Dock 28 Residents Survey

This survey will ask questions relating to external balcony doors, internal flat front doors and internal temperature and heating.

About you

Balcony doors

Balcony doors are not fitted with a device which prevents the door from being opened or closed rapidly. Some residents have remarked that on moderately breezy and windy days, external balcony doors can be forcefully opened by the wind or a breeze.

1. Have you experienced issues with your external balcony doors being forcefully opened on moderately breezy or windy days? *
2. Do you consider the forces present on your external balcony door during windy conditions to be a risk or dangerous? *
3. Has your external balcony door been pulled out of your hand, or have you otherwise lost control of the door while opening or closing it, as a result of windy conditions? *
4. Has any damage to property resulted? *
5. If property was damaged, please briefly describe what happened.

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6. Has any injury to a person been caused as a result? *
7. If someone was injured, please briefly describe what happened.

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Internal flat front door

Some residents have noticed that internal front doors are not well sealed to light, sound or air pressure.

8. Is there a gap under your front door which allows light to penetrate or leak under the door? *
9. Does light penetrate or leak around the sides of your front door? *
10. Have you noticed noise coming through your front door, for example noise from the corridor? *
11. Do you consider the sound insulating properties of your front door to be sufficient? *
12. Have you noticed air passing under or around your front door? For example, is there a draught, or do smells from the corridor easily diffuse into your flat? *

Internal temperature and heating

Some residents have reported difficulty with keeping their flats sufficiently heated during winter.

13. During the coldest winter days last year, what internal temperature were you able to maintain in your flat when the heating was on? *
14. Did you have to heat your flat continuously to maintain the internal temperature? *
15. Did you use additional methods of heating, such as electric heaters, to maintain the temperature of your flat during the winter? *
16. Is your energy bill unexpectedly high? *
17. If so, do you believe this is due to difficulty maintaining the internal temperature of your flat? *
18. Do you think your flat is sufficiently well insulated? *
19. Have you noticed a draught around your windows? *
20. Have you noticed a draught around your balcony doors? *
21. Have you noticed a draught around your flat front door? *

Any other comments

22. Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

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