Double fire doors: our service in Thatcham
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Thatcham, we offer double fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
In and around Thatcham, fire door work covers everything from light industrial buildings to small blocks of flats. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
Leaf-and-a-half doors are a practical option for Thatcham care homes and schools that need occasional wide access. Double doors on wards, school corridors and lobbies in Thatcham take heavy use, so closing sequence and meeting-edge seals get extra attention.
Leaf-and-a-half for wider routes
Leaf-and-a-half doors give a usable everyday opening through the main leaf, with the smaller leaf opened for beds, trolleys or deliveries. They are common in care homes, hospitals and schools. The smaller leaf may be held with flush bolts; any bolts and their positions must be covered by the evidence.
What you get:
- Equal pair or leaf-and-a-half doorsets
- Commissioning of closing sequence
- Door coordinators where meeting edges are rebated
- Closers matched to each leaf
Which fire door rules apply in Thatcham?
In Thatcham, as elsewhere in England, the starting point is the Fire Safety Order 2005: whoever controls a workplace or the shared parts of a residential block must make sure its fire doors work. When doors are replaced, the Building Regulations and Approved Document B set the standard the new work has to meet.
Blocks above 11 metres have a specific routine under regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: quarterly checks of communal fire doors and annual best-endeavours checks of flat front doors. If your Thatcham building is a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022, we confirm the approval route with the Principal Accountable Person before any work is ordered.
Which buildings in Thatcham need double fire doors?
You are most likely to need double fire doors if you look after office cores, hospitals and clinics or schools. Whatever the building in Thatcham, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
How a Thatcham job runs
- Survey opening width, use and traffic
- Select pair configuration and hardware set
- Order certified doorset with coordinator and bolts if needed
- Install frame and hang both leaves
- Set closing sequence, seals and latching
- Test hold-open release and record evidence
Guide prices in Thatcham
Guide pricing for double fire doors: £1,600–£3,400 per pair supplied and fitted, depending on glazing and hardware, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Thatcham building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Thatcham
Thatcham is about 20.9 km from Reading, and we cover both, along with nearby Newbury and Basingstoke. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Common questions
Is Thatcham within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Thatcham in Berkshire and neighbouring towns such as Newbury. There is no charge for the survey.
Do I need to be there for the survey?
Someone needs to give us access to the doors. For blocks and commercial buildings, a caretaker or site contact is fine; for HMOs and homes, we agree a time with you or your tenants.
Can double fire doors be held open?
Yes, with hold-open devices that release on the fire alarm, or with free-swing closers. Wedges and hooks are not acceptable.
What does a door coordinator do?
It holds the leaf that must close second until the first leaf has shut, so rebated meeting edges close in the right order and both leaves latch. Without it, the pair can end up open or misaligned.