Riser and cupboard fire doors: our service in Sittingbourne
If you need riser and cupboard fire doors in Sittingbourne, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Fire doors in Sittingbourne protect escape routes in care homes, family homes after loft conversions and houses with integral garages alike. We adapt the programme to the building and its occupants, never the standard of the installation.
Riser and meter cupboard doors in Sittingbourne blocks are easy to overlook until an inspection flags them. We match riser doors in Sittingbourne to the rating of the riser enclosure, not to whatever was there before.
The fire stopping behind the door
The door is only half the picture. Inside the riser, the services passing through each floor must be fire stopped. That is a separate specialist task. Where we find gaps or missing fire stopping while fitting riser doors, we record it and flag it to you so it can be addressed.
What you get:
- Seals and frame gap sealing
- Record of any fire stopping concerns found
- Signage as required
- Fire-rated riser and cupboard doorsets
Fire door law for Sittingbourne properties
In Sittingbourne, 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 Sittingbourne 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.
Where riser and cupboard fire doors fit in Sittingbourne
The need for riser and cupboard fire doors usually arises in student accommodation or blocks of flats, and sometimes office buildings. 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 Sittingbourne to keep escape routes protected throughout.
From enquiry to handover in Sittingbourne
- Survey risers, cupboards and wall ratings
- Confirm locked-shut or self-closing for each door
- Order doorsets sized to the openings
- Install and seal frames, hang leaves
- Fit locks, seals and signage
- Photograph and report on visible fire stopping
What does riser and cupboard fire doors cost in Sittingbourne?
Guide pricing for riser and cupboard fire doors: £450–£1,200 per riser or cupboard doorset supplied and fitted, ex VAT. Volume work across several doors in one Sittingbourne building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Covering Sittingbourne and nearby
Nearby towns we cover include Faversham, Gillingham and Chatham. Distance from Sittingbourne does not change our guide prices, and the survey and quote are free.
Common questions
Is Sittingbourne within your coverage area?
It is. We cover Sittingbourne in Kent and neighbouring towns such as Faversham. There is no charge for the survey.
Can you work from an existing inspection report for my Sittingbourne 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.
Do riser doors need closers?
Not if they are kept locked shut and the fire strategy allows it; they should then be labelled accordingly. Cupboards that are opened regularly normally need self-closers.
Can I use a standard access panel for a riser?
Only if it is a fire-rated product with evidence for the wall rating. Many ordinary access panels and cupboard doors are not fire rated.