mortgage and fire doors

tadaska

Not sure if this is the right place to ask...

...it's a one bedroom flat and it has 6 doors to various rooms. Some are fire doors (heavy) and some are not (light). Boiler cupboard, storage room and bedroom are all fire doors. Bathroom and kitchen are just cheap light doors. And also there was a fire door between the hallway and the sitting room which I drilled to remove to fit new carpet and could not put back so there is now no door. I heard somewhere that fire doors in a flat might be a legal requirement. And since I will soon be remortgaging for the first time I want to know if it could be a problem and prevent me from getting a remortgage deal.

What do you guys think?

Thrugelmir

Surveyor might well pick this up. If the hallway is your means of exiting the flat. Then having no door on the lounge is dangerous. Not from just fire but the smoke. Worth getting it shorted out for your own safety. Far more important than a few quid.

davidmcn

tadaska wrote: »

What do you guys think?

I think that for the sake of the safety of you and the other residents in your block, you should reinstate the door.

I have encountered a mortgage valuation which picked up on an identical issue, so the door had to go back on.

tadaska

davidmcn wrote: »

I think that for the sake of the safety of you and the other residents in your block, you should reinstate the door.

I have encountered a mortgage valuation which picked up on an identical issue, so the door had to go back on.

In reality those doors have nothing to do with safety. Due to small spaces those doors are open at all times otherwise they are a pita to open and close again. My main worry is the upcoming mortgage valuation. Also I am a bit worried they might have something to do with the building insurance. What is the logic behind them being a safety measure?

davidmcn

tadaska wrote: »

What is the logic behind them being a safety measure?

To provide more protection to the stairwell from fires starting in e.g. your living room.

Thrugelmir

tadaska wrote: »

What is the logic behind them being a safety measure?

You'll never know by the sounds of it.