What FD60 fire doors in Chatham should include
From the ME4 postcode district outwards, we take on FD60 fire doors across Chatham for homes, blocks and workplaces.
In and around Chatham, fire door work covers everything from industrial estates to low-rise blocks of flats. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
Before ordering FD60 doors for a Chatham building, we check the rating each opening actually needs, because over-specifying makes doors heavier and dearer. For FD60 work in Chatham we generally fit certified doorsets, so frame and leaf share the same test evidence.
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:
- Load-rated hinges and correctly powered closer
- Check of the fire strategy rating for each opening
- Frame fixing and structural gap sealing recorded with photos
- Certified FD60 doorset or leaf with matching evidence
Which fire door rules apply in Chatham?
In Chatham, 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 Chatham 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.
Who needs FD60 fire doors in Chatham?
You are most likely to need FD60 fire doors if you look after mixed-use commercial buildings, plant and boiler rooms or refuse stores. Whatever the building in Chatham, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
From enquiry to handover in Chatham
- 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
Prices for FD60 fire doors in Chatham
Guide pricing for FD60 fire doors: £850–£1,800 per FD60 doorset supplied and fitted, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Chatham building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Chatham
Neighbouring towns such as Rochester, Gillingham, Strood and Maidstone are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions from Chatham
Is Chatham within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Chatham in Kent and neighbouring towns such as Rochester. There is no charge for the survey.
Do I need to be there for the survey?
Someone needs to give us access to the doors. For blocks and commercial buildings, a caretaker or site contact is fine; for HMOs and homes, we agree a time with you or your tenants.
Do FD60 doors need smoke seals?
If the fire strategy asks for smoke control, yes: the door will be specified as FD60S or E60Sa with smoke seals. Many plant room doors are FD60 without a smoke requirement.
Are FD60 doors harder to open?
They are heavier, so the closer has to be chosen and adjusted with care. A well-set closer will still close and latch the door while keeping the opening force reasonable for the people who use it.