Getting FD30 fire doors right in Gosport
Our FD30 fire doors service covers Gosport and the wider Hampshire area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.
Around Gosport, HMOs, low-rise blocks of flats and industrial estates 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 Gosport, FD30 doors are the usual choice for escape-route corridors, stairs and kitchen doors where the fire strategy asks for 30 minutes. For a mixed portfolio in Gosport, we can survey every FD30 opening in one visit and price leaf-only and doorset options side by side.
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.
Each installation includes:
- Certified FD30 or FD30S leaf, or full doorset
- Overhead closer set to close and latch
- Frame-to-wall gap sealed with an evidenced material
- Fire-tested hinges, latch or lock and intumescent pads
Fire door law for Gosport properties
The rules that apply to fire doors in Gosport 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 Gosport 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 Gosport need FD30 fire doors?
You are most likely to need FD30 fire doors if you look after blocks of flats, offices or HMOs. Whatever the building in Gosport, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
Our process in Gosport
- 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 Gosport
Guide pricing for FD30 fire doors: £300–£600 for a leaf into a sound existing frame; £650–£1,300 for a doorset, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Gosport building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Gosport
Gosport is about 22.8 km from Southampton, and we cover both, along with nearby Portsmouth and Fareham. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Questions from Gosport
Do you cover PO12 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Gosport including PO12, and nearby towns such as Portsmouth and Fareham. The survey and written quote are free.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Gosport 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.
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.
Can a new FD30 door go into my old frame?
Sometimes. The frame has to be sound, square, securely fixed and compatible with the new leaf's certification. Many older frames are not, especially softwood linings or frames altered for previous doors. We check each frame on the survey and recommend a doorset only where the frame cannot be relied on.