Integral garage fire doors in Kent: what's involved
We provide integral garage fire doors across Kent, covering 23 towns and 73 postcode districts, including Maidstone, Gillingham and Chatham.
For homes in Kent with an integral garage, the door into the house is one of the few internal doors expected to be fire-rated and self-closing. If you are selling a home in Kent, we can leave product details for your solicitor along with the door.
Managing agents, landlords, schools, care providers, businesses and homeowners in Kent can all use one team for survey, supply, installation and evidence. We plan work around occupants and hand over a record for every door.
When you might need a new garage door
The usual triggers are building control flagging the door during a conversion or extension, a house sale survey raising it, or the discovery that the original door has been swapped for a standard internal door. Some garage conversions remove the need altogether; others create new requirements. Our guide to fire doors in houses explains when they are needed.
Which fire door rules apply in Kent?
The rules that apply to fire doors in Kent 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 Kent 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 Kent job runs
- 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
Budgeting for integral garage fire doors in Kent
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 Kent building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Integral garage fire doors questions
Do you provide integral garage fire doors across Kent?
Yes. We cover all of Kent, including Maidstone and Gillingham. Surveys and written quotes are free.
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.
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.