Question: Our annual fire door inspection highlighted the need for door stops to be fitted to the fire doors leading from our garage. Why hasn’t this been mentioned previously? Is it a legal requirement?
Our annual fire door inspection resulted in a $4500 quote to have fire door stops fitted to four fire doors in the garage. The fire doors lead to our complex’s stairwells. The inspection company have never mentioned fire door stops in previous audits. Are these a legal requirement, and why have they not previously been required?
Answer: The quoted $4500 for four fire door stops sounds excessive and should be looked into.
The details provided are a little vague to be able to provide an informed response. Without further detail, the quoted $4500 for four fire door stops sounds excessive and should be looked into. Many factors may determine whether the door stops are legally required, such as age, size and construction type of the building. Why has this not been brought up before? It could be for a range of reasons, from an oversight during the construction or handover stage, missing baseline records or the incorrect standards or legislation applied during the last fire door inspection.
This post appears in the December 2023 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine.
Stefan Bauer
Fire Matters
E: sbauer@firematters.com.au
P: 07 3071 9088
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