Fire door closers across Devon

Fire door closers in Devon, done to the evidence

We provide fire door closers across Devon, covering 11 towns and 59 postcode districts, including Plymouth, Exeter and Paignton.

We set closers in Devon buildings so doors close fully without becoming too heavy to open. A closer that fails to latch the door is one of the first things we put right on Devon fire doors.

Fire door work in Devon spans housing providers with large estates, individual landlords, businesses and homeowners. We price every job from a survey, never from a list price alone, because the condition of the frames and the hardware makes a real difference.

Setting a closer properly

Closers have adjustments for closing speed, latching action and often backcheck. We set them so the door closes from any angle and engages the latch, without slamming. In England, Approved Document M guidance on opening force, no more than 30N for the first 30 degrees and 22.5N from 30 to 60 degrees at the leading edge, is a useful benchmark for usability. Our closers guide has more detail.

Rules and responsibilities in Devon

In Devon, 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 Devon 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.

Our process in Devon

1. Check the door, frame and existing closer
2. Select a closer suited to the leaf and use
3. Fit to the template and the door's evidence
4. Adjust closing and latching speeds
5. Test from wide and small opening angles
6. Record the closer and its settings

Prices for fire door closers in Devon

Guide pricing for fire door closers: £90–£220 per closer supplied and fitted; adjustment visits from £195, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Devon building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.

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