I have a an ex-local authority 1st floor flat which is part of a block of four flats that I rent out. Two on the ground level and two on the 1st floor. There is an external concrete open staircase leading up to the 1st floor and then my flat has a small balcony leading up to the exterior front door.
Now the front door needs replacing and I was told that I may need a fire door so on checking with the local council I was told a conventional door was fine so I placed an order for a new door. The installers then contacted me at a later date to say that it may need to be a fire door so I got back in touch with the council who then said a fire door was required. I was then told by the owners of the building that it did not need to be a fire door so this has been going backwards and forwards. I then contacted the ministry of housing to find out where I could get a definitive answer on this and they said the building control at your local authority. On contacting building control and sending them a photo of the flat and the entrance they stated that there was no building regulations to say that I needed to install a fire door bearing in mind all the other flats that are council owned do not have fire doors fitted themselves. For some reason the asset team are saying a fire door is required for housing standards but have not fitted them on council tenant properties. Has anyone come across this situation themselves as I would assume that the current building regulations are the standards to work too.
Many thanks
Now the front door needs replacing and I was told that I may need a fire door so on checking with the local council I was told a conventional door was fine so I placed an order for a new door. The installers then contacted me at a later date to say that it may need to be a fire door so I got back in touch with the council who then said a fire door was required. I was then told by the owners of the building that it did not need to be a fire door so this has been going backwards and forwards. I then contacted the ministry of housing to find out where I could get a definitive answer on this and they said the building control at your local authority. On contacting building control and sending them a photo of the flat and the entrance they stated that there was no building regulations to say that I needed to install a fire door bearing in mind all the other flats that are council owned do not have fire doors fitted themselves. For some reason the asset team are saying a fire door is required for housing standards but have not fitted them on council tenant properties. Has anyone come across this situation themselves as I would assume that the current building regulations are the standards to work too.
Many thanks