Double fire doors: our service in Deal
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Deal, we offer double fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
Deal has a broad mix of buildings, including light industrial buildings, small blocks of flats and family homes after loft conversions, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
Double doors on wards, school corridors and lobbies in Deal take heavy use, so closing sequence and meeting-edge seals get extra attention. Leaf-and-a-half doors are a practical option for Deal care homes and schools that need occasional wide access.
Why pairs need extra care
The meeting stiles are the weak point of a pair. Gaps there must be controlled, both leaves need intumescent and smoke seals as specified, and if the meeting edges are rebated, a door coordinator is usually needed so the leaves close in the right order. If they close out of sequence, the door may not latch and will not perform as tested.
What you get:
- Flush bolts and hold-opens within evidence
- Equal pair or leaf-and-a-half doorsets
- Commissioning of closing sequence
- Door coordinators where meeting edges are rebated
The regulations behind fire doors in Deal
In Deal, 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 Deal 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 Deal need double fire doors?
You are most likely to need double fire doors if you look after hospitals and clinics, care homes or office cores. Whatever the building in Deal, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
How a Deal 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
Budgeting for double fire doors in Deal
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 Deal building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Deal
We also cover towns near Deal, including Dover (12.5 km away), Ramsgate and Broadstairs. If your building is in CT14 or a neighbouring district, the service and pricing are the same.
Questions from Deal
Do you cover CT14 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Deal including CT14, and nearby towns such as Dover and Ramsgate. The survey and written quote are free.
What happens on a survey in Deal?
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.
Do both leaves need closers?
Usually, yes. Each leaf of a fire door pair needs to close itself. The closers are sized to each leaf's width and weight.