Under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, the Responsible Person must ensure monthly checks are completed. These checks do not need to be carried out by a lift engineer — MHCLG guidance confirms they are simple visual and functional checks intended for competent building staff, not specialists.
Section 7 requires monthly checks of:
Monthly checks typically include:
The fault must be reported electronically to the local fire and rescue service within 24 hours, and again once repaired.
No. Monthly checks supplement:
Monthly checks under Section 7 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 apply only to residential buildings over 18 metres or with seven storeys or more.
In addition to lifts for fire service use, these checks cover, smoke control systems, sprinklers, dry risers, fire alarms and any other essential firefighting equipment. No. MHCLG guidance confirms that monthly checks are simple visual and functional checks, not technical engineering inspections.
Fire door checks apply to all multi‑occupied residential buildings, but the legal frequency requirements apply only to buildings over 11 metres in height.
Communal fire doors must be checked at least every 3 months.
This includes all fire doors in corridors, lobbies, plant rooms, risers, bin stores, and other shared areas.
Flat entrance doors must be checked at least once every 12 months, on a best‑endeavours basis (because access depends on resident cooperation). It is advisable for organisations to implement a lettered and missed appointment card access process to ensure doors can be inspected.
Routine checks should confirm that:
