What fire door frames in Battersea should include
If you need fire door frames in Battersea, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
In and around Battersea, fire door work covers everything from restaurants to converted flats. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
In older buildings the frame can be the weak point even where the leaf is sound, so we check it on every Battersea survey. We photograph every frame we fix in Battersea before the architraves go on, so the hidden work is on record.
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.
What you get:
- 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
The regulations behind fire doors in Battersea
The rules that apply to fire doors in Battersea 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. Enforcement of fire safety law in Battersea sits with the London Fire Brigade.
Where a Battersea 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.
Who needs fire door frames in Battersea?
Typical settings for fire door frames include schools, converted houses and offices. In Battersea, 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.
From enquiry to handover in Battersea
- 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 Battersea
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Battersea building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Battersea
Nearby towns we cover include Chelsea, Pimlico and City of Westminster. Distance from Battersea does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Common questions
Is Battersea within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Battersea in Greater London and neighbouring towns such as Chelsea. There is no charge for the survey.
How quickly can you survey in Battersea?
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.
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.