Double fire doors: our service in Bury St Edmunds
If you need double fire doors in Bury St Edmunds, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Around Bury St Edmunds, care homes, houses with integral garages and small blocks of flats 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.
Leaf-and-a-half doors are a practical option for Bury St Edmunds care homes and schools that need occasional wide access. Double doors on wards, school corridors and lobbies in Bury St Edmunds 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
- Meeting-stile intumescent and smoke seals
- Commissioning of closing sequence
- Door coordinators where meeting edges are rebated
Rules and responsibilities in Bury St Edmunds
The rules that apply to fire doors in Bury St Edmunds 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 Bury St Edmunds 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.
Which buildings in Bury St Edmunds need double fire doors?
From schools to communal corridors, the requirement for double fire doors in Bury St Edmunds comes from the fire strategy or risk assessment for the building. We work from that document, or help you interpret your inspection report, before quoting.
The steps on a Bury St Edmunds installation
- 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 Bury St Edmunds
If you need a budget figure first, the guide for double fire doors is £1,600–£3,400 per pair supplied and fitted, depending on glazing and hardware, ex VAT. We firm that up after a survey, pricing each door separately so you can see where the money goes.
Bury St Edmunds and neighbouring towns
Bury St Edmunds is about 36.8 km from Ipswich, and we cover both, along with nearby Thetford and Stowmarket. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Common questions
Do you work in Bury St Edmunds?
Yes, we take on double fire doors in Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding area, including Thetford and Stowmarket. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Bury St Edmunds building?
Yes. Send it over and we can often price straight from it, then confirm on site. We report back against the same door references so you can close actions off.
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.