Fire door frames for Harwich buildings
If you need fire door frames in Harwich, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Harwich has a broad mix of buildings, including light industrial buildings, care homes and small offices, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
In older buildings the frame can be the weak point even where the leaf is sound, so we check it on every Harwich survey. Frame-to-wall gaps on Harwich jobs are sealed with materials supported by the test evidence, as BS 8214:2026 sets out.
Frames on their own
Where a leaf is sound but the frame is not, a new compatible frame can sometimes be fitted to the existing leaf, provided the combination is supported by the leaf's certification. More often, a frame replacement is part of a doorset installation.
On a typical job that means:
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
What the rules say for Harwich
England's framework applies in Harwich. 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 Harwich, 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.
Where fire door frames fit in Harwich
From offices to older blocks of flats, the requirement for fire door frames in Harwich comes from the fire strategy or risk assessment for the building. We work from that document, or help you interpret your inspection report, before quoting.
Our process in Harwich
- 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 Harwich
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Harwich building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Harwich
Neighbouring towns such as Felixstowe, Ipswich, Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Common questions
Is Harwich within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Harwich in Essex and neighbouring towns such as Felixstowe. There is no charge for the survey.
How quickly can you survey in Harwich?
It depends on the number of doors and access, but we offer survey dates as soon as we reply to your enquiry. If an inspection has found urgent safety issues, tell us and we'll prioritise.
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.