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Since Grenfell, blocks of flats have seen the biggest change in fire safety law in a generation. Responsible persons now have to check fire doors on a set schedule, and higher-risk buildings answer to the Building Safety Regulator. The work falls to the people who inspect, repair and install.
In blocks of flats with a top storey over 11 metres, communal fire doors must be checked every three months and flat entrance doors at least once a year, on a best-endeavours basis.
The Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that the Fire Safety Order covers a building's structure, external walls and flat entrance doors. Landlords now manage doors they don't always control.
Buildings at least 18 metres or seven storeys high, with two or more homes, are registered with the Building Safety Regulator. Work on them needs competence that can be shown.
Landlords and managing agents need dated, specific records of what was found and what was fixed. A tick in a box no longer covers it.
Online courses help you evidence knowledge. Practical courses are assessed in person, so they evidence knowledge and skills.
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The Building Safety Act made competence a legal duty for people doing building work. What skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours mean in practice, and what training can and can't prove.
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Since January 2023, blocks of flats over 11 metres have needed fire door checks on a set schedule. What the law asks for, and what a useful check looks like.
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