FD60 fire doors in March: what's involved
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in March, we offer FD60 fire doors with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
March has a broad mix of buildings, including houses with integral garages, family homes after loft conversions and schools, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
Before ordering FD60 doors for a March building, we check the rating each opening actually needs, because over-specifying makes doors heavier and dearer. For FD60 work in March we generally fit certified doorsets, so frame and leaf share the same test evidence.
What do you hand over at the end?
For every FD60 opening we record the product and certificate reference, the gap measurements, the hinge and closer specification, how the frame was fixed and what was used to seal the frame-to-structure gap, with photographs before the architraves go on. That record is what your fire risk assessor or building control officer will ask for.
Each installation includes:
- Certified FD60 doorset or leaf with matching evidence
- Frame fixing and structural gap sealing recorded with photos
- Load-rated hinges and correctly powered closer
- 60-minute glazing systems where vision panels are needed
Fire door law for March properties
In March, 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 March 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 March
You are most likely to need FD60 fire doors if you look after refuse stores, plant and boiler rooms or mixed-use commercial buildings. Whatever the building in March, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
How a March job runs
- Confirm the 60-minute requirement against the fire strategy
- Survey structure, opening size and wall type
- Order the certified doorset with ironmongery to its evidence
- Install the frame, fix and seal it to the structure
- Hang, adjust and test the leaf, closer and latching
- Record evidence and make good
Guide prices in March
Guide pricing for FD60 fire doors: £850–£1,800 per FD60 doorset supplied and fitted, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one March building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
March and neighbouring towns
Neighbouring towns such as Wisbech, Ely, Peterborough and King's Lynn are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions from March
Is March within your coverage area?
It is. We cover March in Cambridgeshire and neighbouring towns such as Wisbech. There is no charge for the survey.
What happens on a survey in March?
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.
Is FD60 just a thicker FD30?
No. FD60 doors are built and tested as a different product, usually with a thicker core, different seals and different ironmongery. Only the tested combination carries the 60-minute rating.
Can I upgrade an FD30 door to FD60?
Not by adding parts. An FD30 leaf cannot be turned into an FD60 door with extra strips or paint. If an opening needs 60 minutes, the leaf, and usually the frame, need to be replaced with a certified FD60 product.