Can you remove partition walls with fire doors?

[Guest Mary-jane]

Hi,
I wonder if you are able to advise us? If you lease offices that have partitioning installed, with fire doors installed internally, is it possible to get these taken out as part of a renovation?

Kind regards,

Mary-Jane

[Tom Sutton]

Without details plans and/or a physical survey it is impossible to give a definitive answer but you need to conduct a fire risk assessment to ascertain if the partitioning is required for means of escape and is it load bearing?

Checkout ‘Fire safety risk assessments - offices and shops’ (PDF, 2.5MB) for more details.