Fire door replacement for Salisbury buildings
Looking for fire door replacement in Salisbury? We supply and fit certified fire doors and components across Salisbury and the wider Wiltshire area, working from a free survey and a fixed written quote.
Salisbury has a broad mix of buildings, including schools, family homes after loft conversions and light industrial buildings, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
If your Salisbury building has an inspection report or fire risk assessment, we quote against the same door references. If a door in your Salisbury 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.
Each installation includes:
- Frame repair or replacement where needed
- Certified leaf or full doorset
- Evidence linked back to your inspection report
- Assessment of repair versus replacement
Fire door law for Salisbury properties
In Salisbury, 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury
Typical settings for fire door replacement include HMOs, schools and care homes. In Salisbury, 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.
From enquiry to handover in Salisbury
- 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
Guide prices in Salisbury
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.
Around Salisbury
Nearby towns we cover include Andover, Totton and Southampton. Distance from Salisbury does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions from Salisbury
Is Salisbury within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Salisbury in Wiltshire and neighbouring towns such as Andover. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Salisbury 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.
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.
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.