Riser and cupboard fire doors: our service in Wellingborough
When you book riser and cupboard fire doors in Wellingborough, the aim is simple: doors that close, latch and seal as tested, with records that prove it.
Wellingborough has a broad mix of buildings, including houses with integral garages, care homes and low-rise blocks of flats, and the same fire door principles apply to all of them.
While fitting riser doors in Wellingborough, we photograph any gaps in fire stopping we can see and pass them on to you. Riser and meter cupboard doors in Wellingborough blocks are easy to overlook until an inspection flags them.
Closer or lock?
Doors on stores and risers that are kept locked shut usually do not need a self-closer, as long as the strategy allows it and the door is marked accordingly. Doors that are used regularly, such as cleaner's stores, usually do. We follow the fire strategy and the risk assessment for each opening.
As standard, the work covers:
- Seals and frame gap sealing
- Signage as required
- Single and double flush configurations
- Fire-rated riser and cupboard doorsets
Which fire door rules apply in Wellingborough?
In Wellingborough, 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 Wellingborough 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 Wellingborough
From hotels to student accommodation, the requirement for riser and cupboard fire doors in Wellingborough comes from the fire strategy or risk assessment for the building. We work from that document, or help you interpret your inspection report, before quoting.
The steps on a Wellingborough installation
- 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
Guide prices in Wellingborough
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 Wellingborough building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Nearby areas we cover from Wellingborough
Wellingborough is about 14.1 km from Northampton, and we cover both, along with nearby Rushden and Kettering. Send us your postcode and we'll confirm survey dates.
Questions
Do you work in Wellingborough?
Yes, we take on riser and cupboard fire doors in Wellingborough and the surrounding area, including Rushden and Kettering. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
What happens on a survey in Wellingborough?
We look at every door in scope: the leaf, frame, gaps, seals, hinges, closer, glazing and how the frame is fixed. You then get a written quote that prices each door separately.
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.
Do you fix fire stopping inside risers?
Fire stopping is a separate specialist trade. We record anything we see while fitting doors and can coordinate with your fire stopping contractor.