Fire door frames for Basingstoke buildings
For property owners, landlords and managing agents in Basingstoke, we offer fire door frames with one team for the survey, the product and the installation.
In and around Basingstoke, fire door work covers everything from schools to HMOs. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
We photograph every frame we fix in Basingstoke before the architraves go on, so the hidden work is on record. Frame-to-wall gaps on Basingstoke 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.
As standard, the work covers:
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
- Architraves and making good
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Assessment of frame condition and compatibility
Which fire door rules apply in Basingstoke?
In Basingstoke, 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 Basingstoke 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Basingstoke
You are most likely to need fire door frames if you look after converted houses, older blocks of flats or schools. Whatever the building in Basingstoke, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
The steps on a Basingstoke installation
- 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 Basingstoke
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Basingstoke building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Basingstoke
Basingstoke is about 45.6 km from Southampton, and we cover both, along with nearby Fleet and Thatcham. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Questions
Is Basingstoke within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Basingstoke in Hampshire and neighbouring towns such as Fleet. There is no charge for the survey.
How quickly can you survey in Basingstoke?
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.
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 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.