Professional Fire Door Services in London
fire door services in London — surveyed and specified properly, then a clear written quote after inspection.
- Inspection-led recommendations
- Documented certification
- Regulation 10 programmes
- Certified repairs and sign-off
Inspection reports, installation records and compliance documentation are supplied as applicable to the work completed. Serving London, East London, North London, South East London, South West London and surrounding areas.
Accredited member of NAPFIS — The Home of Passive Fire Control
What do you need?
Fire Door Services London Landlords and Agents Actually Rely On
Fire door services London-wide means covering a lot of ground - a leaseholder with one flat entrance door that's stopped closing properly, right through to a housing association with four hundred doors across three estates that all need bringing up to standard. We do both. That's not a marketing line, it's just how the work actually comes in: single doors and one-off repairs sit alongside full-block programmes, and neither gets treated as an afterthought.
The job itself splits three ways. Installation and upgrades - new fire doors going into converted flats in Edwardian terraces where the original door was never rated for fire in the first place, or replacing tired FD30 sets in a post-war block that are well past what they were built to do. Repair and maintenance - a lot of what we're called out for is a closer that's been fighting a door for two years, a intumescent strip that's peeled off and been painted over, or ironmongery fitted without any thought for what's supposed to protect the core underneath it. If a self-closer's not pulling the door fully home, that's not cosmetic - that's a door that won't hold a fire back the way it's meant to, and it's exactly the sort of thing that gets flagged the moment someone actually looks. And inspection and compliance - surveys, certification traceability checks, asset tagging so a managing agent can actually track what condition every door is in across a block rather than guessing.
London's stock throws up specific problems. Composite doors in newer developments across areas like East London and South East London are often fine as leafs but let down by non-rated hardware or missing smoke seals. Buildings over 11 metres carry Regulation 10 duties - the responsible person's own quarterly checks on communal doors, annual on flat entrance doors - but that's a routine visual check, not a substitute for proper remedial work when something's actually failed. Our installers are individually NAPFIS-accredited, with certification kept on file for completed works and remedial sign-off where applicable. Whether it's a door closer backcheck or full fire door repairs across a communal landing, the paperwork trail matters as much as the work itself - because a door that looks fine but has no record behind it is still a door that'll fail its next inspection.
Fire safety problems we fix in London
Post-Fire Compartmentation Checks
If you've had a fire in the building and now need someone to check the fire doors, don't wait on this one. Doors near the fire may look fine but the intumescent seals can have partially activated, the core charred underneath, or the glazing cracked without it showing. A door that's done its job in a fire has used up its protection - it needs replacing, not reusing. Buildings shouldn't be reoccupied until compartmentation's confirmed. If fire has occurred in the building and fire doors and compartmentation need checking, that's an emergency call, not a next-week job.
Damaged or Delaminated Fire Doors
Cracked face, peeling veneer, a split down near the hinge - we see it constantly on the older council stock across South East and East London, usually from years of trolley knocks, wheelchair traffic, or a leak that's got into the leaf and delaminated it from the inside. Sometimes it's deliberate damage. Either way, once the core's breached the door isn't rated any more, full stop. Where the fire door visibly damaged, cracked, or delaminated has a breached core, that's urgent - the door's providing nothing until it's replaced.
Fire Doors That Failed an Inspection
Got a report back saying doors failed? Common one, this. Usually it's gaps that have opened up past a few millimetres, a closer that's stopped pulling the door fully shut, or seals that have perished and gone brittle. Older Victorian and Edwardian conversion flats are notorious for it - flat entrance doors that were never fire-rated in the first place. Treat it as planned work, but if the report flags doors that won't latch or won't hold compartmentation, move it up the list. When a fire door has failed an inspection or fire risk assessment, we go through the findings and quote the remedial works properly.
Non-Compliant Locks, Latches and Escape Hardware
Wrong lock fitted on a fire door is one of the most common survey failures we come across - someone's swapped a latch for something off the shelf that isn't fire-rated, or the letterplate cut into the leaf doesn't match the door's test evidence. It might still look fine day to day. The problem shows up when the door needs to hold under fire, or when it's actually meant to let people out fast in an emergency. Usually planned, but push it forward if the hardware's stopping the door from latching or blocking an escape route. Get a fire door has the wrong lock, latch, letterplate or escape hardware checked against the door's own certification before you assume it's compliant.
