Fire door frames for Bicester buildings
If you need fire door frames in Bicester, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Fire doors in Bicester protect escape routes in family homes after loft conversions, houses with integral garages and care homes 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 Bicester survey. Frame-to-wall gaps on Bicester 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.
What you get:
- Architraves and making good
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
- Hardwood or certified frames to suit the door
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
Fire door law for Bicester properties
The rules that apply to fire doors in Bicester are England's. The responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 must keep fire doors in non-domestic premises and the common parts of flats in working order; the Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that this includes flat entrance doors onto common parts.
Where a Bicester block is above 11 metres, regulation 10 of the 2022 regulations means communal doors are checked every three months and flat entrance doors annually on a best-endeavours basis. Replacement doors must also satisfy the Building Regulations, with Approved Document B as the guidance most building control bodies work from.
Where fire door frames fit in Bicester
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 Bicester, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
Our process in Bicester
- 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 Bicester
Guide pricing for fire door frames: £250–£600 per frame replaced, fixed and sealed, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Bicester building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Bicester and nearby
Neighbouring towns such as Oxford, Banbury, Aylesbury and Witney are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions
Do you work in Bicester?
Yes, we take on fire door frames in Bicester and the surrounding area, including Oxford and Banbury. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
Do I need to be there for the survey?
Someone needs to give us access to the doors. For blocks and commercial buildings, a caretaker or site contact is fine; for HMOs and homes, we agree a time with you or your tenants.
What is the frame-to-wall gap?
It is the space between the door frame and the surrounding wall, normally hidden by the architrave. If it is not filled with a suitable fire-resisting material, fire and smoke can pass around the door.
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.