Intumescent strips and smoke seals in Birkenhead

Intumescent strips and smoke seals in Birkenhead: what's involved

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

Fire doors in Birkenhead protect escape routes in mixed-use office buildings, student accommodation and clinics alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.

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

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.

What you get:

• Intumescent pads to hinges and locks
• Brush or blade smoke seals
• Identification of the specified seals
• Check of gaps and closing after fitting

Fire door law for Birkenhead properties

The rules that apply to fire doors in Birkenhead 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 Birkenhead 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 Birkenhead

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

From enquiry to handover in Birkenhead

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 Birkenhead

If you need a budget figure first, the guide for intumescent strips and smoke seals is £45–£110 per door to supply and fit strips and seals, ex VAT. We firm that up after a survey, pricing each door separately so you can see where the money goes.

Covering Birkenhead and nearby

Neighbouring towns such as Liverpool, Wallasey, Bebington and Bootle are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.

Common questions