Fire Doors and Accessories

Do side panels, and top panels get checked in the same way as a fire door by door manufacturers? If so, what type of certification do they get? If they don’t, how do you confirm the fire rating of these panels? Would they have a CE mark or equivalent?

Our estate has recently had fire doors fitted with all the required secure strips and bar along the base. Could such doors also be effective in keeping out flood water? Our area of London has been designated at high risk from surface water flooding. Thanks

Hi all. I am building a small storage room in my coffee shop and due to the size of it (L2.5m x D1.4m) I would ideally have a folding/pocket door installed on it. Is that something I can use or do I need a specific type of door? Thank you!

Currently inspecting a building and now at a section that is 100% steel doors, all specified FD60S on the fire strategy but none have smoke seals of any kind. Is it necessary to add smoke seals? and if so what would be a suitable product? stick-on ones don't sound very good to me, it's an environment prone to temperature changes, high humidity and damp (yes many of the doors are rusty and will be replaced) Thanks

I have a flat that leads onto an external balcony. I have been told that the door needs to be a fire door. However, as the door is external I do not believe that this is the case. I am on the top floor and there is no apartment above me. I have attached a photo to show the location. Any help would be much appreciated.

Hi We have two small store rooms inside a shop both with fire doors. they don't have any blue fire door signs. do I need keep the doors locked or just shut pls. need to buy the blue fire door signs but not sure which ones. thanks

Hi, the steel doors in our building have gaps under the doors 8-9mm. Some of the steel doors have drop down seals on them but some don’t. Is a 10mm gap on steel door acceptable or should it be less?

i recently carried out a FRA of a converted house, which a local authority bought over and changed the use to a hostel/ temp accomodation for homeless. Several fd's were nit closing fully, i stated the closers require adjusting to allow the door to close fully. This did not work and an engineer is saying its must be a vacuum in the room. Has anyone came across this and have any possible solutions?

Hi all, I need to some clarification around fire doors. I’ve just bought a three storey house in Scotland which was built in 2004. The property has fire doors fitted to all the rooms. I want to update the property inside, paint / new kitchen etc, so this won’t require any planning permission. Assuming I accept the risks involved can I replace these doors, or do they have to stay as they are? Thanks in advance, Dan

Hello my boss has had a refurb done on our little building that makes window frames and patio doors, theres only 5 people upstairs, 2 people downstairs, and 1 out the back, but he hasnt put any doors on the entrance to the upstairs offices or from the showroom off of main entrance, (Yellow Circles in Pic) he said he`s checked the regs and doesnt need them because we`re not big enough and there is alternative exit upstairs to mezz floor and down to workshop, that means whole front of building open to smoke / fire contamination / spread, is he right, are doors not required, ? Plan.docx

We are having a bit of a discussion about the art of the possible with the defect on the door in the image what repair should be made. 1. Ignored 2. Monitored 3. Re-lipped 4. Replaced Any advice would be greatly appreciated

It is generally eccepted a 30 minute timber door should be 44mm and 60 minute timber should be 54mm in thickness, what about a metal door leaf? I have searched the forum as I'm sure this has been asked before but could not find the answer. Thanks

Is it required that there be 2 men to fit a fire door due to the weight of them.

Hi is this kind of damage repairable by someone competent or have the doors had it thank you ?

My new work place has spent a lot of money on fire stop doors, however the doors are rebated for intumescent but noneinstalled as the door frame already had it in as the strip is in the corner of the door frame the doors have been chamfered to fit, am i being paranoid about this? The doors also rattle when in the locked position? Please advise

if my fire door hinges are not CE marked, would they fail an inspection.

Hello all, so I have been in a back and forth with landlord for some months now regarding my newly fitted flat entrance fire doors in that there is a gap under my door that is 15mm and my cat is trying to claw at the seals so I have put a strip across it but my cat destroyed that too, there are gas in the door above 4 mm and in some parts less than 2mm, there isn’t anything on the door showing the manufacturer, no labels or plug and both the landlord and contractor are refusing to give it ( assuming one actually exists) and whilst all the the doors in the block slams shut to the point it has become unbearable to live in, the door (well certainly mine as I don’t kno…

Hi, I own a flat and was told by a Fire Safety Inspecting Officer that I need to replace the front door of my flat, which opens onto a communal corridor, with a FD30s door. I have two issues which I could do with some advice please. 1) I have been quoted £1900 for this, which I cannot afford. Are there any schemes available to help home owners with the costs? I want to comply, and I understand the reasons for fire safety etc. I simply don’t have the money. 2) I have been on the bwf website, as I would rather use an approved supplier/installer, (assuming I can somehow find the funds) but any searches only come up with members nowhere near me, despite being near a…

Hi. I am working on a project where the owner has split a 1930s semi detached house into two flats. There is a communal front door which leads to a small (about 2m x 2m) hall, which has two front doors to each flat. Above each of the internal "front" doors is an opening that is roughly the width of the door, and about 40cm high. The owner is hoping to glaze these two openings with some sort of double-glazed glass units. This is to let some natural light in to the individual flats. The doors are FD30, but we have had no guidance from the architect on speccing this glass opening. My understanding is that is needs to be fire resistant glass (to 30 mins, as per the…

Hi, What can be done with heritage doors & how can they be improved? We are currently looking at works in a museum with panelled doors and are unable to renew the doors. Is it possible to put lipping/ intumescent paint on doors?

Dear Sir or Madam, i carry out maintenance in a care home. How long should it take for a fire door to shut from fully open i.e. 90 deg open? Kind regards, Gordon

Hi. I live in. 3 storey block of flats. There are 9 flats on total. The fire doors on the ground and top floor have blown around the glass pane. They’ve been like this since December and I’m having no luck with the developer in getting them replaced. mare they safe and is there anyone else I can report these to to try and force them to act? Thanks

Hi all, I have recently completed my Fire Certificate and have been asked to conduct a fire RA at my local rugby club. I'm satisfied with most of it however....... None of the doors that lead from the main bar into corridors, toilets and other parts of the building appear to be fire doors. There are certainly no intumescent strips or smoke seals. They are all well fitting. As far as I can tell there is no compartmentation at all because of this. It's a brick and tile 2 storey building built in 1980. I've looked at the RRFSO and Approved document B but can't see anything obvious around having to replace old doors? I've see a previous post regarding 'not…

Hi, apologies if this has been answered elsewhere. Just wondering if it is ok to re edge chipboard core nominal fire door with hardwood and repair a section of the face veneer with a hardwood block? On another note i noticed a nominal fire door with intumescent brush strips in the edge of the door and flat intumescent strips routered into the frame. Is this acceptable. Thanks in advance for replies

Hi, We have some steel fire doors in my building which have had mag locks repositioned & taken away which have left holes in the doors. Can these doors be repaired or is a new door set required? Also one set of steel fire doors has the top half resting on the doorstop but the bottom half of the door is sitting away from the stop, which looks twisted. Will these need to be replaced?