Whether it's one flat entrance door in a converted terrace in North London or a full block programme, the process is the same - inspect, report honestly, quote the work, get it done. Composite doors on post-2000 builds often let themselves down with the wrong ironmongery rather than a bad leaf, which is why checking intumescent strip sizes against the door's evidence matters as much as the door itself. And a lot of this never needed to become urgent - it's what our fire door maintenance service catches before it turns into a failed inspection or a Regulation 10 gap nobody noticed.
Local knowledge
London's Buildings, and What They're Telling Us
Walk into a converted Edwardian house in North London and the flat entrance door is often the original - never fire-rated, because nobody's ever swapped it. Walk into a post-war estate in South East London and you'll find timber FD30 doors from the seventies, closers seized up, intumescent strips gone brittle or missing altogether. Different problem, same outcome: a door that won't hold back fire or smoke long enough to matter.
Buildings over 11 metres - and London has a lot of them, particularly across the inner boroughs - carry a duty under Regulation 10 for quarterly checks on communal fire doors and annual checks on flat entrance doors. Most blocks don't have a proper programme running, and right-to-buy has left plenty of responsible persons unsure which doors are even theirs to manage versus the leaseholder's. Cladding remediation projects tend to be where this gets exposed - defects surface mid-works and someone has to move fast to keep the safety case on track.
Whether it's one flat door that won't latch or a full estate needing survey and remedial work, our installers are individually NAPFIS-accredited, with certification kept on file where applicable. We handle local fire door hardware replacements and emergency fire door repair across the city - leave a defective closer long enough and it's exactly what the next inspection flags.
Fire Door Work We Cover in London
Whatever's brought you here - a stuck fire door in a converted flat, a failed inspection on a housing block, a plant room door that's been propped open for months - this is the full list of what we do. From a single leaf in a Victorian conversion in North London to a full communal upgrade across a South East London estate, the job gets handled by the same teams, to the same standard.
Most jobs start one of two ways: someone's had a fire risk assessment flag a door as non-compliant, or someone just wants new doors fitting properly from the start. Either way, that's fire door fitting and inspection work, and it's where the bulk of our calls come from. One flat, one door, one landlord - that's welcome as much as a four-hundred-door contract for a housing association. We don't treat either differently.
Certified FD30 and FD60 doors, frames, intumescent strips, cold smoke seals and fire-rated ironmongery - fitted for residential and commercial buildings.
Fixing what's failing on an existing door - strips, seals, hinges, closers, glazing, gaps - without replacing the whole leaf where it's not needed.
Surveys that identify which doors are non-compliant and produce a prioritised list of what needs doing and in what order.
Planned visits to check closers, seals, hinges and gaps before small faults turn into failed inspections.
Block-wide replacement programmes covering flat entrance doors and communal corridor doors for landlords, housing associations and local authorities.
Fire stopping around service penetrations, fire-rated glazing and fire barriers - the compartmentation work that sits alongside the doors themselves.
For doors damaged, vandalised, or flagged as an urgent risk following an assessment - restoring compartmentation without unnecessary delay.
Overhead, concealed and floor-spring closers fitted correctly for closing force and full latching, to BS EN 1154.
Replacing missing or worn intumescent strips and cold smoke seals so the door can actually do its job in a fire.
CE/UKCA-marked hinges, locks and latches, signage, letterplates and drop seals - matched properly to the door leaf's certification.
Inspection certificates, remedial sign-off and Regulation 38 handover documentation for work carried out under third-party certification schemes.
Fire-rated glazed doors and vision panels using certified glass, beading and intumescent glazing compounds.
A door that's missing its strip, or a closer that won't pull the door fully shut, isn't a small thing to leave - it's exactly what the next inspection picks up. Better to get it looked at before someone else finds it for you.
Why Landlords and Managing Agents Choose Us
Anyone can turn up with a bag of intumescent strips and a tube of sealant. Getting a fire door installation right - and being able to prove it afterwards - is a different job entirely. That's the gap most fire door companies in London don't close, and it's the one we built this business around.
Our installers are individually NAPFIS-accredited, with certification kept on file for completed works and remedial sign-off where applicable. That matters when a managing agent needs to show a fire risk assessor exactly what was done, when, and by whom - not just a verbal assurance that "it's been sorted." We work alongside the same test evidence and third-party schemes like FIRAS and BM TRADA Q-Mark reference - CE or UKCA marked where applicable, with a Declaration of Performance behind it - so you're never guessing what standard the door was actually built to.
