Fire Damper Testing in Grahame Park

What the work involves, part by part

Ceiling voids and risers

Plant rooms and risers can be damp, which leads to corrosion. Signs of corrosion or water are recorded so it can be dealt with.

Offices and retail

In offices and retail units, dampers tend to be hidden above working areas. We can test in the evening, overnight or at weekends so the space stays open.

What fire damper testing looks like in Grahame Park

Going by the FSA’s register, there are about 44 schools, colleges and universities and about 52 hospitals, care homes and childcare premises serving food within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Grahame Park. 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. Grahame Park is covered by London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic buildings, and that covers fire safety systems such as dampers. London buildings tend to have dampers on several floors, so testing is usually done out of hours, a zone at a time.

If you manage a historic building in the area (Heath Hall is about 3.5 miles south-east), dampers fitted during conversions can be hard to reach and need recording. If you look after a building near Mill Hill Broadway station with a fire risk assessment due, a damper test with a full record is worth having first.

Grahame Park is about 1 mile south-east of Burnt Oak, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Grahame Park or further out, fire damper testing is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. We cover 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. London is in our area too, around 9 miles away.

Every address in NW9, NW7 and NW4 is covered for fire damper testing, from busy streets to back roads. If you need fire damper testing at premises on Hall Lane, Booth Road and Harrier Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Grahame Park sits on or near the M1, which makes travel easy for fire damper testing. Close by, we work in Burnt Oak (1 mile north-west), Mill Hill (1 mile north), The Hale (2 miles north-west), Edgware (2 miles north-west) and Little Stanmore (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include London (9 miles south-east), City of Westminster (7 miles south-east), Marylebone (7 miles south-east), Kensington (7 miles south), St Pancras (7 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (9 miles south-east).

Local landmarks in Grahame Park

In Grahame Park, that means kitchens and buildings near Sunny Hill Park, Blessed Dominic Catholic Primary School and The Greyhound pub and the streets around them. Grahame Park’s nearest station is Mill Hill Broadway station, about 0.9 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Broadwalk Centre (1.7 miles north-west) and Church Farmhouse Museum (0.8 miles south-east). Green spaces nearby include Copthall South Fields and Parliament Hill.

Leave it or put it right?

Sites in Grahame Park tested every year build up a history for each damper so repeat problems show up early. If the same damper keeps giving trouble, the record shows it long before it fails outright. A busy site in Grahame Park builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.

What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.

Why us?

• Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
• Fully insured
• BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
• One number for every site across the South East and London

Take a look at our cost guide and our accreditations.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.

For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.