Intumescent strips and smoke seals: our service in Taunton
If you need intumescent strips and smoke seals in Taunton, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Fire doors in Taunton protect escape routes in care homes, family homes after loft conversions and HMOs alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
Painted and missing seals are among the most common fire door defects nationally; in Taunton we replace them with the type and size the certification specifies. We check that each door in your Taunton 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.
As standard, the work covers:
- Removal of damaged or painted seals
- Intumescent pads to hinges and locks
- Brush or blade smoke seals
- Intumescent strips in frame or leaf edge
Fire door law for Taunton properties
The rules that apply to fire doors in Taunton 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 Taunton 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.
Where intumescent strips and smoke seals fit in Taunton
The need for intumescent strips and smoke seals usually arises in HMOs or schools, and sometimes care homes. Each has its own pressures, such as residents at home or a building that must stay open, so we plan the sequence of work in Taunton to keep escape routes protected throughout.
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
Guide prices in Taunton
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 Taunton as elsewhere; what changes the cost is the doors themselves. Use our guide-price tool for a quick estimate.
Covering Taunton and nearby
Neighbouring towns such as Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Tiverton and Yeovil are covered too, so clients with several buildings can use one installer and one evidence format.
Questions
Do you cover TA1 and nearby postcodes?
Yes. We cover Taunton including TA1, and nearby towns such as Bridgwater and Burnham-on-Sea. The survey and written quote are free.
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.
Can I just add intumescent strips to an ordinary door?
No. Strips do not turn an ordinary door into a fire door. They only work as part of a door that was tested and certified with them.
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.