Fire door replacement for Falmouth buildings
From the TR11 postcode district outwards, we take on fire door replacement across Falmouth for homes, blocks and workplaces.
Buildings in and around Falmouth range from care homes to schools and light industrial buildings. Whatever the building, the standard is the same: certified products, correct gaps, seals and closers, and a frame sealed to the wall.
If your Falmouth building has an inspection report or fire risk assessment, we quote against the same door references. If a door in your Falmouth building can be repaired rather than replaced, we will tell you.
Repair or replace?
Plenty of fire door faults can be fixed: worn seals, loose hinges, failed closers, small gaps. Replacement is the right call when the leaf is split, delaminated or badly damaged, when gaps are too large to correct within the manufacturer's guidance, when the door was never a fire door, or when unapproved holes and alterations have been made. We explain the reason for every replacement we recommend. Our repairs page covers what can be fixed.
What you get:
- Certified leaf or full doorset
- Removal and disposal of the old door
- Assessment of repair versus replacement
- Frame repair or replacement where needed
Fire door law for Falmouth properties
In Falmouth, 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 Falmouth 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 Falmouth
Typical settings for fire door replacement include offices, schools and HMOs. In Falmouth, as anywhere, the duty holder varies: a responsible person for a workplace, a landlord or managing agent for a block or HMO, or a homeowner after building work. We adjust access, timing and paperwork to suit whoever commissions the work.
The steps on a Falmouth installation
- Review the inspection report or survey each door
- Recommend repair or replacement with reasons
- Order replacements to size
- Remove the old door only when the new one is on site
- Install, test and record each opening
- Dispose of old doors and hand over evidence
Budgeting for fire door replacement in Falmouth
If you need a budget figure first, the guide for fire door replacement is £300–£600 for a leaf, £650–£2,400 for a doorset depending on type, ex VAT. We firm that up after a survey, pricing each door separately so you can see where the money goes.
Falmouth and neighbouring towns
Nearby towns we cover include Truro, Redruth and Camborne. Distance from Falmouth does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions from Falmouth
Is Falmouth within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Falmouth in Cornwall and neighbouring towns such as Truro. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Falmouth 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.
How do I know if a fire door needs replacing?
A competent inspection will tell you. Typical reasons are serious damage, gaps that cannot be corrected, no evidence the door is a fire door, or unapproved alterations such as new holes or glazing.
Do you take away the old doors?
Yes. Removal and disposal of old doors and packaging is included in our quotes unless you ask otherwise.