Fire Doors and Accessories

I live in a block of four flats with the communal area in the middle this is blocked by two entrances front door and back door. I sometimes wedge the rear door open to air the communal area . Is this illegal and against the law as a fire hazard to other residents in the block. ??

Hi Safelincs, Could you please advise on bespoke FD30 fire doors for kitchen and living room? We currently have standard door frames and would like to replace them with glazed fire doors. Unfortunately they are not standard size but a little smaller so we believe they will need to be made bespoke. Do you know whether this is possible? Thanks Tim

Hi, We have just recently bought FD30 doors which we have had installed in. Due to the size of the door openings and unlevelled walls the builder had to trim them all. Does anyone know what is the maximum amount that you can trim a fire door? Once trimmed what paint needs to be applied to seal the door if any? Has anyone ever used an intumescent paint and any brand you would advise? Besides, what is the maximum space allowed between the door and the floor? Thank you

Dear all, I hope you will be able to help me figure out an issue that I am having. I recently purchased a flat and decided to do some works - in particular, I built a utility closet to house a washing machine and a dryer in the entrance hall. I have been working with Building Control and they first demanded a 30 minutes fire rated door to be installed in the cupboard. They have now added the requirement for the door to be fitted with smoke seals and intumescent strips. After receiving this second request, I turned to the Approved Document B: Part 2, as the requests started to seem excessive. From my research, it would appear that a fire door is not in fact nee…

my house is 3 floors but the rooms do not have fire doors on them. if i would god forbid have a fire will my home insurance make me problems because i didnt have fire doors?

Hi, I hav a project that the client has specified a 4.5m height x 3.8m width double door and the door required a 2 hours fire resistance in both integrity and insulation (BS/BS EN Standard). Are there any existing door hav met those requirement above? If not, are there any laboratory in the world would provide fire test for fire door in this size? Any advice or alternative would help. Thanks for any assistance.

Came across this site by accident but thought I would submit my concerns regarding work going on in a block of flats I live in.Work started in January this year 2018,and front door which was Georgian glass replaced with a wooden door.All Corridor doors and stairwell doors also replaced.Half way into the third week when walking down one of the stairwells I was shocked to find three doors on three floors had been hung without a closer in place and were wide open.Now this is just the same as if the door had been propped or wedged open and is in fact illegal.Got in touch with the owners of the flats but nothing changed.One fire door to a stairwell was without a closer for el…

Would I be correct is saying that a small non domestic property consisting of several meeting rooms which was built pre 2010 does not nessasarily require fire doors if fire escape routes are simple and of minimal distance but insurance may require them for propert loss due to fire spread.

We live in a first floor maisonette with its own front door and without any areas common to the ground floor flat. It is the first floor of a two-storeyed semi-detached house built in 1925 in suburban London. There are substantial sized windows in the flat which would at least permit exit if there were a fire and the stairs were out of action. We have a simple wood and glass door to the kitchen, not fire rated. We are about to do works which will involve some demolition and creating a new entrance to the kitchen and need to know if we are required to provide a fire-door as part of the finished works. We would like not to have to do so if not required. We are getting diffe…

I write on behalf of a resident owned management company maintaining 15 flats built in the 1970s and presumably complying with building regs at that time. The doors leading from the flats to the common lobby areas are thought to be fire doors based purely on appearance (44mm think with wired glazed panels). They may possibly be FD30 but are certainly not FD30S as they lack intumescent strips, smoke seals and self closers. Our recent third party Fire Risk Assessment recommends upgrading these doors to FD30S but we do not think this practical or effective so our options as to :- a) leave as is or; b) replace to FD30S standards (preferred): So that I can ans…

Hi, I was hoping that you could help with some questions regarding fire doors in a residential property. I am changing my front door, which is situated internally between my flat and a communal hallway. They apparently have to be fire doors, and my query is to what actually constitutes a fire door. I know that it needs to hold back fire for a min of 30 minutes, but would that include something like an old solid wood door for example? I'd really like an old door as opposed to a new one, but am unsure as to whether it would qualify. Any help you can give would be much appreciated, thank you.

