Fire Damper Testing in Turnfurlong

What the work involves, part by part

Smoke dampers

If a smoke damper won’t operate when signalled, it goes on the report as a failure, with a note of what we found.

Fusible link fire dampers

Spring-operated fire dampers need testing at least once a year. A weak spring or a sticking blade shows up when the damper is dropped.

Landlords, agents and facilities managers

If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.

When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.

What staff can safely do

Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.

For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.

Turnfurlong buildings and fire safety

The FSA’s food hygiene register lists about 32 schools, colleges and universities and about 35 caring premises (care homes, nurseries and hospitals) with registered kitchens or food service within about 1.5 miles of central Turnfurlong. If any of them has ducted ventilation, its dampers need an annual drop test at least. Stoke Mandeville Hospital is the nearest hospital, about 0.9 miles south of Turnfurlong. A hospital is the kind of building where dampers sit on every floor, and clinics, surgeries and care homes need the same annual testing for any they have. Fire safety in Turnfurlong falls to Buckinghamshire 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.

If you manage offices, shops or flats near Aylesbury station, the ductwork in them may pass through fire-resisting walls and floors, and any dampers need testing at least once a year. School buildings such as Turnfurlong Junior School are normally tested in the holidays, wherever they have dampers. If you manage a care home or clinic near Turnfurlong, the testing that a hospital like Stoke Mandeville Hospital (about 0.9 miles south) relies on applies to your dampers too.

Turnfurlong is about 1 mile south-east of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. Sites in Turnfurlong get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Across Buckinghamshire, we cover 263 places, and Turnfurlong is one of them. Milton Keynes is in our area too, around 16 miles away.

All of HP21 and HP20 is within our area for fire damper testing, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need fire damper testing at premises on Byron Road, Croft Road and Stoke Road or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover Bedgrove (1 mile south-east), Broughton Crossing (1 mile north-east), Broughton (1 mile north-east), Burcott (2 miles north-east) and Bierton (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover High Wycombe (13 miles south), Chesham (10 miles south-east), Buckingham (15 miles north-west), Amersham (12 miles south-east), Beaconsfield (15 miles south-east) and Princes Risborough (6 miles south).

Local landmarks in Turnfurlong

Around Turnfurlong, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Stocklake Park Community School, The Grange School and The Bricklayers Arms, among other places. The closest station to Turnfurlong is Aylesbury station, about 0.8 miles west. A little further out are Stoke Mandeville Hospital (0.9 miles south) and National Paralympic Heritage Centre (0.7 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Dancersend Nature Reserve and Coombe Hill.