Intumescent strips and smoke seals in Crewe

Intumescent strips and smoke seals: our service in Crewe

Looking for intumescent strips and smoke seals in Crewe? We supply and fit certified fire doors and components across Crewe and the wider Cheshire area, working from a free survey and a fixed written quote.

In and around Crewe, fire door work covers everything from schools to industrial estates. We plan each job around the people who use the building.

Painted and missing seals are among the most common fire door defects nationally; in Crewe we replace them with the type and size the certification specifies. We check that each door in your Crewe building closes and latches against its new seals before signing it off.

Why seals fail

Seals are the most common defect on fire door inspections. They get painted over, pulled out, damaged by cleaning or simply worn by years of use. A painted brush seal no longer seals, and a strip of the wrong size may not close the gap in a fire. Our guide to seals explains the different types.

Each installation includes:

• Removal of damaged or painted seals
• Check of gaps and closing after fitting
• Intumescent pads to hinges and locks
• Intumescent strips in frame or leaf edge

Fire door law for Crewe properties

The rules that apply to fire doors in Crewe 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 Crewe 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 Crewe

You are most likely to need intumescent strips and smoke seals if you look after blocks of flats, offices or care homes. Whatever the building in Crewe, we survey each opening and tell you which doors need work and which do not.

How a Crewe job runs

1. Identify door certification and seal specification
2. Remove failed seals and clean the grooves
3. Fit new strips and seals to the specified positions
4. Fit missing pads and lock linings
5. Check the door closes and latches against the new seals
6. Record the products fitted

Guide prices in Crewe

Budget around £45–£110 per door to supply and fit strips and seals, ex VAT for intumescent strips and smoke seals. Our guide prices are the same in Crewe as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.

Covering Crewe and nearby

Crewe is about 34.0 km from Warrington, and we cover both, along with nearby Winsford and Kidsgrove. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.

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