Getting fire door frames right in Heston
Our fire door frames service covers Heston and the wider Greater London area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.
Heston has a broad mix of buildings, including hotels, clinics and shared houses, 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 Heston survey. Frame-to-wall gaps on Heston jobs are sealed with materials supported by the test evidence, as BS 8214:2026 sets out.
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:
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
- Architraves and making good
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
The regulations behind fire doors in Heston
England's framework applies in Heston. 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. In London, the London Fire Brigade is the enforcing authority for fire safety law.
For blocks over 11 metres in Heston, 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 Heston
You are most likely to need fire door frames if you look after older blocks of flats, offices or schools. Whatever the building in Heston, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
From enquiry to handover in Heston
- 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 Heston
Budget around £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT for fire door frames. Our guide prices are the same in Heston as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Heston and neighbouring towns
Nearby towns we cover include Hounslow, Isleworth and Southall. Distance from Heston does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions from Heston
Is Heston within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Heston in Greater London and neighbouring towns such as Hounslow. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Heston building?
Yes. Send it over and we can often price straight from it, then confirm on site. We report back against the same door references so you can close actions off.
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.