What fire door frames in Shrewsbury should include
We provide fire door frames in Shrewsbury (SY1 and the surrounding postcodes), from the first survey through to a documented handover.
Around Shrewsbury, schools, houses with integral garages and care homes all depend on fire doors that close, latch and seal. We survey each opening and tell you plainly which doors need work and which don't.
In older buildings the frame can be the weak point even where the leaf is sound, so we check it on every Shrewsbury survey. Frame-to-wall gaps on Shrewsbury 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.
Each installation includes:
- Fixing at specified centres with packing
- Architraves and making good
- Frame-to-wall gap sealing with evidenced materials
- Photographs of fixing and sealing before covering
Which fire door rules apply in Shrewsbury?
In Shrewsbury, 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 Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury
From offices to older blocks of flats, the requirement for fire door frames in Shrewsbury comes from the fire strategy or risk assessment for the building. We work from that document, or help you interpret your inspection report, before quoting.
How a Shrewsbury job runs
- 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 Shrewsbury?
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.
Shrewsbury and neighbouring towns
Neighbouring towns such as Wellington, Telford, Rhosllannerchrugog and Wrexham are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions
Is Shrewsbury within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Shrewsbury in Shropshire and neighbouring towns such as Wellington. There is no charge for the survey.
What happens on a survey in Shrewsbury?
We look at every door in scope: the leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closer, glazing and how the frame is fixed. You then get a written quote that prices each door separately.
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.