Fire and smoke damper testing in Tongwell

In-house cleaning or a specialist?

Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.

Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a 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

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 to keep disruption down.

Fusible link fire dampers

A damaged or painted link can stop a damper doing its job. We check its condition during the test and note anything that is not right.

Fire damper testing around Tongwell

Food Standards Agency records list about 14 schools, colleges and universities and about 16 care, childcare and hospital premises registered as food businesses within about 1.5 miles of central Tongwell. 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. Fire safety in Tongwell falls to Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service. When a fire safety officer audits a non-domestic building, maintenance of systems like dampers can come up. Milton Keynes University Hospital is the nearest hospital, about 2.9 miles south of Tongwell. Hospitals are a good example of a building with fire dampers across many floors and departments.

If you manage an older building converted to a hotel or venue, like many historic houses in the area (Linford Manor is about 1.2 miles west), finding every damper is the first job. For schools like Willen Primary School, damper testing is easiest in the holidays, when corridors and ceilings are clear. Hospitals such as Milton Keynes University Hospital, about 2.9 miles south, are a good example of buildings with dampers on many floors; if you manage a clinic, surgery or care home near Tongwell, the same annual testing applies.

Tongwell is about 1 mile south of Newport Pagnell, in Milton Keynes. Across the MK15 area, we can take on fire damper testing. Tongwell is one of 73 places in Milton Keynes where we work for fire damper testing.

Work in MK15, MK14 and MK16 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. That includes premises on Maryland Road, Hooper Gate and Redvers Gate and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Tongwell: Caldecote (1 mile north-east), Willen (1 mile south-east), Newport Pagnell (1 mile north), Great Linford (1 mile west) and Woolstone (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Milton Keynes (3 miles south-west), Bletchley (5 miles south), Bletchley and Fenny Stratford (5 miles south), Furzton (5 miles south), Whitehouse (4 miles south-west) and Fenny Stratford (5 miles south).

Near you in Tongwell

Typical jobs here are in premises near Gyosei International School UK, Giffard Park pub and Ousedale School. The closest station to Tongwell is Milton Keynes Central station, roughly 3 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Milton Keynes University Hospital (2.9 miles south) and Newport Pagnell Historical Society Museum (1.3 miles north). For a walk, there’s Tongwell Lake and Little Linford Wood.