Resources
Plain-language guides to fire door requirements, inspection criteria and commercial door repair — written for the people who actually have to manage buildings.
Start here if your building has fire doors
A door in a fire separation must be inspected monthly — Article 2.2.3.4(4) of the Ontario Fire Code. That is long-standing law rather than a 2026 change, which is a large part of why most buildings have never done it. Separate duties for means-of-egress doors and electromagnetic locks then came into force on 1 January 2026.
Three places to start
Fire Code compliance
What the Code requires article by article, who counts as the “owner”, which records it actually asks for, and what an order from a fire prevention officer involves.
Compliance guide →Fire door inspection
What gets checked, why doors fail, how to read a label, and what a proper inspection report contains.
Inspection guide →Door repair
Why closers stop closing, why doors stop latching, and when repair beats replacement.
Repair guide →Recent posts
Practical guidance for property managers, facility managers and building owners across the GTHA.
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Who Is Responsible for Fire Doors in a Leased Building?
In a leased commercial building, fire door inspection is the duty nobody does. The landlord assumes the tenant handles their own premises.…
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The Door Closes But Will Not Latch — What’s Actually Wrong
The most common fault in any commercial building, and the one most often lived with. Usually a twenty-minute fix — and on…
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Fire door records — what to keep, for how long, in what format
You can inspect every fire door in your building, fix every fault, and have nothing to show for it. If you cannot…
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Why your door closer stopped closing properly
A door closer is a hydraulic device doing the same job thousands of times a year. It does not fail suddenly —…
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The ten most common reasons fire doors fail inspection
Most fire doors fail on something. That sounds alarming and mostly is not — the majority of deficiencies are small, cheap and…
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What Ontario Regulation 87/25 changed on 1 January 2026
Corrected 13 October 2026. An earlier version of this article said O. Reg. 87/25 changed fire door inspection from annual to monthly.…
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