Fire Damper Testing in Mark Hall South

In-house cleaning or a specialist?

Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.

When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.

What fire damper testing looks like in Mark Hall South

The FSA’s food hygiene register lists about 27 schools, colleges and universities, about 38 caring premises (care homes, nurseries and hospitals) and about 8 hotels and B&Bs with registered kitchens or food service in Mark Hall South and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles 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. Mark Hall South sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. When a fire safety officer audits a non-domestic building, maintenance of systems like dampers can come up. About 1.4 miles west of Mark Hall South is Princess Alexandra Hospital, the nearest hospital. Hospitals are a good example of a building with fire dampers across many floors and departments.

Site managers at schools such as Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery normally find the summer break the easiest time for ceiling work like damper testing. Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 1.4 miles west of Mark Hall South, is the kind of building where dampers protect every compartment; smaller care sites need the same annual tests.

Mark Hall South is about 1 mile north-east of Harlow, in Essex. Whether your site is in the middle of Mark Hall South or further out, fire damper testing is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. We cover 644 places across Essex, from busy centres to quieter spots. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, about 16 miles away.

We cover every part of the CM20, CM17 and CM18 postcode area for fire damper testing and the streets around it. Local streets include First Avenue, Mardyke Road and Momples Road, all of which we cover for fire damper testing. You’ll find Mark Hall South on the A414 and A1025, so it’s easy for us to get to for fire damper testing. Neighbouring places we cover for fire damper testing include Harlow (1 mile south-west), Mark Hall North (1 mile north-west), Latton (1 mile south-east), Netteswell (1 mile west) and Newhall (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Brentwood (13 miles south-east), Loughton (9 miles south), Waltham Abbey (8 miles south-west), Great Dunmow (12 miles north-east), Epping (5 miles south) and Stansted Mountfitchet (10 miles north).

Landmarks near Mark Hall South

We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Fawbert and Barnard's School, Harlow Marsh and Purple Emperor pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Mark Hall South is Harlow Town station, roughly 1.2 miles north-west. A little further out are Harlow Mill (1.2 miles north) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (1.4 miles west). For a walk, there’s Hunsdon Mead.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.

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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.