What intumescent strips and smoke seals in Cambridge should include
If you need intumescent strips and smoke seals in Cambridge, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
In and around Cambridge, fire door work covers everything from schools to industrial units. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
Seal replacement in Cambridge can be combined with any other remedials on the same inspection report. We check that each door in your Cambridge building closes and latches against its new seals before signing it off.
Pads, linings and hidden protection
Fire doors also rely on intumescent material you cannot see: pads behind hinges, linings around lock bodies and glazing seals. Where these are missing or damaged, we fit the correct items as part of the work.
Each installation includes:
- Brush or blade smoke seals
- Removal of damaged or painted seals
- Check of gaps and closing after fitting
- Intumescent pads to hinges and locks
The regulations behind fire doors in Cambridge
The rules that apply to fire doors in Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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.
Buildings and duty holders in Cambridge
Typical settings for intumescent strips and smoke seals include offices, care homes and HMOs. In Cambridge, as anywhere, the duty holder varies: a responsible person for a workplace, a landlord or managing agent for a block or HMO, or a homeowner after building work. We adjust access, timing and paperwork to suit whoever commissions the work.
What happens after you enquire
- Identify door certification and seal specification
- Remove failed seals and clean the grooves
- Fit new strips and seals to the specified positions
- Fit missing pads and lock linings
- Check the door closes and latches against the new seals
- Record the products fitted
Prices for intumescent strips and smoke seals in Cambridge
Guide pricing for intumescent strips and smoke seals: £45–£110 per door to supply and fit strips and seals, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Cambridge building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Cambridge and nearby
Cambridge is about 48.4 km from Peterborough, and we cover both, along with nearby Newmarket and Ely. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Common questions
Do you work in Cambridge?
Yes, we take on intumescent strips and smoke seals in Cambridge and the surrounding area, including Newmarket and Ely. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
What happens on a survey in Cambridge?
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.
Can smoke seals be painted?
No. Paint stops brush and blade seals working. If seals have been painted, they should be replaced.
Do all fire doors need smoke seals?
Only where the door is specified for smoke control, such as FD30S doors. Many doors on escape routes and flat entrances are specified this way.