Flat entrance fire doors for Bournemouth buildings
If you need flat entrance fire doors in Bournemouth, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Around Bournemouth, HMOs, offices and purpose-built flats 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 a block of flats in Bournemouth, each flat's front door is what keeps smoke out of the shared corridor, which is why a working closer matters as much as the door. Flat entrance door programmes in Bournemouth are scheduled around residents, with access agreed in advance and each flat left secure the same day.
What goes into a compliant flat entrance doorset?
We fit certified FD30S doorsets with intumescent and smoke seals, a self-closing device that closes and latches the door from any angle, fire-tested hinges and a lock or latch covered by the certification. Door viewers, spy holes, letterplates, numerals and security hardware can only be fitted if they are part of the doorset's evidence. Where residents want a letterplate, we use one that is covered by the test evidence or recommend a separate post box.
On a typical job that means:
- Survey of door, frame, threshold and ironmongery
- Intumescent and smoke seals, threshold set to evidence
- Viewer, numerals and security hardware within the certification
- Resident liaison, photo record and certificate references
Fire door law for Bournemouth properties
In Bournemouth, 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 Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth need flat entrance fire doors?
You are most likely to need flat entrance fire doors if you look after flats above shops, sheltered housing or converted houses split into flats. Whatever the building in Bournemouth, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.
Our process in Bournemouth
- Survey each flat door and agree access with residents
- Confirm specification, finish and hardware with the client
- Order certified doorsets made to measure
- Remove the old door and frame with minimal disruption
- Install, seal, adjust and test the new doorset
- Hand over evidence and resident guidance
Prices for flat entrance fire doors in Bournemouth
Guide pricing for flat entrance fire doors: £1,200–£2,400 per certified flat entrance doorset supplied and fitted, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Bournemouth building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Bournemouth and neighbouring towns
Beyond Bournemouth itself we also cover nearby towns such as Christchurch (7.1 km), Poole and New Milton. The service, pricing and evidence are the same wherever you are.
Questions
Is Bournemouth within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Bournemouth in Dorset and neighbouring towns such as Christchurch. There is no charge for the survey.
How quickly can you survey in Bournemouth?
It depends on the number of doors and access, but we offer survey dates as soon as we reply to your enquiry. If an inspection has found urgent safety issues, tell us and we'll prioritise.
Can a flat door have a letterbox?
Only if the letterplate is covered by the doorset's test evidence. A standard letterplate cut into a fire door breaks the rating. Many managing agents choose external post boxes instead.
Who is responsible for replacing flat front doors?
It depends on the lease. Sometimes the leaseholder owns the door, sometimes the freeholder does. Either way, the replacement has to meet the building's fire strategy, so we can work with whoever commissions it.