Double fire doors in Daventry: what's involved
Our double fire doors service covers Daventry and the wider Northamptonshire area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.
Around Daventry, small offices, houses with integral garages and family homes after loft conversions 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.
Double doors on wards, school corridors and lobbies in Daventry take heavy use, so closing sequence and meeting-edge seals get extra attention. Leaf-and-a-half doors are a practical option for Daventry 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.
What you get:
- Closers matched to each leaf
- Door coordinators where meeting edges are rebated
- Equal pair or leaf-and-a-half doorsets
- Meeting-stile intumescent and smoke seals
What the rules say for Daventry
The rules that apply to fire doors in Daventry are England's. The responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 must keep fire doors in non-domestic premises and the common parts of flats in working order; the Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that this includes flat entrance doors onto common parts.
Where a Daventry block is above 11 metres, regulation 10 of the 2022 regulations means communal doors are checked every three months and flat entrance doors annually on a best-endeavours basis. Replacement doors must also satisfy the Building Regulations, with Approved Document B as the guidance most building control bodies work from.
Buildings and duty holders in Daventry
Typical settings for double fire doors include care homes, hospitals and clinics and schools. In Daventry, 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 Daventry
- 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
Prices for double fire doors in Daventry
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 Daventry as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Daventry and neighbouring towns
Neighbouring towns such as Rugby, Northampton, Royal Leamington Spa and Banbury are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions
Do you work in Daventry?
Yes, we take on double fire doors in Daventry and the surrounding area, including Rugby and Northampton. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
How quickly can you survey in Daventry?
It depends on the number of doors and access, but we offer survey dates as soon as we reply to your enquiry. If an inspection has found urgent safety issues, tell us and we'll prioritise.
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.