/// Passive fire protection in Enfield
Enfield mixes 1930s suburban streets, houses converted into flats, estates in Edmonton and Ponders End, and industrial and commercial units around Brimsdown and the Lee Valley.
That means we're as likely to be fire stopping cable trays in a warehouse wall as fitting a fire door to a converted flat. Both come down to the same thing: keeping fire and smoke in the compartment where they start.
Fire doors in Enfield
We inspect, maintain and install fire doors in residential blocks, conversions, offices and commercial units, including doors to stores, plant rooms and escape stairs.
Fire stopping and compartmentation in Enfield
Commercial and industrial buildings often have large service penetrations: cable trays, ducts and pipework through compartment walls. We seal them with tested systems chosen for the service and the wall or floor, and compartment meter and riser cupboards in residential blocks.
What we check in Enfield buildings
- Cable trays and ducts through compartment walls in commercial units
- Doors to escape stairs, stores and plant rooms
- Flat entrance doors in converted houses
- Meter cupboards and risers in blocks of flats
- Actions from the fire risk assessment
Rules that apply to Enfield 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.
Approved Document B
Requirement B3: compartment walls and floors, with every service opening through them fire-stopped.
Tested fire stopping (BS EN 1366-3)
Penetration seals must be tested for the actual service, construction and opening size.