Getting FD30 fire doors right in Sittingbourne
Our FD30 fire doors service covers Sittingbourne and the wider Kent area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.
Buildings in and around Sittingbourne range from high-street shops to family homes after loft conversions and industrial estates. Whatever the building, the standard is the same: certified products, correct gaps, seals and closers, and a frame sealed to the wall.
In Sittingbourne, 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 Sittingbourne, we can survey every FD30 opening in one visit and price leaf-only and doorset options side by side.
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.
Each installation includes:
- Survey of the opening, frame and existing ironmongery
- Frame-to-wall gap sealed with an evidenced material
- Overhead closer set to close and latch
- Photo record, product data and certificate references at handover
What the rules say for Sittingbourne
In Sittingbourne, 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 Sittingbourne 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Sittingbourne
Landlords, managing agents, facilities teams and homeowners in Sittingbourne can all commission FD30 fire doors from us. The usual settings are blocks of flats and offices, though single doors for schools are just as welcome.
What happens after you enquire
- 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
Guide prices in Sittingbourne
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 Sittingbourne as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Covering Sittingbourne and nearby
Nearby towns we cover include Faversham, Gillingham and Chatham. Distance from Sittingbourne does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions
Do you cover ME10 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Sittingbourne including ME10, and nearby towns such as Faversham and Gillingham. The survey and written quote are free.
What happens on a survey in Sittingbourne?
We look at every door in scope: the leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closer, glazing and how the frame is fixed. You then get a written quote that prices each door separately.
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.