FD30 fire doors in Battersea

FD30 fire doors for Battersea buildings

We provide FD30 fire doors in Battersea (SW11 and the surrounding postcodes), from the first survey through to a documented handover.

Battersea has a broad mix of buildings, including restaurants, hotels and student accommodation, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.

In Battersea, 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 Battersea is sized for the opening, rather than trimmed beyond what its certification allows.

Where are FD30 doors used?

FD30 is the rating most buildings rely on. You will find it on flat entrance doors, doors onto escape corridors and stairs in houses in multiple occupation, kitchen doors in HMOs, and most internal doors on escape routes in offices, schools, surgeries and shops. Where smoke control matters too, the door is specified as FD30S (E30Sa), which adds a smoke seal and a tighter threshold.

The rating your building needs comes from its fire strategy or fire risk assessment, not from the door supplier. If you are unsure whether a door should be FD30 or FD60, we check the drawings, the risk assessment and what is installed now before we price anything. Our FD30 vs FD60 guide explains the difference.

What you get:

• Frame-to-wall gap sealed with an evidenced material
• Photo record, product data and certificate references at handover
• Certified FD30 or FD30S leaf, or full doorset
• Overhead closer set to close and latch

The regulations behind fire doors in Battersea

In Battersea, 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. In London, the London Fire Brigade is the enforcing authority for fire safety law.

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 Battersea 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.

Where FD30 fire doors fit in Battersea

From care homes to schools, the requirement for FD30 fire doors in Battersea 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 Battersea installation

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

Guide prices in Battersea

If you need a budget figure first, the guide for FD30 fire doors is £300–£600 for a leaf into a sound existing frame; £650–£1,300 for a doorset, ex VAT. We firm that up after a survey, pricing each door separately so you can see where the money goes.

Around Battersea

Neighbouring towns such as Chelsea, Pimlico, City of Westminster and Fulham are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.

Common questions