Fire door frames: our service in Crowborough
From the TN6 postcode district outwards, we take on fire door frames across Crowborough for homes, blocks and workplaces.
Fire doors in Crowborough protect escape routes in small blocks of flats, houses with integral garages and schools alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
In older buildings the frame can be the weak point even where the leaf is sound, so we check it on every Crowborough survey. Frame-to-wall gaps on Crowborough jobs are sealed with materials supported by the test evidence, as BS 8214:2026 sets out.
Why frames fail inspections
Many fire door problems start with the frame: softwood linings too thin for the door, frames cut back to fit a previous door, frames loose in the wall, or gaps behind the architrave stuffed with ordinary foam or left open. A perfect leaf hung in a frame like that cannot be relied on.
As standard, the work covers:
- Assessment of frame condition and compatibility
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
- Architraves and making good
Which fire door rules apply in Crowborough?
England's framework applies in Crowborough. 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 Crowborough, 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 fire door frames in Crowborough?
Typical settings for fire door frames include offices, schools and converted houses. In Crowborough, 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.
Our process in Crowborough
- 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
Prices for fire door frames in Crowborough
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Crowborough building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Crowborough
Nearby towns we cover include Royal Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead and Tonbridge. Distance from Crowborough does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions from Crowborough
Do you work in Crowborough?
Yes, we take on fire door frames in Crowborough and the surrounding area, including Royal Tunbridge Wells and East Grinstead. 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.
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.
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.