HMO fire doors in Canterbury

HMO fire doors: our service in Canterbury

If you need HMO fire doors in Canterbury, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.

Fire doors in Canterbury protect escape routes in industrial estates, high-street shops and houses with integral garages alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.

For HMO landlords in Canterbury, fire door work often follows a licence application or a council inspection. We can price an HMO in Canterbury directly from the council's schedule of works and give you evidence to send back.

Fitting around tenants

HMO work happens in people's homes. We agree access with you and your tenants, work room by room, and leave every bedroom lockable at the end of the day. Where thumb-turn locks are needed so occupants can get out without a key, we fit ones that are covered by the door's evidence.

Each installation includes:

• Survey of bedroom, kitchen and stair doors
• FD30 or FD30S doors or doorsets
• Self-closers set to close without slamming
• Intumescent strips and smoke seals

Rules and responsibilities in Canterbury

England's framework applies in Canterbury. 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 Canterbury, 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.

Which buildings in Canterbury need HMO fire doors?

From shared houses to converted period houses, the requirement for HMO fire doors in Canterbury 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.

From enquiry to handover in Canterbury

1. Review the council's requirements or schedule of works
2. Survey each door and frame
3. Agree specification and tenant access
4. Fit doors, seals, closers and locks
5. Test every door closes and latches
6. Hand over evidence for the council

Guide prices in Canterbury

Budget around from around £350 per door in a volume HMO job, up to £900 where frames are replaced, ex VAT for HMO fire doors. Our guide prices are the same in Canterbury as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.

Covering Canterbury and nearby

Neighbouring towns such as Whitstable, Herne Bay, Faversham and Ashford (Kent) are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.

Common questions