Emergency Fire Escape Repair – The Alban Arena, St Albans, Hertfordshire

On our emergency call out to the Alban Arena in St Albans, Hertfordshire, we found that the emergency fire escape, did not open and if it was forced would not also close causing a major issue for the Theatre.

As this doorset is part of the escape route from the Theatre so it is required to be operational at all times.

This required removal of the steel door to allow us to replace the hinges, so we carried out a risk assessment and deployed our yellow men barriers to designate a safe working area. The damaged hinges were replaced with new and the door was rehung.

The closer was set up set up so that it closes under control safely and closes so the locking engages correctly. It is important that the door opens fully to 90 degrees and when it is closed it aligns within the frame and seals correctly.

We will always check that this is the case and adjust where necessary. Following completion, we always clean the door, frame and work area to ensure your door is back to an as new condition.

This highlights where BH Doors are different, available to provide quick quotations and understand your business needs.

These are some of the values which get overlooked when customers are looking for a Service Contract Agreement based on the price and never take into account what they really need.

Our ethos is that we care about our customers, have pride in the work we carry out and be accountable at all times.

This is why we understand that anybody in a position of ensuring that a building functions correctly and works to a budget requires fixed costs, agreed call out response times, pre-planned service visits, qualified engineers and health and safety compliance.