Intumescent strips and smoke seals for Swindon buildings
If you need intumescent strips and smoke seals in Swindon, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
In and around Swindon, fire door work covers everything from shared houses to clinics. We plan each job around the people who use the building.
We check that each door in your Swindon 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 Swindon we replace them with the type and size the certification specifies.
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.
As standard, the work covers:
- Identification of the specified seals
- Check of gaps and closing after fitting
- Removal of damaged or painted seals
- Intumescent strips in frame or leaf edge
Rules and responsibilities in Swindon
In Swindon, as elsewhere in England, the starting point is the Fire Safety Order 2005: whoever controls a workplace or the shared parts of a residential block must make sure its fire doors work. When doors are replaced, the Building Regulations and Approved Document B set the standard the new work has to meet.
Blocks above 11 metres have a specific routine under regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: quarterly checks of communal fire doors and annual best-endeavours checks of flat front doors. If your Swindon building is a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022, we confirm the approval route with the Principal Accountable Person before any work is ordered.
Who needs intumescent strips and smoke seals in Swindon?
Typical settings for intumescent strips and smoke seals include offices, schools and blocks of flats. In Swindon, 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.
The steps on a Swindon installation
- 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 Swindon
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.
Around Swindon
As well as Swindon, we cover neighbouring towns including Cirencester, Chippenham and Witney. The survey and quote are free.
Questions from Swindon
Is Swindon within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Swindon in Wiltshire and neighbouring towns such as Cirencester. There is no charge for the survey.
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.
Can smoke seals be painted?
No. Paint stops brush and blade seals working. If seals have been painted, they should be replaced.