Getting glazed fire doors right in Bristol
Our glazed fire doors service covers all of Bristol, across postcode districts including BS1, BS99 and BS8.
When a vision panel breaks in a Bristol building, we re-glaze it to the door's original glazing system rather than a near match. Schools, offices and care settings in Bristol often need vision panels, and each one has to use fire-rated glass in a tested system.
Bristol has a mix of buildings, from purpose-built blocks to converted houses and commercial premises. We tailor the programme to the building, not the other way round.
New glazed doors or re-glazing?
Where a door already has a certified aperture, it can usually be re-glazed with the specified glass and system after damage. Cutting a new vision panel into an existing fire door is a different matter: it is only acceptable if the door's certification covers that aperture size and position. In most cases a new glazed doorset is the right answer.
The regulations behind fire doors in Bristol
The rules that apply to fire doors in Bristol are England's. The responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 must keep fire doors in non-domestic premises and the common parts of flats in working order; the Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that this includes flat entrance doors onto common parts.
Where a Bristol block is above 11 metres, regulation 10 of the 2022 regulations means communal doors are checked every three months and flat entrance doors annually on a best-endeavours basis. Replacement doors must also satisfy the Building Regulations, with Approved Document B as the guidance most building control bodies work from.
How a Bristol job runs
- Identify the door's certification and glazing system
- Confirm glass type, size and impact requirements
- Supply glazed doorsets or matching glazing kits
- Fit glass, seals and beads to the tested system
- Check gaps, closer and latching on the finished door
- Record the products used
Prices for glazed fire doors in Bristol
Guide pricing for glazed fire doors: £850–£1,900 per glazed doorset supplied and fitted; re-glazing priced per panel, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Bristol building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Questions
Do you provide glazed fire doors across Bristol?
Yes. We cover all of Bristol. Surveys and written quotes are free.
Can any toughened glass go in a fire door?
No. Fire doors need fire-rated glass of the type and size covered by the door's test evidence, fitted with the matching beads and seals. Standard toughened glass is not fire resisting.
What happens if the glass in a fire door breaks?
It should be re-glazed with the same fire-rated glass and glazing system as the original. A temporary board or standard glass leaves the door non-compliant.