FD60 fire doors in New Milton: what's involved
Our FD60 fire doors service covers New Milton 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.
In and around New Milton, fire door work covers everything from family homes after loft conversions to small blocks of flats. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
For FD60 work in New Milton we generally fit certified doorsets, so frame and leaf share the same test evidence. FD60 openings in New Milton buildings tend to be stair cores, plant rooms and bin stores in larger blocks and commercial premises.
When does a building need FD60 rather than FD30?
FD60 doors appear where the fire strategy asks a wall to resist fire for an hour: stair cores and lobbies in taller buildings, plant and boiler rooms, some service risers, refuse stores and compartment walls between different uses. The rating follows the wall. Fitting an FD30 door in a 60-minute wall leaves a weak point, and fitting FD60 everywhere wastes money and makes doors harder to open.
We work from your fire strategy, the building's drawings or the fire risk assessment. Where these disagree with what is on site, we flag it before ordering.
As standard, the work covers:
- Frame fixing and structural gap sealing recorded with photos
- Check of the fire strategy rating for each opening
- Load-rated hinges and correctly powered closer
- Certified FD60 doorset or leaf with matching evidence
Which fire door rules apply in New Milton?
In New Milton, 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 New Milton 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 New Milton
Typical settings for FD60 fire doors include mixed-use commercial buildings, plant and boiler rooms and refuse stores. In New Milton, as anywhere, the duty holder varies: a responsible person for a workplace, a landlord or managing agent for a block or HMO, or a homeowner after building work. We adjust access, timing and paperwork to suit whoever commissions the work.
The steps on a New Milton installation
- 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
Budgeting for FD60 fire doors in New Milton
Guide pricing for FD60 fire doors: £850–£1,800 per FD60 doorset supplied and fitted, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one New Milton building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
New Milton and neighbouring towns
New Milton is about 24.7 km from Southampton, and we cover both, along with nearby Christchurch and Bournemouth. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Questions from New Milton
Do you work in New Milton?
Yes, we take on FD60 fire doors in New Milton and the surrounding area, including Christchurch and Bournemouth. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
How quickly can you survey in New Milton?
It depends on the number of doors and access, but we offer survey dates as soon as we reply to your enquiry. If an inspection has found urgent safety issues, tell us and we'll prioritise.
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.
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.