Double fire doors: our service in Eccles
If you need double fire doors in Eccles, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Around Eccles, small offices, small blocks of flats and schools all depend on fire doors that close, latch and seal. We survey each opening and tell you plainly which doors need work and which don't.
Every pair we fit in Eccles is commissioned so both leaves close in the right order and latch. Leaf-and-a-half doors are a practical option for Eccles care homes and schools that need occasional wide access.
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.
On a typical job that means:
- Closers matched to each leaf
- Meeting-stile intumescent and smoke seals
- Door coordinators where meeting edges are rebated
- Commissioning of closing sequence
Fire door law for Eccles properties
In Eccles, 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 Eccles 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Eccles
Typical settings for double fire doors include hospitals and clinics, office cores and communal corridors. In Eccles, as anywhere, the duty holder varies: a responsible person for a workplace, a landlord or managing agent for a block or HMO, or a homeowner after building work. We adjust access, timing and paperwork to suit whoever commissions the work.
Our process in Eccles
- 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
What does double fire doors cost in Eccles?
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 Eccles building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Eccles and nearby
We also cover towns near Eccles, including Swinton (2.2 km away), Salford and Stretford. If your building is in M30 or a neighbouring district, the service and pricing are the same.
Questions
Is Eccles within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Eccles in Greater Manchester and neighbouring towns such as Swinton. There is no charge for the survey.
What happens on a survey in Eccles?
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.
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.