Door schedules
Fire Door Register & Door Schedule for Property Teams
A usable fire door register (door schedule) helps London managing agents, housing providers and landlords track door locations, inspection dates, defects and follow-up actions across single buildings or portfolios.
General service information only. A door register supports management records; it does not certify compliance or replace a fire risk assessment. Format and fields depend on agreed survey or inspection scope.
Direct answer
What is a fire door register?
A fire door register — often called a door schedule — is a structured list of fire door assets with locations or references, so inspection findings, defects, photos and follow-up actions can be tracked consistently. It is a management tool for property teams, not a compliance certificate.
Audience
Who needs a door register
Most valuable where multiple doors, blocks or inspection cycles need consistent referencing.
- Managing agents
- Housing associations
- Portfolio landlords
- Blocks of flats managers
- Facilities and estates teams
- Teams planning re-inspections
When needed
When a door register is especially useful
No usable existing schedule
When buildings lack a clear list of door locations, types or previous inspection references.
Portfolio programmes
When multiple sites need aligned referencing for reporting and remedial tracking.
After surveys or inspections
When findings need to be stored against stable door IDs for contractors and re-inspection.
Ongoing management
When teams want to track inspection dates, open defects and completed works over time.
Scope
What a door schedule may include
Fields depend on survey or inspection scope and the information available on site.
- Door location or asset reference
- Building / block / floor identifiers where provided
- Door type or context notes (for example communal corridor, flat entrance)
- Inspection date and scope notes
- Defect summary and priority where recorded
- Photo links or evidence notes where captured
- Access limitation flags
- Follow-up or re-inspection markers where used
Output
How registers support management
A clear schedule makes reports actionable across teams and time.
- Faster contractor briefing with door references
- Clearer remedial tracking
- Easier re-inspection planning
- Better portfolio comparison
- Stronger internal audit trails when kept up to date
Limitations
Register limitations
- A register is only as accurate as the last survey/inspection and subsequent updates
- It does not prove certification status of every door
- Doors added, replaced or altered after the survey need updating
- Access-limited doors may appear incomplete until follow-up visits
Inspection journey
Inspection → Report → Remedial Works → Re-inspection → Door Register
A practical sequence many London property teams use after arranging fire door inspections. Exact steps depend on findings, access and management arrangements.
01
Inspection
On-site assessment of agreed fire door sets with visible condition recorded.
02
Report
Structured findings, door references and photo evidence where recorded.
03
Remedial works
Defect priorities used to plan competent repair or replacement works.
04
Re-inspection
Follow-up checks where updated condition needs to be recorded.
05
Door register
Ongoing door schedule and tracking for portfolios and multi-site programmes.
Next steps
Building and maintaining the register
Most teams combine survey/inspection capture with ongoing updates after works.
- Start with a survey or inspection to establish door references
- Issue reports linked to those references
- Update the register after remedial works
- Plan re-inspection for critical or completed items
- Keep the schedule with wider fire safety records
After defects are recorded, property teams often review the fire door report, plan remedial works, and arrange re-inspection where appropriate.
Need a door schedule or register for your London buildings?
Send any existing door list, property addresses and approximate door numbers. We will confirm whether a survey-led register, inspection programme, or both is the best next step.
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