Loft conversion fire doors: our service in Trowbridge
Our loft conversion fire doors service covers Trowbridge and the wider Wiltshire area. Every job starts with a survey of the openings, so the quote reflects your actual doors rather than a guess.
Fire doors in Trowbridge protect escape routes in care homes, light industrial buildings and small offices alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
We can fit loft conversion fire doors in Trowbridge as your builder's subcontractor or directly for you. For homes in Trowbridge, we match fire doors to your existing style wherever certified options allow.
Why loft conversions trigger fire doors
A two-storey house usually lets people escape from upstairs windows. Once a loft room is added, the top floor is too high for that, so the stair becomes the escape route and has to be protected from the ground floor up. That is why building control often asks for fire doors on rooms off the stair, including existing ground and first-floor rooms, not just the new loft room.
What you get:
- Frame repairs or new linings where needed
- FD20 or FD30 doors in your chosen style
- Fire-tested hinges and intumescent strips as required
- Product details for building control
The regulations behind fire doors in Trowbridge
England's framework applies in Trowbridge. Approved Document B guides the fire performance of new and replacement doors under the Building Regulations 2010. Day-to-day duties sit with the responsible person under the Fire Safety Order 2005, and for multi-occupied residential buildings, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 add duties such as giving residents information about fire doors.
For blocks over 11 metres in Trowbridge, those regulations require communal fire door checks at least every three months and best-endeavours flat entrance door checks each year. In higher-risk buildings, building work is overseen by the Building Safety Regulator, so we check whether approval is needed before starting.
Buildings and duty holders in Trowbridge
The need for loft conversion fire doors usually arises in terraced houses or semi-detached houses, and sometimes bungalows gaining an upper floor. In Trowbridge we can work for you directly or alongside your builder, and single doors are as welcome as whole-house jobs.
How a Trowbridge job runs
- Review the building control requirements or drawings
- Survey each door opening off the stair
- Agree door style and rating
- Fit doors, hinges and strips
- Check gaps and operation
- Hand over product details
Guide prices in Trowbridge
Guide pricing for loft conversion fire doors: £300–£650 per door supplied and fitted, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Trowbridge building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Around Trowbridge
Nearby towns we cover include Bath, Frome and Chippenham. Distance from Trowbridge does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Questions
Is Trowbridge within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Trowbridge in Wiltshire and neighbouring towns such as Bath. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Trowbridge building?
Yes. Send it over and we can often price straight from it, then confirm on site. We report back against the same door references so you can close actions off.
Can you match my existing doors?
Certified fire doors come in many styles, including panelled and cottage designs, so a close match is usually possible.
Do loft conversion fire doors need closers?
Not usually within a single-family house in England. In Scotland, doors onto the protected stair enclosure are expected to be self-closing. Wales and Northern Ireland have their own guidance, and your building control body may ask for something different in particular layouts.