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Fire Damper Testing in Lovedean
Fire damper testing for Lovedean, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Buildings with no damper register
- Dust or grease build-up on damper blades
- Damper actions from a fire risk assessment
How we handle fire damper testing in Lovedean
Responsible persons, facilities managers and managing agents call us when damper testing falls due in Lovedean. If there’s a damper register or a set of drawings, share it with us, and we will plan the visit around the building’s hours. Typical jobs include fire dampers that haven’t been tested for over a year and corroded dampers in damp risers and plant rooms, on hospitals and care homes, wall and floor dampers and motorised smoke dampers.
Rural buildings that have been converted or extended can have ducts passing through fire-resisting walls, and the dampers in them are easily forgotten. A first test normally starts with finding them all.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Lovedean (PO8)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Photo report after every visit
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Lovedean, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- First we look at any damper register, drawings or earlier test reports.
- Dampers are located one by one and reached through their access panels.
- Every fire damper is dropped, and every smoke damper is tested through its controls.
- Each one that passes is reset, ready to work.
- The results go into a report, with failed dampers and remedials listed.
How to prepare
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically 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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Lovedean questions
Can you come to Lovedean after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Lovedean needn’t be disturbed. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you work in villages like Lovedean?
Yes, Lovedean is part of our area, however small the site. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Do we lose a day’s trading?
Not normally. We need the work area to ourselves while we are on site, so the visit goes in a quiet slot.
What if a fire damper will not close?
Failed dampers are reported and we can quote to repair or replace them. After the repair, we test it again so the record shows a pass.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What should I send you?
A short description and a few pictures plus the address and your hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Lovedean and across Hampshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Fire damper testing around Lovedean
Going by the FSA’s register, there are about 13 care, childcare and hospital premises serving food in and around Lovedean, up to about a mile and a half out. Many buildings of this kind have ductwork through fire-resisting walls and floors, and the dampers at those points need testing at least annually. Lovedean is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces and other non-domestic buildings, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. For Lovedean, the closest hospital is Havant War Memorial Hospital, roughly 4.3 miles south-east. Where patients or residents may need help to leave a building, working dampers matter all the more.
Hospitals such as Havant War Memorial Hospital, about 4.3 miles south-east, are a good example of buildings with dampers on many floors; if you manage a clinic, surgery or care home near Lovedean, the same annual testing applies.
Lovedean is about 1 mile west of Horndean, in Hampshire. Across the PO8 area, we cover fire damper testing for commercial sites. Lovedean is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for fire damper testing. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, about 7 miles away.
Fire damper testing in PO8 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on New Road, Yoells Lane and Witley Road or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Lovedean include Horndean (1 mile east), Wecock Farm (1 mile south), Anmore (1 mile south-west), Catherington (2 miles north-east) and Denmead (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Gosport (9 miles south-west), Havant (4 miles south-east), Eastleigh (14 miles west), Fareham (8 miles south-west), Hedge End (12 miles west) and Petersfield (8 miles north-east).
Around Lovedean
Around Lovedean, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Horndean Technology College. The nearest railway station is Rowlands Castle station, roughly 3.3 miles south-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Havant War Memorial Hospital (4.3 miles south-east) and Clanfield Earthwork (3.2 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s St Clair's Meadow and Windmill Hill.
When to call us in Lovedean
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person has a duty to keep fire safety measures working, and dampers are part of those measures. Whoever that is, whether employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent, needs to be able to show the dampers work.
Most sites get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Corroded dampers in damp risers and plant rooms
- Gaps in the fire damper test log
- Damper actions from a fire risk assessment
- Fire dampers that fail to drop shut
For schools like Woodcroft Primary, damper testing is easiest in the holidays, when corridors and ceilings are clear.
Comparing quotes
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether they recommend a next date
What the work involves, part by part
Access panels
Over time, hatches and panels get covered up. Letting us know where they are speeds the visit up.
Ceiling voids and risers
Plant rooms and risers can be damp, which leads to corrosion. Signs of corrosion or water are recorded so the cause can be tackled.
What fire damper testing cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Faults in the alarm or building controls that signal smoke dampers
- Ductwork crossing a fire wall with no damper fitted
- Signing off a building’s overall fire safety
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Riser dampers
- Motorised smoke dampers
- Fusible link fire dampers
- Hospitals and care homes
- Wall and floor dampers
- Offices and schools
Aftercare tips
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Brief other trades about dampers in ceilings and risers
- Book the next test before the year runs out
- Get remedials done soon after a failed test
- Don’t let anything obstruct a damper’s blade
Share the results with your fire risk assessor so their assessment matches what was found. Faults on the report are worth closing off quickly.
The simplest way to avoid failures is to test on time, every year. A blade that’s just starting to stick is easier to deal with than a seized one.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.