Fire door frames: our service in Cirencester
From the GL7 postcode district outwards, we take on fire door frames across Cirencester for homes, blocks and workplaces.
Cirencester has a broad mix of buildings, including houses with integral garages, light industrial buildings and care homes, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
Frame-to-wall gaps on Cirencester 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 Cirencester 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.
As standard, the work covers:
- Assessment of frame condition and compatibility
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
Which fire door rules apply in Cirencester?
In Cirencester, as elsewhere in England, the starting point is the Fire Safety Order 2005: whoever controls a workplace or the shared parts of a residential block must make sure its fire doors work. When doors are replaced, the Building Regulations and Approved Document B set the standard the new work has to meet.
Blocks above 11 metres have a specific routine under regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: quarterly checks of communal fire doors and annual best-endeavours checks of flat front doors. If your Cirencester building is a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022, we confirm the approval route with the Principal Accountable Person before any work is ordered.
Which buildings in Cirencester need fire door frames?
Typical settings for fire door frames include converted houses, offices and older blocks of flats. In Cirencester, 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 Cirencester
- 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
Guide prices in Cirencester
Budget around £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT for fire door frames. Our guide prices are the same in Cirencester as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Around Cirencester
We also cover towns near Cirencester, including Stroud (16.1 km away), Cheltenham and Swindon. If your building is in GL7 or a neighbouring district, the service and pricing are the same.
Questions from Cirencester
Is Cirencester within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Cirencester in Gloucestershire and neighbouring towns such as Stroud. There is no charge for the survey.
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.