Double fire doors: our service in Gloucester
We provide double fire doors in Gloucester (GL1 and the surrounding postcodes), from the first survey through to a documented handover.
Gloucester has a broad mix of buildings, including schools, care homes and converted period houses, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
Double doors on wards, school corridors and lobbies in Gloucester take heavy use, so closing sequence and meeting-edge seals get extra attention. Every pair we fit in Gloucester is commissioned so both leaves close in the right order and latch.
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.
As standard, the work covers:
- Closers matched to each leaf
- Equal pair or leaf-and-a-half doorsets
- Flush bolts and hold-opens within evidence
- Meeting-stile intumescent and smoke seals
Which fire door rules apply in Gloucester?
In Gloucester, 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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester need double fire doors?
You are most likely to need double fire doors if you look after care homes, office cores or hospitals and clinics. Whatever the building in Gloucester, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
What happens after you enquire
- 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 Gloucester
Budget around £1,600–£3,400 per pair supplied and fitted, depending on glazing and hardware, ex VAT for double fire doors. Our guide prices are the same in Gloucester as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Nearby areas we cover from Gloucester
As well as Gloucester, we cover neighbouring towns including Cheltenham, Stroud and Tewkesbury. The survey and quote are free.
Questions
Do you work in Gloucester?
Yes, we take on double fire doors in Gloucester and the surrounding area, including Cheltenham and Stroud. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
What happens on a survey in Gloucester?
We look at every door in scope: the leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closer, glazing and how the frame is fixed. You then get a written quote that prices each door separately.
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.
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.