Glazed fire doors: our service in Exeter
Looking for glazed fire doors in Exeter? We supply and fit certified fire doors and components across Exeter and the wider Devon area, working from a free survey and a fixed written quote.
Fire doors in Exeter protect escape routes in converted period houses, schools and purpose-built flats alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
Schools, offices and care settings in Exeter often need vision panels, and each one has to use fire-rated glass in a tested system. We check glazed doors in Exeter for both fire performance and safety glazing before recommending repair or replacement.
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.
On a typical job that means:
- Safety glazing and visibility considerations
- Glazed doorsets with certified apertures
- Re-glazing of damaged vision panels to the original system
- Tested beads, glazing seals and fixings
What the rules say for Exeter
The rules that apply to fire doors in Exeter 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 Exeter 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Exeter
Landlords, managing agents, facilities teams and homeowners in Exeter can all commission glazed fire doors from us. The usual settings are communal corridors and offices, though single doors for clinics are just as welcome.
Our process in Exeter
- 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
Guide prices in Exeter
As a guide, budget £850–£1,900 per glazed doorset supplied and fitted; re-glazing priced per panel, ex VAT for glazed fire doors. The figure for your Exeter building depends on the number of doors, the rating, the condition of the frames, finishes, hardware and access. We confirm a fixed price after the free survey.
Nearby areas we cover from Exeter
Neighbouring towns such as Heavitree, Exmouth, Tiverton and Newton Abbot are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions from Exeter
Do you cover EX4 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Exeter including EX4, and nearby towns such as Heavitree and Exmouth. 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 you add a vision panel to my existing fire door?
Only if the door's certification allows an aperture of that size and position. Most existing doors cannot be modified this way, so a new glazed doorset is usually needed.
Are wired glass fire doors still acceptable?
Some older doors use wired glass. Whether it is acceptable depends on its fire rating and whether it meets safety glazing rules for that location. We advise case by case.