Housing association to fit new flat fire door AND new locks.

[JenniferBooth]

We had our flat door modified in 2019 to meet regulations and it has a self closer. An inspection officer came round unannounced on 12 JULY and checked it said thankyou and left. Received a letter last Friday and these doors have to be replaced URGENTLY (July was four months ago) i rang them today and we will also have to have new locks fitted and will be given three new keys. (DH says we can sort a locksmith out later) Has anyone else had this done? Im very concerned about the security aspect of this. They are doing a lot of the estate

Hes just handed me the keys to the new door. Yep its a Yale
FFS!

You also posted that your door is being done in February.

So sit down, have a cup of tea and rather than fixating upon one of the most irritating aspects of being a social housing tenant - having to deal with their appointed contractors - it might be healthier for you to consider whether this anger could be a combination of grief and caring responsibilities making it harder for you to deal with crappy neighbours and the bog standard 'we will force entry/commence eviction proceedings' letters that everybody gets for scheduled works, gas safety checks, boiler servicing and electrical safety checks (largely sent in those words because there will be people quite happy to ignore leaking radiators, water dripping over the fusebox, attempt meter bypasses or think to mention that they feel a bit funny and headachey every time the central heating kicks in).

It will be over soon.

Im doing exactly that while DH tries to get the new door to self close like the old one did which is what it is supposed to do.

Any ideas? Osmosis? Power of prayer maybe

WD40?

Is this saga still ongoing?

The whole fucking point of having this done is to have a door that meets the new regs. Thats what fuckers on this thread said when they said i MUST have it done..

Glad you dont see it as serious though. I will do the same and not bother to report it.

ITS SUPPOSSED TO CLOSE ON ITS OWN LIKE THE OLD ONE DID

Sometimes they can be a little tight when first fitted, so a squirt of WD40 can resolve this instantly.

It's a lot less hassle than waiting in a queue to speak to somebody in repairs and then for somebody to come out and squirt some WD40 on it.

@NeverDropYourMooncup

My DH.s question for you Where should the WD40 be sprayed? You know to make a door self close on its own?

Er - where did that come from? I was just going to express some sympathy that you were still having this issue, but if you are going to take umbrage at the slightest thing I shan't bother.

Yeah Course you were

There really is no need to be so confrontational and antagonistic, especially when people are sympathising with your plight. It makes people far less likely to want to help or support you when you have a problem. Perhaps you would do well to remember that in future.

BULLSHIT There are some really patronizing comments on here. Its the default setting to SH on here and its become internalized

Wow.

If you don't trust the HA, go private rent or buy your own house. Honestly the cheek of people ffs. Sheer paranoia, you worried the workman will see you've got the Crown Jewels in there or something?

Also you'd be the first to bloody complain if there was a fire I bet

Not actually being able to see the particular one you have had installed, but going on the one that was installed in my last flat (I think it was BS EN 1154, but it was a few years back);

Where the hinge(s) is/are that closes it and if it's a piston-style one, around that; pretty much anything that should be moving freely but isn't would benefit from it, other than things with thick axle-type grease, as those just need a bit of working in to get it over the entire thread.

If it still fails to move with a bit of to-and-fro to work the lubricant into the thread/mechanism, maybe then you'd need to put in a call to say that it's stuck open/doesn't quite close by itself and somebody will (eventually) be added onto the jobs list to come out with a screwdriver or Allen key depending upon manufacturer to loosen it a bit.

You know, I’m past thinking you’ve got a massive chip on your shoulder and now I think you’re just one massive chip.

The way you speak to people is fucking awful.

THE DOOR WE HAVE NOW WONT PROTECT US AS WELL AS THE OLD ONE
like i said..................the default setting

Your default setting appears to be caps lock.

As the days have gotten lighter and not so grey we have noticed light coming in underneath the door through a gap thats not supposed to be there. Unlike our old door. There is a light in the communal hallway but that works through a sensor and only comes on when ppl go in and out of the building so we didnt notice the gap until last week as it started to get brighter

Oh and for the benefit of LittleMissFriendly on the site that must not be named Ive had five name changes in 13 and a half years Just five

There is supposed to be a small gap up to a cm. If you measure it and it's bigger than that then get in touch with them and ask them to come and sort it out. If it's smaller and it's the light that is bothering you put a draught excluder there