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Thank you for the replies to this request. To respond to George's query about the measurement. The issue here was that the joiner told us that the frame had to have a 1 inch 'lip' (not his word) that the door would close against. The lip on our door is approx 1/4 inch. His point was that in order to put in a frame that the door would fit in, the opening in the wall would need to be wider and to achieve that he would have needed to take out the frame, expand the hole into the wall with knock on implications for wiring on nearby light switch etc. He has said that the door we have is 762mm x 1981mm and that the opening would need to be 838 x 2057 to accommodate it which is presumably wider than the current space. I suppose that the alternative is a smaller door but that would be unusual. Or is/can the frame be compliant with the existing measurements?

Hi, We live in a three storey house that was built in 2004 - my understanding is that any door that opens into the stairwell should be a fire door, however, does the door frame also need to be a fire door frame? The joiner has come today today to change a few of the doors and frames. He was unable to do this as he states the door frame we currently have is not a fire door frame, and the frame he had brought wouldn't fit as it was wider than the standard frame and the only way to do this would be to cut the stud wall back - which would also result in some electrics needing to be moved - costings (his quote) around 1K per door and frame. Could anyone please advise me:- Should the doors and door frame all be fire proof and has this always been the regulations or has that changed since 2004? If so how would it have been signed off at completion as been compliant? I am obviously also really concerned that the house may now not be compliant which in turn could cause a risk to life or invalidate our home insurance? How we can resolve this problem - it affects 4 doors? Any help would be much appreciated.