Riser and cupboard fire doors: our service in Crawley
If you need riser and cupboard fire doors in Crawley, we can survey, supply and install, then leave you the evidence your fire risk assessor will ask for.
Buildings in and around Crawley range from industrial units to converted period houses and HMOs. Whatever the building, the standard is the same: certified products, correct gaps, seals and closers, and a frame sealed to the wall.
Riser and meter cupboard doors in Crawley blocks are easy to overlook until an inspection flags them. While fitting riser doors in Crawley, we photograph any gaps in fire stopping we can see and pass them on to you.
Why riser doors get overlooked
Service riser doors are small, often hidden and rarely opened, so they are easy to forget until an inspection finds them. Common faults include cheap access panels that are not fire rated, missing seals, broken locks and doors that have been removed for access and never refitted. A riser runs through every floor, so a weak door can let fire or smoke bypass the building's compartments.
On a typical job that means:
- Locks and keep-locked arrangements as specified
- Single and double flush configurations
- Record of any fire stopping concerns found
- Seals and frame gap sealing
Fire door law for Crawley properties
England's framework applies in Crawley. 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 Crawley, 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.
Where riser and cupboard fire doors fit in Crawley
Typical settings for riser and cupboard fire doors include hotels, office buildings and blocks of flats. In Crawley, 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.
What happens after you enquire
- 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 Crawley
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 Crawley building usually brings the per-door cost down. Your written quote is fixed once we have surveyed.
Crawley and neighbouring towns
As well as Crawley, we cover neighbouring towns including Horley, Horsham and East Grinstead. The survey and quote are free.
Questions from Crawley
Do you work in Crawley?
Yes, we take on riser and cupboard fire doors in Crawley and the surrounding area, including Horley and Horsham. Send your postcode and a few details and we'll come back with survey dates.
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 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.
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.