Double fire doors: our service in Trowbridge
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Trowbridge, we offer double fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
Around Trowbridge, care homes, light industrial buildings 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.
Double doors on wards, school corridors and lobbies in Trowbridge take heavy use, so closing sequence and meeting-edge seals get extra attention. Every pair we fit in Trowbridge 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.
Each installation includes:
- Equal pair or leaf-and-a-half doorsets
- Door coordinators where meeting edges are rebated
- Closers matched to each leaf
- Commissioning of closing sequence
What the rules say for Trowbridge
The rules that apply to fire doors in Trowbridge 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 Trowbridge 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.
Who needs double fire doors in Trowbridge?
The need for double fire doors usually arises in schools or communal corridors, and sometimes office cores. Each has its own pressures, such as residents at home or a building that must stay open, so we plan the sequence of work in Trowbridge to keep escape routes protected throughout.
The steps on a Trowbridge 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
Guide prices in Trowbridge
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 Trowbridge building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Trowbridge
We also cover towns near Trowbridge, including Bath (12.3 km away), Frome and Chippenham. If your building is in BA14 or a neighbouring district, the service and pricing are the same.
Questions from Trowbridge
Do you cover BA14 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Trowbridge including BA14, and nearby towns such as Bath and Frome. The survey and written quote are free.
Do I need to be there for the survey?
Someone needs to give us access to the doors. For blocks and commercial buildings, a caretaker or site contact is fine; for HMOs and homes, we agree a time with you or your tenants.
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.
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.