What fire door frames in Kirkcaldy should include
Our fire door frames service in Kirkcaldy is simple: a survey, a fixed quote, certified products and an installation finished to the manufacturer's evidence.
Around Kirkcaldy, care homes, family homes after loft conversions and low-rise blocks of flats all depend on fire doors that close, latch and seal. We survey each opening and tell you plainly which doors need work and which don't.
Frame-to-wall gaps on Kirkcaldy 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 Kirkcaldy survey.
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.
What you get:
- Architraves and making good
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
The regulations behind fire doors in Kirkcaldy
In Kirkcaldy, fire doors are specified against Scotland's Technical Handbooks (Section 2: Fire) under the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004, rather than Approved Document B. Duties in non-domestic premises come from the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
England's regulation 10 does not apply in Scotland. We follow the building's fire risk assessment and, where building work needs a warrant, the local authority's requirements.
Buildings and duty holders in Kirkcaldy
You are most likely to need fire door frames if you look after offices, older blocks of flats or converted houses. Whatever the building in Kirkcaldy, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
Our process in Kirkcaldy
- 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 Kirkcaldy
Budget around £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT for fire door frames. Our guide prices are the same in Kirkcaldy as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Around Kirkcaldy
Neighbouring towns such as Glenrothes, Edinburgh, Dunfermline and Musselburgh are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Common questions
Do you cover KY2 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Kirkcaldy including KY2, and nearby towns such as Glenrothes and Edinburgh. The survey and written quote are free.
What happens on a survey in Kirkcaldy?
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.
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.
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.