FD30 fire doors: our service in Greenock
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Greenock, we offer FD30 fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
Around Greenock, light industrial buildings, small offices 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 Greenock, 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 Greenock 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.
Each installation includes:
- Fire-tested hinges, latch or lock and intumescent pads
- Certified FD30 or FD30S leaf, or full doorset
- Intumescent strips and smoke seals to the certification
- Frame-to-wall gap sealed with an evidenced material
Which fire door rules apply in Greenock?
In Greenock, fire doors are specified against Scotland's Technical Handbooks (Section 2: Fire) under the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004, rather than Approved Document B. Duties in non-domestic premises come from the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
England's regulation 10 does not apply in Scotland. We follow the building's fire risk assessment and, where building work needs a warrant, the local authority's requirements.
Which buildings in Greenock need FD30 fire doors?
You are most likely to need FD30 fire doors if you look after blocks of flats, offices or shops. Whatever the building in Greenock, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
Our process in Greenock
- 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 Greenock
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 Greenock building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Greenock
Greenock is about 24.3 km from Paisley, and we cover both, along with nearby Vale of Leven and Clydebank. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Questions
Is Greenock within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Greenock in Renfrewshire & Inverclyde and neighbouring towns such as Vale of Leven. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Greenock 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.
How long does it take to fit an FD30 door?
A leaf into a sound frame is often a few hours. A full doorset including frame removal, fixing, sealing and making good is usually half a day to a day per opening, depending on access and the wall construction.