FD60 fire doors in Gillingham

FD60 fire doors in Gillingham: what's involved

If you need FD60 fire doors in Gillingham, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.

Gillingham has a broad mix of buildings, including purpose-built flats, care homes and GP surgeries, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.

FD60 openings in Gillingham buildings tend to be stair cores, plant rooms and bin stores in larger blocks and commercial premises. Before ordering FD60 doors for a Gillingham building, we check the rating each opening actually needs, because over-specifying makes doors heavier and dearer.

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.

Each installation includes:

• Intumescent and smoke seals as specified
• Check of the fire strategy rating for each opening
• 60-minute glazing systems where vision panels are needed
• Load-rated hinges and correctly powered closer

Fire door law for Gillingham properties

England's framework applies in Gillingham. Approved Document B guides the fire performance of new and replacement doors under the Building Regulations 2010. Day-to-day duties sit with the responsible person under the Fire Safety Order 2005, and for multi-occupied residential buildings, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 add duties such as giving residents information about fire doors.

For blocks over 11 metres in Gillingham, those regulations require communal fire door checks at least every three months and best-endeavours flat entrance door checks each year. In higher-risk buildings, building work is overseen by the Building Safety Regulator, so we check whether approval is needed before starting.

Who needs FD60 fire doors in Gillingham?

You are most likely to need FD60 fire doors if you look after stair cores in taller blocks, plant and boiler rooms or refuse stores. Whatever the building in Gillingham, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.

How a Gillingham job runs

1. Confirm the 60-minute requirement against the fire strategy
2. Survey structure, opening size and wall type
3. Order the certified doorset with ironmongery to its evidence
4. Install the frame, fix and seal it to the structure
5. Hang, adjust and test the leaf, closer and latching
6. Record evidence and make good

Prices for FD60 fire doors in Gillingham

As a guide, budget £850–£1,800 per FD60 doorset supplied and fitted, ex VAT for FD60 fire doors. The figure for your Gillingham building depends on the number of doors, the rating, the condition of the frames, finishes, hardware and access. We confirm a fixed price after the free survey.

Around Gillingham

We also cover towns near Gillingham, including Chatham (1.8 km away), Rochester and Strood. If your building is in ME7 or a neighbouring district, the service and pricing are the same.

Questions from Gillingham