FD30 fire doors: our service in Ebbw Vale
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Ebbw Vale, we offer FD30 fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
Around Ebbw Vale, small offices, 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.
For a mixed portfolio in Ebbw Vale, we can survey every FD30 opening in one visit and price leaf-only and doorset options side by side. Each FD30 leaf we supply for Ebbw Vale 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:
- Fire-tested hinges, latch or lock and intumescent pads
- 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
Fire door law for Ebbw Vale properties
Ebbw Vale is in Wales, where new and replacement fire doors are covered by the Building Regulations 2010 as applied in Wales, with the Welsh Approved Document B as guidance. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 also applies, so responsible persons in workplaces and the common parts of blocks must keep fire doors maintained.
One difference from England: regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, with its quarterly and annual fire door checks, does not apply in Wales. Your fire risk assessment sets the checking regime instead, and we work to it.
Who needs FD30 fire doors in Ebbw Vale?
You are most likely to need FD30 fire doors if you look after schools, care homes or HMOs. Whatever the building in Ebbw Vale, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
Our process in Ebbw Vale
- Measure the opening, check the frame and confirm the rating needed
- Order a certified leaf or doorset to size, with matching components
- Remove the old door and assess the frame or structural opening
- Fix the frame and hang the leaf to the certified gap tolerances
- Fit seals, hinges, latch, closer and signage, then test close-and-latch
- Seal the frame-to-wall gap, make good and record the evidence
Budgeting for FD30 fire doors in Ebbw Vale
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 Ebbw Vale as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Covering Ebbw Vale and nearby
Nearby towns we cover include Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypool and Aberdare. Distance from Ebbw Vale does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Common questions
Do you work in Ebbw Vale?
Yes, we take on FD30 fire doors in Ebbw Vale and the surrounding area, including Merthyr Tydfil and Pontypool. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
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.
Do FD30 doors need a closer?
Most do. Doors on escape routes, flat entrance doors and doors in the common parts of buildings need a self-closing device that shuts and latches the door. Some doors inside houses and locked riser doors are exceptions, depending on the fire strategy.
What is the difference between FD30 and FD30S?
FD30S has been tested for smoke control as well as fire. It adds a smoke seal, usually a brush or blade, and needs a tight threshold gap. Flat entrance doors and doors onto protected escape routes are commonly specified as FD30S.