What integral garage fire doors in Cardiff should include
From the CF10 postcode district outwards, we take on integral garage fire doors across Cardiff for homes, blocks and workplaces.
Around Cardiff, clinics, care homes and restaurants 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 Cardiff, we can leave product details for your solicitor along with the door. For homes in Cardiff with an integral garage, the door into the house is one of the few internal doors expected to be fire-rated and self-closing.
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.
Each installation includes:
- Self-closer set gently but positively
- Product details for building control or your solicitor
- Certified FD30S door or doorset
- Threshold detailing for smoke control
What the rules say for Cardiff
Cardiff is in Wales, where new and replacement fire doors are covered by the Building Regulations 2010 as applied in Wales, with the Welsh Approved Document B as guidance. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 also applies, so responsible persons in workplaces and the common parts of blocks must keep fire doors maintained.
One difference from England: regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, with its quarterly and annual fire door checks, does not apply in Wales. Your fire risk assessment sets the checking regime instead, and we work to it.
Which buildings in Cardiff need integral garage fire doors?
The need for integral garage fire doors usually arises in homes being extended or new-build homes, and sometimes homes being sold. In Cardiff we can work for you directly or alongside your builder, and single doors are as welcome as whole-house jobs.
Our process in Cardiff
- 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
Guide prices in Cardiff
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 Cardiff building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Cardiff
Beyond Cardiff itself we also cover nearby towns such as Penarth (4.6 km), Caerphilly and Barry. The service, pricing and evidence are the same wherever you are.
Questions from Cardiff
Do you work in Cardiff?
Yes, we take on integral garage fire doors in Cardiff and the surrounding area, including Penarth and Caerphilly. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
How quickly can you survey in Cardiff?
It depends on the number of doors and access, but we offer survey dates as soon as we reply to your enquiry. If an inspection has found urgent safety issues, tell us and we'll prioritise.
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.