Fire door replacement for Heavitree buildings
We provide fire door replacement in Heavitree (EX1 and the surrounding postcodes), from the first survey through to a documented handover.
Around Heavitree, small offices, 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.
We never leave a Heavitree opening without a door; the new one is on site before the old one comes out. If a door in your Heavitree 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.
On a typical job that means:
- Seals, hinges, closer and latch to certification
- Assessment of repair versus replacement
- Evidence linked back to your inspection report
- Certified leaf or full doorset
Fire door law for Heavitree properties
In Heavitree, 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 Heavitree 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 Heavitree
Typical settings for fire door replacement include schools, HMOs and blocks of flats. In Heavitree, 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 Heavitree 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
Prices for fire door replacement in Heavitree
Guide pricing for fire door replacement: £300–£600 for a leaf, £650–£2,400 for a doorset depending on type, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Heavitree building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Heavitree and neighbouring towns
Nearby towns we cover include Exeter, Exmouth and Tiverton. Distance from Heavitree does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Common questions
Do you work in Heavitree?
Yes, we take on fire door replacement in Heavitree and the surrounding area, including Exeter and Exmouth. 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.
Can you work from my fire risk assessment?
Yes. Send us the actions and we will price each fire door item and report back against the same references.
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.