Fast, accredited, and fully compliant fire door maintenance to restore legal safety standards without the cost of unnecessary replacements.
Every repair we execute along the M5 corridor is backed by robust documentation, ensuring your building’s fire safety logbook passes any official local authority audit. Our specialist maintenance teams handle:
When seals become worn, painted over or peeled away, they fail to expand during a fire. We router and install premium new fire and cold-smoke seals to keep the barrier gas tight.
Over time, heavy architectural timber doors drop and sag, causing improper gaps or binding against the frame. We re-hang and carefully plane leaf profiles to meet the strict legal 3mm tolerance window.
Hinges leaking oil, faulty locks or loose handles compromise a door’s integrity. We repair or replace fire-rated ironmongery using exclusively certified, non-combustible components.
A fire door is completely useless if it fails to close automatically. We replace, adjust and calibrate mechanical overhead closers to ensure the door overcomes latch resistance from any angle.
Cracked or uncertified vision panels are a major weak point. We install fire-rated safety glass embedded with specialised intumescent glazing channels to secure your viewing panels.
Fire doors in high-traffic environments like schools, hospitals and apartment blocks take constant punishment. Minor wear rapidly deteriorates into a major legal compliance failure.
To help property portfolios mitigate risk smoothly, we provide customised, pre-planned preventative maintenance agreements across Bristol, Bath, Swindon and Exeter.
The Accountability Guarantee: Every fire door repair is executed to the exact same standards as a brand new installation, ensuring full structural integrity.
Fire doors in high-traffic environments like schools, hospitals and apartment blocks take constant punishment. Minor wear rapidly deteriorates into a major legal compliance failure.
To help property portfolios mitigate risk smoothly, we provide customised, pre-planned preventative maintenance agreements across Bristol, Bath, Swindon and Exeter.
Can a failing fire door be repaired or does it have to be replaced?
The vast majority of minor fire door defects identified during a compliance survey can be safely repaired without requiring a costly full replacement. Common remedial adjustments such as replacing damaged intumescent smoke seals, re-hanging drop leaves to correct gaps or swapping out failed overhead closers are fully legal and effective.
A complete replacement is typically only required if the main timber leaf structure is warped, severely split or if the original third-party certification labels have been lost or painted over on an unidentifiable door layout.
Do I need a certified contractor to repair my fire doors?
Yes. Current UK fire safety guidelines specify that any repair or replacement of a fire door must be undertaken by a competent contractor as soon as reasonably practicable. Because fire doors are complex, precision engineered life safety assemblies, general building handymen often inadvertently invalidate safety certifications by using non-compatible elements. Using an accredited team like Core Fire and Security ensures all remedial works utilise certified, non-combustible components installed to strict BM TRADA or UKAS Q-Mark standards.
What is the legal gap size tolerance for a fire door assembly?
To effectively prevent the passage of smoke, toxic gases and physical flames, the gap between the fire door leaf and its frame must be kept tiny and uniform.
The strict regulatory standard requires a structural clearance gap of between 2mm and 4mm along the top and both vertical sides. The gap at the bottom of the door must safely clear the flooring layout but typically should not exceed 8mm to 10mm (or 3mm if the door requires cold-smoke seals). Gaps exceeding these measurements will cause the door assembly to fail an audit.
What happens if a building’s fire doors are found to be non-compliant?
If a local Fire and Rescue Authority auditor inspects your property and discovers defective or unmaintained fire doors, they can issue formal Enforcement Notices, forcing rapid remedial action.
In severe cases of negligence, building management can face unlimited financial penalties, prosecution or immediate Prohibition Notices closing the premises entirely. Furthermore, neglecting your fire door assets can completely invalidate your commercial property insurance policies in the event of an incident.
Don’t guess when it comes to legal compliance. If you have questions about your building’s current fire door status, our certified Bristol team can provide an authoritative assessment before the inspectors arrive.