We see the full range of what London throws at us. Timber FD30 doors in post-war council blocks in East London where the closer's been fighting a worn hinge for years. Composite fire doors in newer developments across South East London where the leaf's compliant but someone's fitted a non-rated handle set. Steel doors in plant rooms propped open with a fire extinguisher because nobody told the contractor that's exactly the kind of defect that gets flagged on a Regulation 10 check. Different problems, same underlying question - will this door actually hold the line if it needs to?
That's why we split the work into three straight strands: installation and upgrades, repair and maintenance, and inspection and compliance. A single flat entrance door for a private leaseholder gets the same attention as a full block programme for a housing association - we don't have a minimum job size. Call today and, subject to engineer and materials availability, we can often get someone out the same day. Leaving a defective closer or a door failing to latch for "next time" is how a routine check turns into an enforcement conversation.
What a healthy fire door looks like
Quick checks anyone can make. A failed point is a reason to book an inspection, not a DIY fix.
A fire door has one job: to hold back fire and smoke long enough for people to get out and for the fire to stay contained where it started. FD30 doors are tested to resist fire for 30 minutes, FD60 for 60.
- Closes and latches by itself From any open position, without slamming or being pushed shut
- Even gaps around the leaf Consistent perimeter gaps, in line with the doorset's test evidence
- Continuous, intact seals Intumescent and smoke seals unbroken, firmly seated and not painted over
- Undamaged leaf and frame No holes, splits, warping or missing sections through door or frame
- Compatible ironmongery Hinges, closer, locks and letterplates suitable for use on a fire door
- Traceable identity A certification label, plug or paperwork identifying the doorset, where available
- Never wedged or propped A fire door only does its job when it's free to close
Get a fire door survey booked in
If any of this sounds familiar - a closer that's given up, gaps round the frame, doors nobody's checked since they went in - get it looked at properly. We'll survey what's there, tell you straight what's compliant and what isn't, and put it in writing with a quote to match. Works the same whether it's one flat entrance door in Hackney or a block-wide programme in Croydon.
Common Questions Before You Book
How much does fire door work cost? Depends entirely on what needs doing. A single flat entrance door with a defective closer and a couple of hinges is a different job to replacing forty communal doors across a block. We look at the doors first, then give a written quote - not a guess over the phone. If someone tells you a price before they've seen the door, be cautious.
Can I sort this myself or get my maintenance team to do it? Some things, yes - a responsible person can do the routine visual check themselves under Regulation 10 if the building's over 11 metres, no specialist needed for that. But swapping a self-closer, replacing intumescent strips, or judging whether a gap's within tolerance against the door's test evidence - that's a different skill set. Get it wrong and the door looks fixed but still fails its next inspection. That's the gap between a quick fix and one that actually holds up.
How long does an inspection or repair take? A single door survey might take twenty minutes. A full block - say a post-war estate with communal and flat entrance doors needing checks - takes longer, and we'll tell you upfront roughly what to expect. Same-day inspections and repairs are available across London, seven days a week, subject to engineer and materials availability. If a door's not latching or a closer's failed, that's not something to sit on.
Will you supply paperwork for our compliance file? Yes - inspection reports, installation records and compliance documentation are supplied as applicable to the work completed. If you're a managing agent or responsible person needing to show what's been done and when, that record matters more than the repair itself sometimes. No paperwork, no proof - and that's exactly what an auditor or fire officer will ask for first.
Do you only work on big contracts, or will you come out for one door? Both. A leaseholder in a Victorian conversion with one non-rated flat entrance door and a housing association with several hundred doors across multiple sites get the same attention. Whether it's door asset tagging across a whole estate or one closer that's stopped working properly, it's still a fire door that needs to hold a compartment line. Leave it, and it's the door that gets flagged next time someone checks.
Get a written quote for your fire door work
Whether it's one flat entrance door in a Hackney conversion or a full inspection programme across a South East London estate, get in touch and we'll put together a written quote before anything's booked in. We'll cover installation, repairs or Regulation 10 checks - whatever the survey turns up. No pressure, just a straight answer on what needs doing and what it'll cost.