rail, the closest station is Pulborough station, about 1.9 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find Coates Castle (1.5 miles south-west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.5 miles west). The countryside around Fittleworth includes Bignor Hill and The Mens.
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes anything from a couple of hours for a handful of dampers to a full day for a large building. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Fittleworth and turn up when the site is quiet.
- First we check the schedule and the last set of results.
- Each damper is found and checked for access.
- Fire dampers are drop tested, and smoke dampers are tested through their 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
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Get a fixed quote
If you need fire damper testing in Fittleworth, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote usually follows within one working day.