FD30 fire doors in Hailsham

FD30 fire doors in Hailsham: what's involved

Our FD30 fire doors service covers Hailsham and the wider East Sussex area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.

Around Hailsham, houses with integral garages, care homes 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.

In Hailsham, FD30 doors are the usual choice for escape-route corridors, stairs and kitchen doors where the fire strategy asks for 30 minutes. Each FD30 leaf we supply for Hailsham is sized for the opening, rather than trimmed beyond what its certification allows.

Leaf only or a full doorset?

If the existing frame is sound, correctly sized, securely fixed and compatible with the new leaf's certification, a new FD30 leaf can be hung in it. Many frames do not pass that test: old softwood linings, frames that have been cut about for previous doors, or frames with no evidence of how they were fixed. In those cases a certified doorset (leaf, frame and ironmongery tested together) is the cleaner answer and usually the quicker one on site.

We tell you which route each opening needs on the survey, door by door, and why.

As standard, the work covers:

• Frame-to-wall gap sealed with an evidenced material
• Fire-tested hinges, latch or lock and intumescent pads
• Overhead closer set to close and latch
• Intumescent strips and smoke seals to the certification

Which fire door rules apply in Hailsham?

In Hailsham, 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 Hailsham 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 Hailsham need FD30 fire doors?

Typical settings for FD30 fire doors include care homes, offices and schools. In Hailsham, 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.

How a Hailsham job runs

1. Measure the opening, check the frame and confirm the rating needed
2. Order a certified leaf or doorset to size, with matching components
3. Remove the old door and assess the frame or structural opening
4. Fix the frame and hang the leaf to the certified gap tolerances
5. Fit seals, hinges, latch, closer and signage, then test close-and-latch
6. Seal the frame-to-wall gap, make good and record the evidence

Budgeting for FD30 fire doors in Hailsham

Budget around £300–£600 for a leaf into a sound existing frame; £650–£1,300 for a doorset, ex VAT for FD30 fire doors. Our guide prices are the same in Hailsham as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.

Around Hailsham

Nearby towns we cover include Eastbourne, Seaford and Bexhill-on-Sea. Distance from Hailsham does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.

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