Six-monthly fire door inspections to AS1851-2012 for Gold Coast body corporates and building managers — carried out by a licensed certifier, with a written Record of Maintenance report that prices every defect.
An inspection is only useful if it's accurate — and if you can act on it.
In Queensland, hinged and pivoted fire doors must be inspected and maintained every six months under AS1851-2012 and the Queensland Development Code MP 6.1 — sliding fire doors quarterly, and fire doors to sole-occupancy units (the entry doors to individual residences) annually. Separately, the Queensland Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 requires the body corporate or occupier to complete an annual occupier's statement confirming all prescribed fire safety installations, fire doors included, have been maintained.
In practice that means a six-monthly door service cycle feeding an annual compliance declaration. The exact scope depends on your building's classification and Fire Safety Schedule — and getting it wrong cuts both ways: miss a cycle and you're non-compliant; over-service and you're paying for work you don't need. We map the requirement to your building and tell you plainly what applies.
Every door is inspected against the measurable criteria an auditor uses — perimeter clearances, self-closing and latching, seals, hardware and tagging — and recorded individually. You receive a written Record of Maintenance report listing every door, its compliance status, each defect, and a quotation to rectify it. No vague 'various repairs required'; a per-door register you can hand to your strata manager.
Head, jamb and threshold gaps measured against AS1905.1 tolerances — the threshold gap (max 10mm) is the single most commonly failed measurement.
Every door is tested to confirm it closes fully and latches unaided from any position — the core function of a fire door.
Smoke and intumescent seals checked for the correct type, condition and continuity around the full perimeter.
Every compliant door carries a legible tag on the hinge edge. Painted-over or missing tags are recorded — an untagged door is technically uncertified.
Hinges, latches, seals and closers assessed for wear — worn hardware is the defect we record most often.
Frames, leaves and any signs of unauthorised modification, damage or non-compliant repairs are documented against each door.
A report you can table at an AGM — not decode.
Plenty of inspection reports are written for the inspector, not the client. Ours are written so a strata manager or committee can read the status of every door at a glance, understand what each defect costs to fix, and make a decision in the meeting — not chase clarification for a fortnight.
Because the same licensed team can carry out the rectification work, there's no gap between finding a defect and fixing it, and no finger-pointing between an inspector and a separate repairer. One licence, one accountable trade, one clear paper trail.
Founded by a qualified shopfitter and joiner — installations and repairs meet AS1905.1, the actual standard an inspector measures against.
We'll tell you when a repair is fine and when a door genuinely needs replacing — clear advice your committee can act on, not upsell.
Itemised, per-door quotes and insurance-grade reports your strata manager can table at the next meeting without translation.
Biggera Waters based and owner-run — you always know who is doing the work and who to call.
Phone, email or the form below — every enquiry lands in our job system, so nothing gets missed and the owner reads each one personally.
Smaller jobs are quoted within 48 hours. Larger buildings get a scheduled site inspection within 48 hours, then an itemised, per-door quote your committee can table at an AGM.
The inspection is scheduled around your building and residents. Every door is assessed and recorded individually on site — no sampling, no shortcuts.
You receive a written Record of Maintenance report: every door, its status, every defect, and an itemised quotation to rectify — QBCC-licensed and audit-ready.
We inspect fire doors across the full Gold Coast — the dense strata of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, the hotel and short-stay sector, retirement and aged-care living, and the newer residential communities from Southport to Coolangatta and out to Hope Island and Robina.
Being Biggera Waters based means we can align inspection cycles to your building's calendar without interstate travel windows, and return quickly to rectify anything the report flags.
Can't see your question? Call 0405 783 032 — we'd rather give you a straight answer than have you guessing.
Under AS1851-2012 and the Queensland Development Code MP 6.1, hinged and pivoted fire doors must be inspected and maintained every six months — sliding fire doors quarterly. Separately, Queensland's Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008 requires an annual occupier's statement confirming all prescribed fire safety installations, fire doors included, have been maintained. The exact scope depends on your building's classification and Fire Safety Schedule.
Most hinged fire doors are inspected and maintained six-monthly under AS1851-2012. Fire doors to sole-occupancy units — the entry doors to individual apartments and residences — are generally inspected annually. We schedule each door on the correct cycle, so common-property and egress doors are serviced six-monthly while residential unit doors are covered on their annual cycle — no over-servicing, no gaps.
Usually earlier inspections missed defects, or the door gradually shifted out of tolerance as the building settled and hardware wore. A door that has 'always been a bit gappy' may have been non-compliant for years before an inspector recorded it correctly.
A written Record of Maintenance report listing every door, its compliance status, each defect found, and an itemised quotation for rectification — insurance-grade and ready for committee minutes and audits. It doubles as the evidence behind your annual occupier's statement.
Ask for their QBCC licence number and verify it on the QBCC online register. Element's licence is #15008767 and is publicly searchable. Certification from an unlicensed party isn't valid for insurance purposes.
Close out the defects your inspection finds — gaps, closers, seals and hardware.
Learn more →CertificationQBCC-licensed compliance documentation for insurers and auditors.
Learn more →ReplacementSupply and install of fire-rated doorsets where repair isn't enough.
Learn more →Phone, email, or the enquiry form — whatever's fastest for you. Every enquiry lands in our job system, and the owner reads each one personally.
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