Bristol and the West of England
Fire Compartmentation Survey
Where a fire risk assessment cannot confirm that compartment walls and floors are intact, a compartmentation survey establishes whether fire and smoke could spread between compartments, commonly through service penetrations above ceilings and inside risers.
Duty summary
England & Wales
- Duty
- Fire Compartmentation Survey
- Instrument
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Also
- Building Safety Act 2022 for higher-risk residential buildings
- Standard
- Approved Document B and BS 9999
- Frequency
- When the fire risk assessment cannot confirm compartmentation is intact
- Carried out by
- A competent person
- Guide price
- £500 – £2500 per survey
Guide price only. The firm we pass your enquiry to sets its own price once it knows the building.
What changes the price
The band above is a guide. What a firm actually quotes for fire compartmentation survey turns on a handful of things about the building:
- gross internal area surveyed
- how much of the survey is intrusive or above ceilings
- number of risers and service penetrations
- whether a costed remedial schedule is produced
- out of hours access requirements
How the enquiry works
- You send the details of the building on this page.
- We pass them to a fire safety firm working in that area.
- That firm contacts you directly and quotes its own price.
- You deal with them from there. We take no part in the work.
Where we cover
54 areas · 0 with a local page
City centre
- Bristol city centre BS1
Inner Bristol
- Harbourside BS1
- Old Market BS2
- St Pauls BS2
- Stokes Croft BS1
- Montpelier BS6
- Easton BS5
- Hotwells BS8
- Bedminster BS3
- Southville BS3
- Totterdown BS4
Bristol suburbs
- Clifton BS8
- Cotham BS6
- Redland BS6
- Bishopston BS7
- Horfield BS7
- Henleaze BS9
- Westbury-on-Trym BS9
- Stoke Bishop BS9
- Sea Mills BS9
- Southmead BS10
- Henbury BS10
- Brentry BS10
- Lockleaze BS7
- Ashton Gate BS3
- Knowle BS4
- Brislington BS4
- St George BS5
- Fishponds BS16
- Staple Hill BS16
- Downend BS16
- Mangotsfield BS16
- Emersons Green BS16
- Hanham BS15
- Avonmouth BS11
- Lawrence Weston BS11
- Shirehampton BS11
Towns and cities
- Filton BS34
- Bradley Stoke BS32
- Patchway BS34
- Thornbury BS35
- Yate BS37
- Chipping Sodbury BS37
- Kingswood BS15
- Keynsham BS31
- Portishead BS20
- Clevedon BS21
- Nailsea BS48
- Weston-super-Mare BS23
- Bath BA1
Villages
- Almondsbury BS32
- Pill BS20
- Backwell BS48
- Long Ashton BS41
Sources and review
Checked against Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Building Safety Act 2022, Approved Document B and BS 9999 on . We recheck this page against the legislation quarterly, and sooner if the law changes. Spotted something wrong? Tell us at enquiries@bristolfireriskassessment.co.uk and we will correct it.
This page is general information about fire safety law in England and Wales. It is not a fire risk assessment and it is not legal advice. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 the Responsible Person must ensure an assessment is carried out by a competent person.