FD30 fire doors in Salisbury

Getting FD30 fire doors right in Salisbury

From the SP1 postcode district outwards, we take on FD30 fire doors across Salisbury for homes, blocks and workplaces.

Fire doors in Salisbury protect escape routes in schools, small offices and care homes alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.

In Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, we can survey every FD30 opening in one visit and price leaf-only and doorset options side by side.

What does a correct FD30 installation include?

A typical timber FD30 leaf is around 44mm thick and hangs on at least three fire-tested hinges. The gaps between leaf and frame are set to the manufacturer's data, usually around 3mm. Intumescent strips, and smoke seals where needed, go in the frame or leaf edge as specified. The closer must pull the door shut and latch it from any angle. Every hole cut for a lock, latch or hinge is lined with intumescent material where the certification calls for it.

Then comes the part that is often skipped: sealing the gap between the frame and the wall with a tested material, as BS 8214:2026 now sets out in more detail.

What you get:

• Intumescent strips and smoke seals to the certification
• Fire-tested hinges, latch or lock and intumescent pads
• Survey of the opening, frame and existing ironmongery
• Overhead closer set to close and latch

Fire door law for Salisbury properties

The rules that apply to fire doors in Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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.

Where FD30 fire doors fit in Salisbury

The need for FD30 fire doors usually arises in HMOs or schools, and sometimes care homes. Each has its own pressures, such as residents at home or a building that must stay open, so we plan the sequence of work in Salisbury to keep escape routes protected throughout.

The steps on a Salisbury 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

What does FD30 fire doors cost in Salisbury?

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 Salisbury as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.

Salisbury and neighbouring towns

Neighbouring towns such as Andover, Totton, Southampton and Eastleigh are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.

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