Integral garage fire doors for Gillingham buildings
Our integral garage fire doors service in Gillingham is simple: a survey, a fixed quote, certified products and an installation finished to the manufacturer's evidence.
Gillingham has a broad mix of buildings, including schools, offices and GP surgeries, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
For homes in Gillingham 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 Gillingham, we can leave product details for your solicitor along with the 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.
What you get:
- Survey of the opening, threshold and step
- Product details for building control or your solicitor
- Intumescent and smoke seals
- Certified FD30S door or doorset
Which fire door rules apply in Gillingham?
In Gillingham, 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 Gillingham 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.
Which buildings in Gillingham need integral garage fire doors?
The need for integral garage fire doors usually arises in new-build homes or houses with integral garages, and sometimes homes being extended. In Gillingham we can work for you directly or alongside your builder, and single doors are as welcome as whole-house jobs.
What happens after you enquire
- 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 Gillingham
Budget around £550–£1,100 supplied and fitted, depending on whether the frame is replaced, ex VAT for integral garage fire doors. Our guide prices are the same in Gillingham as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Around Gillingham
Nearby towns we cover include Chatham, Rochester and Strood. Distance from Gillingham does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions
Is Gillingham within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Gillingham in Kent and neighbouring towns such as Chatham. 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.
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.