Fire door frames in Maidenhead: what's involved
Our fire door frames service covers Maidenhead and the wider Berkshire area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.
In and around Maidenhead, fire door work covers everything from family homes after loft conversions to care homes. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
Frame-to-wall gaps on Maidenhead jobs are sealed with materials supported by the test evidence, as BS 8214:2026 sets out. In older buildings the frame can be the weak point even where the leaf is sound, so we check it on every Maidenhead survey.
BS 8214:2026 and the frame-to-wall gap
The 2026 revision of BS 8214 strengthened its guidance on sealing the gap between the frame and the surrounding structure, listing material types such as stone wool, mastic and fire-rated foam, and putting the emphasis on using what the evidence supports. We fill and seal that gap with materials covered by the doorset's or sealant's test evidence and photograph it before the architraves go back on.
What you get:
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Architraves and making good
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
Which fire door rules apply in Maidenhead?
The rules that apply to fire doors in Maidenhead are England's. The responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 must keep fire doors in non-domestic premises and the common parts of flats in working order; the Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that this includes flat entrance doors onto common parts.
Where a Maidenhead block is above 11 metres, regulation 10 of the 2022 regulations means communal doors are checked every three months and flat entrance doors annually on a best-endeavours basis. Replacement doors must also satisfy the Building Regulations, with Approved Document B as the guidance most building control bodies work from.
Where fire door frames fit in Maidenhead
Landlords, managing agents, facilities teams and homeowners in Maidenhead can all commission fire door frames from us. The usual settings are schools and older blocks of flats, though single doors for converted houses are just as welcome.
From enquiry to handover in Maidenhead
- Remove architraves and inspect frame fixing
- Decide repair, re-fix or replace
- Prepare the opening and fit the frame
- Pack and fix at specified centres
- Seal the frame-to-wall gap
- Photograph, fit architraves and make good
Budgeting for fire door frames in Maidenhead
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Maidenhead building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Maidenhead and neighbouring towns
We also cover towns near Maidenhead, including Slough (8.7 km away), Windsor and High Wycombe. If your building is in SL6 or a neighbouring district, the service and pricing are the same.
Questions
Do you work in Maidenhead?
Yes, we take on fire door frames in Maidenhead and the surrounding area, including Slough and Windsor. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
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.
Can I use expanding foam around a fire door frame?
Only a fire-rated foam with evidence for that use and gap size. Ordinary expanding foam is not suitable.
What is the frame-to-wall gap?
It is the space between the door frame and the surrounding wall, normally hidden by the architrave. If it is not filled with a suitable fire-resisting material, fire and smoke can pass around the door.