Glazed fire doors for Eastleigh buildings
We provide glazed fire doors in Eastleigh (SO50 and the surrounding postcodes), from the first survey through to a documented handover.
Eastleigh has a broad mix of buildings, including HMOs, high-street shops and family homes after loft conversions, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
Schools, offices and care settings in Eastleigh often need vision panels, and each one has to use fire-rated glass in a tested system. When a vision panel breaks in a Eastleigh building, we re-glaze it to the door's original glazing system rather than a near match.
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.
What you get:
- Fire-rated glass suited to the rating and location
- Safety glazing and visibility considerations
- Evidence of the glazing system fitted
- Tested beads, glazing seals and fixings
The regulations behind fire doors in Eastleigh
England's framework applies in Eastleigh. Approved Document B guides the fire performance of new and replacement doors under the Building Regulations 2010. Day-to-day duties sit with the responsible person under the Fire Safety Order 2005, and for multi-occupied residential buildings, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 add duties such as giving residents information about fire doors.
For blocks over 11 metres in Eastleigh, those regulations require communal fire door checks at least every three months and best-endeavours flat entrance door checks each year. In higher-risk buildings, building work is overseen by the Building Safety Regulator, so we check whether approval is needed before starting.
Who needs glazed fire doors in Eastleigh?
Typical settings for glazed fire doors include communal corridors, clinics and care homes. In Eastleigh, 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 Eastleigh
- 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 Eastleigh
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 Eastleigh building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Eastleigh
Nearby towns we cover include Southampton, Winchester and Totton. Distance from Eastleigh does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Common questions
Is Eastleigh within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Eastleigh in Hampshire and neighbouring towns such as Southampton. There is no charge for the survey.
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.