Fire doors: installation, inspection and maintenance
The flat entrance door is the compartment line between a home and the escape route. We inspect, repair, replace and maintain doorsets under third-party certification, with a record for every door.
Missing self-closers, worn intumescent strips and smoke seals, gaps outside tolerance and uncertified replacement doors are the defects we find most often. Each one weakens the protection a stay-put strategy depends on.
We are certified under BM TRADA Q-Mark for fire door installation (STD 052) and fire door maintenance (STD 058). Where a door can be repaired, we repair it using BM TRADA Accepted Repair Techniques. Where it can't, we say why and replace it with a certified doorset.
What we do
- Fire door surveys against the standard, with a door-by-door schedule
- New FD30S and FD60S doorsets installed under Q-Mark STD 052
- Repairs and maintenance under Q-Mark STD 058, using BM TRADA Accepted Repair Techniques
- Regulation 10 checks: communal fire doors quarterly, flat entrance doors annually
- Riser and service cupboard doors and fire-rated access panels
- Door linings and surrounding panels checked for asbestos before anything is cut
From survey to certificate
Inspect
Every doorset checked and graded, with photographs, size, handing, ironmongery and condition.
Decide
A repair-or-replace decision recorded against each door, with the reason.
Repair or install
Accepted Repair Techniques or a certified doorset, fitted by our approved installers.
Certify
A Q-Mark installation or maintenance record for every door we touch.
Recent projects
Described by building type and region to protect our clients.
24 low-rise council blocks
Every action logged as approved, pending or query, so the council could watch its action list close block by block.
View project →Twin council tower blocks
477 and 398 locations recorded, photographed and rated at 60 minutes, with full-building reports issued. The fire works never waited on a second contractor.
View project →Questions we get asked
How often do fire doors in a block of flats have to be checked?
In England, Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 applies to residential buildings over 11 metres: communal fire doors must be checked at least every three months, and flat entrance doors at least once a year on a best-endeavours basis. We carry out the checks and the remedial work.
Can you repair a fire door rather than replace it?
Often, yes. If a BM TRADA Accepted Repair Technique covers the door type, rating and defect, we repair it under our STD 058 maintenance certification. If not, we tell you why and recommend a certified replacement.
Are your fire door installers certified?
Yes. LE Group holds BM TRADA Q-Mark certificate 2713 for fire door installation (STD 052) and fire door maintenance (STD 058), valid to 23 February 2029.
Do you check for asbestos before replacing a door?
Yes. In older blocks the door lining, frame packing and surrounding panel can be asbestos insulating board. We check before we cut, and our licensed team removes it in the same programme if needed.
Other services
Fire stopping and compartmentation
Penetration seals, linear joints, cavity barriers and air transfer grilles under BM TRADA Q-Mark, recorded seal by seal.
Compartmentation and fire door surveys
A numbered, photographed breach register and a costed remedial schedule, before you commit to a programme.
Licensed asbestos removal
HSE-licensed removal by our own supervisors and operatives, cleared by independent UKAS-accredited analysts.
Asbestos surveys and management
Management, refurbishment and demolition surveys by BOHS P402 surveyors, with registers and re-inspections.
Environmental and remediation
Asbestos in soils and made ground, environmental cleans, contaminated land and the minor civil works around them.
Planning a programme?
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