Getting fire door frames right in Salford
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Salford, we offer fire door frames with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
In and around Salford, fire door work covers everything from converted period houses to offices. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
Frame-to-wall gaps on Salford 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 Salford survey.
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.
As standard, the work covers:
- Architraves and making good
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
The regulations behind fire doors in Salford
In Salford, 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 Salford 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.
Where fire door frames fit in Salford
From schools to converted houses, the requirement for fire door frames in Salford 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 Salford
- 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 Salford
Budget around £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT for fire door frames. Our guide prices are the same in Salford as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Salford and neighbouring towns
Neighbouring towns such as Eccles, Old Trafford, Manchester and Swinton are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions
Is Salford within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Salford in Greater Manchester and neighbouring towns such as Eccles. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Salford 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.
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.
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.