Fire damper inspection in Minster Lovell

Managing agents and facilities teams in Minster Lovell

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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.

Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.

What fire damper testing looks like in Minster Lovell

There are about 3 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Minster Lovell. Schools, care settings and hotels are the kind of buildings where fire dampers are commonly found. Minster Lovell is covered by Oxfordshire 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.

Site managers at schools such as St Kenelm's Church of England (VC) School usually find the summer break the easiest time for ceiling work like damper testing. Historic buildings that have had ventilation added later can hide dampers in awkward places; Minster Lovell Hall, about 0.8 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses in the area around Minster Lovell.

Minster Lovell is about 3 miles west of Witney, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Minster Lovell to the outskirts, we cover fire damper testing for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our area takes in 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small. There’s also a page for Oxford, about 14 miles away.

All of OX29 is within our area for fire damper testing, from the main roads to the quietest streets. That includes premises on Charterville Close, Upper Crescent and St Kenelm's Close and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Minster Lovell: Curbridge (2 miles south-east), Brize Norton (2 miles south), Carterton (3 miles south-west), Black Bourton (4 miles south) and Bampton (5 miles south). Further out, we also cover Oxford (14 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles south-east), Witney (3 miles east), Wantage (15 miles south), Grove (14 miles south) and Faringdon (10 miles south).

Around Minster Lovell

In Minster Lovell, that means kitchens and buildings near The White Hart Public House. Well-known places in the area include Cogges Manor Farm Museum (3.1 miles east) and Bronze Age Bowl Barrow (4.4 miles south).

What your team can do, and what needs us

For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.

Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.

Different parts, different methods

Schools, hospitals and care homes

Hospitals and care homes stay occupied around the clock. The sequence of testing is agreed with staff to keep disruption to a minimum.

Ceiling voids and risers

Many dampers sit above suspended ceilings. We lift tiles where necessary and put them back as we found them.