Fire door frames: our service in Swinton
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Swinton, we offer fire door frames with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
Fire doors in Swinton protect escape routes in family homes after loft conversions, houses with integral garages and small offices alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
In older buildings the frame can be the weak point even where the leaf is sound, so we check it on every Swinton survey. Frame-to-wall gaps on Swinton 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:
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
- Architraves and making good
Rules and responsibilities in Swinton
In Swinton, 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 Swinton 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 Swinton
Landlords, managing agents, facilities teams and homeowners in Swinton can all commission fire door frames from us. The usual settings are older blocks of flats and offices, though single doors for schools are just as welcome.
What happens after you enquire
- 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
What does fire door frames cost in Swinton?
If you need a budget figure first, the guide for fire door frames is £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. We firm that up after a survey, pricing each door separately so you can see where the money goes.
Around Swinton
Neighbouring towns such as Eccles, Walkden, Salford and Urmston are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Common questions
Is Swinton within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Swinton 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 Swinton 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 a new frame be fitted to my existing door?
Sometimes, if the frame is compatible with the door's certification. Often it is simpler and better evidenced to replace the whole doorset.
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.