Certified fire doorsets: our service in Crawley
Our certified fire doorsets service covers Crawley and the wider West Sussex area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.
Fire doors in Crawley protect escape routes in care homes, industrial units and purpose-built flats alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
Doorsets suit refurbishment programmes in Crawley, where several openings can be measured, ordered and fitted in one planned sequence. Pre-hung doorsets keep disruption down in occupied buildings in Crawley, with less cutting and fewer return visits.
Why choose a doorset over a door leaf?
A fire door's rating belongs to the assembly that was tested, not to the leaf on its own. When a certified leaf is hung in an old frame with mismatched hinges and seals, nobody can say with confidence how it will perform. A doorset arrives with the frame, gaps and ironmongery already matched, so the installer's job is to fix it correctly into the opening and seal it to the structure.
Doorsets also cut time on site, which matters in occupied buildings: less cutting, less dust and fewer return visits.
What you get:
- Certificate references and photo record per opening
- Doorset selection to rating, size and use
- Closer set-up and close-and-latch testing
- Installation to the manufacturer's instructions
The regulations behind fire doors in Crawley
In Crawley, 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 Crawley 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.
Which buildings in Crawley need certified fire doorsets?
From schools and offices to blocks of flats, the requirement for certified fire doorsets in Crawley 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 Crawley job runs
- Survey and measure every structural opening
- Specify doorsets by rating, size, hand, finish and hardware
- Prepare openings and remove existing doors and linings
- Fix and seal the frames to the structure
- Hang, adjust and test each leaf and closer
- Fit architraves, make good and hand over evidence
What does certified fire doorsets cost in Crawley?
Guide pricing for certified fire doorsets: £650–£1,300 for an FD30 doorset and £850–£1,800 for FD60, supplied and fitted, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Crawley building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Crawley
Beyond Crawley itself we also cover nearby towns such as Horley (7.0 km), Horsham and East Grinstead. The service, pricing and evidence are the same wherever you are.
Common questions
Do you cover RH11 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Crawley including RH11, and nearby towns such as Horley and Horsham. The survey and written quote are free.
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 a doorset be fitted into an existing opening?
Usually, yes. Doorsets are made to fit the structural opening once the old frame is removed. We measure the opening on the survey so the doorset is made to the right size and the gaps to the wall stay within what the evidence allows.
Are doorsets more expensive than a leaf?
The product costs more, but the labour is often lower and the result is better evidenced. Where a frame would need replacing anyway, a doorset is usually the better value.