Fire door frames for Hastings buildings
If you need fire door frames in Hastings, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Fire doors in Hastings protect escape routes in industrial estates, high-street shops and low-rise blocks of flats alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
Frame-to-wall gaps on Hastings 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 Hastings 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.
Each installation includes:
- Architraves and making good
- Assessment of frame condition and compatibility
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
Fire door law for Hastings properties
The rules that apply to fire doors in Hastings 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 Hastings 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Hastings
Landlords, managing agents, facilities teams and homeowners in Hastings can all commission fire door frames from us. The usual settings are converted houses and older blocks of flats, though single doors for schools are just as welcome.
The steps on a Hastings installation
- 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 Hastings
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Hastings building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Hastings and nearby
Nearby towns we cover include Bexhill-on-Sea, Hailsham and Eastbourne. Distance from Hastings does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions from Hastings
Do you cover TN34 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Hastings including TN34, and nearby towns such as Bexhill-on-Sea and Hailsham. The survey and written quote are free.
What happens on a survey in Hastings?
We look at every door in scope: the leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closer, glazing and how the frame is fixed. You then get a written quote that prices each door separately.
Why do you photograph the frame before fitting architraves?
Because the fixing and sealing are hidden once the architraves go on. Photographs give you evidence that the hidden work was done correctly.
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.