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Urgency

Urgency check

A short set of questions to help judge how pressing the defects you have noticed appear to be. This is guidance on timing, not a diagnosis: only a compartmentation survey establishes how many breaches are present and what remedial work each one requires.

Planning tools

How urgent is it?

Have new openings appeared, or has building work been done through walls, in recent weeks?
How large is the biggest unsealed opening you can see?
Do fire doors on escape routes fail to close, or are they wedged open?
Do people sleep in the building, such as residents, guests or care home patients?

Arrange an assessment to have a specialist confirm the finding in writing. This tool gives a first indication only and cannot replace a site assessment.

What each level means

  1. No rush Nothing described here suggests serious compartment failure. Photograph service routes and fire doors with dates and arrange a survey at a convenient time to establish a baseline record.
  2. Worth booking soon There is enough here to justify booking a survey before long. Addressing gaps early limits how far smoke could spread and tends to keep the scope of remedial fire stopping manageable.
  3. Get it assessed promptly Open holes in compartment walls or fire doors in poor condition where people sleep or work make this time-sensitive. Arrange a survey promptly and keep fire doors properly closed in the meantime.

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Tell us the building address and how it is used, and a specialist will carry out the survey and produce a written report at the set price.

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