Fire door frames: our service in Selby
Our fire door frames service in Selby is simple: a survey, a fixed quote, certified products and an installation finished to the manufacturer's evidence.
Selby has a broad mix of buildings, including small offices, small blocks of flats and light industrial buildings, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
We photograph every frame we fix in Selby before the architraves go on, so the hidden work is on record. Frame-to-wall gaps on Selby jobs are sealed with materials supported by the test evidence, as BS 8214:2026 sets out.
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.
Each installation includes:
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
- Assessment of frame condition and compatibility
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Architraves and making good
What the rules say for Selby
In Selby, 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 Selby 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.
Which buildings in Selby need fire door frames?
You are most likely to need fire door frames if you look after converted houses, older blocks of flats or offices. Whatever the building in Selby, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
The steps on a Selby 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
Guide prices in Selby
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Selby building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Selby
Neighbouring towns such as Goole, Pontefract, York and Castleford are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions from Selby
Is Selby within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Selby in North Yorkshire and neighbouring towns such as Goole. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Selby 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.