Integral garage fire doors for Reading buildings
From the RG1 postcode district outwards, we take on integral garage fire doors across Reading for homes, blocks and workplaces.
Around Reading, schools, mixed-use office buildings and hotels 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.
If you are selling a home in Reading, we can leave product details for your solicitor along with the door. For homes in Reading with an integral garage, the door into the house is one of the few internal doors expected to be fire-rated and self-closing.
What we fit
We fit a certified FD30S doorset or leaf with intumescent and smoke seals, a self-closer set to close and latch the door without slamming, and a threshold detail that keeps the smoke seal effective. We can match the style of your other internal doors where the certified range allows.
On a typical job that means:
- Self-closer set gently but positively
- Survey of the opening, threshold and step
- Product details for building control or your solicitor
- Certified FD30S door or doorset
The regulations behind fire doors in Reading
In Reading, 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 Reading 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Reading
Typical settings for integral garage fire doors include new-build homes, houses with integral garages and homes being extended. In Reading, as elsewhere, the work is usually commissioned by homeowners, often alongside a builder or after a building control visit, so we fit around the household and leave the product details building control asks for.
The steps on a Reading installation
- Visit to measure the opening and check the frame
- Agree door style and finish
- Order certified door or doorset
- Fit door, seals and closer
- Adjust threshold and latching
- Leave product information for your records
What does integral garage fire doors cost in Reading?
Guide pricing for integral garage fire doors: £550–£1,100 supplied and fitted, depending on whether the frame is replaced, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Reading building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Reading and nearby
As well as Reading, we cover neighbouring towns including Lower Earley, Wokingham and Crowthorne. The survey and quote are free.
Questions from Reading
Do you cover RG1 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Reading including RG1, and nearby towns such as Lower Earley and Wokingham. The survey and written quote are free.
What happens on a survey in Reading?
We look at every door in scope: the leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closer, glazing and how the frame is fixed. You then get a written quote that prices each door separately.
Does the garage door need a closer?
Building control will normally expect the door between an integral garage and the house to be self-closing. We fit closers that shut and latch the door gently.
Does my garage door need to be a fire door?
If the garage is integral to the house, Approved Document B in England expects the connecting door to be a fire door with smoke control. Requirements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are similar in purpose but set out in their own guidance.