Fire door frames in Market Harborough: what's involved
Our fire door frames service in Market Harborough is simple: a survey, a fixed quote, certified products and an installation finished to the manufacturer's evidence.
Fire doors in Market Harborough protect escape routes in care homes, schools and small offices alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
We photograph every frame we fix in Market Harborough before the architraves go on, so the hidden work is on record. Frame-to-wall gaps on Market Harborough 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
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
Fire door law for Market Harborough properties
In Market Harborough, 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 Market Harborough 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 Market Harborough need fire door frames?
Landlords, managing agents, facilities teams and homeowners in Market Harborough can all commission fire door frames from us. The usual settings are offices and older blocks of flats, 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 Market Harborough?
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Market Harborough building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Market Harborough
Market Harborough is about 25.4 km from Northampton, and we cover both, along with nearby Corby and Kettering. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Questions
Do you cover LE16 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Market Harborough including LE16, and nearby towns such as Corby and Kettering. The survey and written quote are free.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Market Harborough 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.