Getting riser and cupboard fire doors right in Shropshire
Our riser and cupboard fire doors service runs throughout Shropshire. Main towns include Telford, Shrewsbury and Wellington, and we cover the smaller places in between.
We match riser doors in Shropshire to the rating of the riser enclosure, not to whatever was there before. While fitting riser doors in Shropshire, we photograph any gaps in fire stopping we can see and pass them on to you.
Fire door work in Shropshire spans housing providers with large estates, individual landlords, businesses and homeowners. We price every job from a survey, never from a list price alone, because the condition of the frames and the hardware makes a real difference.
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.
The regulations behind fire doors in Shropshire
In Shropshire, 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 Shropshire 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.
Our process in Shropshire
- 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 Shropshire
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 Shropshire building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Common questions
Do you provide riser and cupboard fire doors across Shropshire?
Yes. We cover all of Shropshire, including Telford and Shrewsbury. Surveys and written quotes are free.
What rating should a riser door be?
It should match the fire resistance the strategy requires for the riser enclosure, commonly 30 or 60 minutes. We confirm it before ordering.
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.