Plain-English fire safety guidance from Kevin and Jon, two owners who walk every building themselves, across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
Most landlords confuse the scope of a Type 1 assessment with what a managing agent has told them they need. Here is what it must address, and where…
A fire door that stays open defeats the entire purpose of compartmentation. Self-closers are the most commonly failed component we record. Here is what we look for.
Multi-tenanted offices generate more confusion over responsible-person duties than almost any other building type. Here is how to read your lease clearly.
The legislation says "regularly" and leaves it there. In practice the answer depends on your building. Here is our rule of thumb.
Higher-risk buildings now have a separate regime, but even mid-rise blocks picked up new duties most managing agents are not yet meeting.
It is easy to overlook because it only matters in a power cut. But a dark escape route in a real fire is exactly when it counts.
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