/// Passive fire protection in Camden
Camden runs from large period houses and mansion flats in Hampstead and Belsize Park to dense residential streets in Kentish Town, estates in Gospel Oak and Somers Town, and offices and hotels around Bloomsbury, Holborn and King's Cross.
That range means very different fire safety work: flat entrance doors in subdivided houses, communal doors in larger blocks, and service risers in commercial buildings that have been refitted several times. We cover all of it, and the whole borough.
Fire doors in Camden
We inspect fire doors in communal areas and flat entrances, carry out repairs and adjustments, and install new fire doors where the old ones can't be saved. In mansion blocks that often means matching the look of the building while still fitting a certified doorset.
Fire stopping and compartmentation in Camden
Refurbishments are the big cause of fire stopping problems we see in central buildings: new cables and pipes pushed through walls and floors and the holes left open behind ceilings and in risers. We survey, fire stop each penetration with a tested product, and compartment meter cupboards, including fire-rated access panels where services need to stay reachable.
What we check in Camden buildings
- Flat entrance doors in subdivided houses and mansion blocks
- Riser cupboards on each floor: open penetrations and riser doors
- Fire-rated access panels in boxed-in services
- Communal doors on escape routes: closing, latching and seals
- Holes left behind ceilings after a refurbishment
Rules that apply to Camden buildings
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Requires a fire risk assessment for the common parts of blocks of flats and all non-domestic buildings, including flat entrance doors since the Fire Safety Act 2021.
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
Over 11 metres: communal fire doors checked every three months, flat entrance doors yearly (best endeavours).
Approved Document B
Requirement B3: compartment walls and floors, with every service opening through them fire-stopped.
Nearby areas we cover: Islington Westminster Barnet