Fire Damper Testing in Ickenham

Fire damper testing in Ickenham: local notes

Food Standards Agency records list about 21 schools, colleges and universities and about 23 caring premises (care homes, nurseries and hospitals) registered as food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Ickenham. Many buildings of this kind have ductwork through fire-resisting walls and floors, and the dampers at those points need testing at least annually. In a London building, dampers are often spread across floors and risers, and testing is normally planned out of hours. London Fire Brigade covers Ickenham. 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.

Hospitals such as Hillingdon Hospital, about 2.3 miles south, are a good example of buildings with dampers on many floors; if you manage a clinic, surgery or care home near Ickenham, the same annual testing applies. Wherever there are offices above shops, near West Ruislip station or elsewhere in Ickenham, ductwork may cross fire-resisting floors, and any dampers need testing. School buildings such as The Douay Martyrs Catholic School are typically tested in the holidays, wherever they have dampers.

Ickenham is about 1 mile north of Hillingdon, in Greater London. Ickenham 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 pictures. Ickenham is one of 764 places in Greater London where we work for fire damper testing. You can also see our page for London, about 16 miles away.

All of UB10 is within our area for fire damper testing, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Long Lane, Court Road and The Avenue, all of which we cover for fire damper testing. Neighbouring places we cover for fire damper testing include Hillingdon (1 mile south), Ruislip Gardens (2 miles east), New Denham (2 miles west), Newyears Green (2 miles north) and Uxbridge (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover City of Westminster (13 miles east), Marylebone (13 miles east), Kensington (11 miles east), St Pancras (14 miles east), Hampstead (12 miles east) and Brompton (13 miles east).

Around Ickenham

In Ickenham, that means kitchens and buildings near Glebe Primary School, Church Field Gardens and Vyners School, among other places. Ickenham’s nearest station is West Ruislip station, about 0.9 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Hillingdon Hospital (2.3 miles south) and The Chimes (1.4 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Northala Fields and Horse Shoe Bay.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

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 photos.

Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.

What staff can safely do

Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.

Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.