Hi Everyone I hope you can help. I am refurbishing my flat for renting and I wondered if I am required to have fire doors on sitting room, kitchen and bedrooms. The previous doors were not fire doors but hollow doors so can I simply replace them more solid doors. Thanks

What is the minimum depth of a flat front exit fire door and is it a requirement to be this depth for the whole width of the door. Can a panel door be a flat front exit door to legal fire standards.

Hi, I'm opening a cafe. There won't be any cooking but there will be people moving through with plates and drinks. There is an existing door at the bottom of the L-shaped premise to access through. Can I remove this door and if not, would I need to fit fire doors throughout? Thanks, David

I am living in a converted flat consisting of 2nd and 3rd floor of a property and all the interns doors and entrance door had consealed self closer installed. Since having a baby we removed them all as they were very dangerous with a moving baby. Now that we are selling the flat, do we need to reinstall them? Would that require say for surverying purposes?

If a door set has a fire door and slave 1/4 door in an office environment, should the 1/4 door be locked or open? The fire door is wide enough to comply as a means of escape and the 1/4 is thought to be to allow furniture moves, etc. Both main and slave doors have a self-closer.

Hi, I am looking for definitive guidance in relation to fire door signage on double doors. I have various sets of double doors that are fire doors and I wanted to know whether I needed to fit signage on both sides of the doors, ie. 4 signs in total for a double-door set? Or would two suffice? Thanks alot. Charlie

If being asked to replace a door closer on a fire door. Is it my responsibly to check the rest of the door. ( eg to take the architrave off and make sure the frame has been seal with intumescent sealant)

Hi, I am trying to find guidance on how often I need to check flat entrance doors for social housing. All I can find is BS9999 which states that Fire Doors should be checked every 6 months. Does this just mean readily accessible communal doors, or also Flat Entrance doors? I am trying to find a sensible way of complying with the guidance, I doubt we would be able to check all of our flat doors twice a year. Any advice would be appreciated, especially from other social landlords. thanks, Mike

Hi yep can I drill a hole in a flat front door thats a fire door self closing, so I can hardwire my ipdoorbell as I'm disabled? The housing say the hole makes it a fire risk what can I do to prevent losing my ipdoorbell in it's present state? I would very much appreciate some feedback, thanks

Hi, My management company is asking me for a certification that my front door is a 30 or 60 min fire door. The only certificate I have is a Fensa ceritificate. Does it also certify that I have the required doors installed? Thanks for the info in advance

Hi everyone. Newbie to the forum so apologies if this question has been covered before. I have a new-build property with an attached garage but there is no direct door through into the house - as you will see from the attached plan the rear garage door opens to an external space as does the separate rear door of the house. The garage has a plant / boiler room in it to house a wall mounted boiler / storage cylinder etc. This door opens out into the garage space. I'm trying to work out what kind of door I need on the boiler room - it’s not on a main fire escape from the house and the garage has its main front large door and a separate rear door opening to an e…

We are putting a mega flo boiler in our downstairs toilet room. The boiler will be a (large) cupboard (with sliding doors) and there is also a washing machine and tumble dryer in this space. There will then be a door into the corridor from the toilet/boiler room space. My question is, does the door into the corridor need to be a fire safety door in this domestic semi detached house? Thanks

Morning Could someone please confirm if existing store room doors require just signage, or should they be compliant with regard gaps, strips, seals and closers as per the main fire doors. Thank you

I recently arrange a visit from FSO to look at my flat entrance door as I wanted to know if it was a fire door? It was built 1960 on 2 rising butt hinges with draft excluder all around frame. Opens onto communal hallway which leads to main exit door. Due to his visit i’m Getting a new FDS30 door. He looked round the block 3 floor 6 flats in total. The FSO contacted the Director and told him doors to other flats had to be changed under the 2005 act. The director is unhappy with this and is questioning the FSO as he says the doors are fine and only need to be changed if individual flat owners want to. I wonder if you could tell me who is correct. I personally…