Fire Door Maintenance
Fire Door Maintenance Saves Lives - FACT!
Regular fire door maintenance is a legal requirement and a vital part of a fire safety strategy. Here at Fire Door Specialists, we offer professional fire door maintenance services to ensure your fire doors meet UK fire safety regulations.
Whether you’re managing residential properties or commercial properties, our qualified inspectors will ensure full compliance.
Most of us will take time to check the tyre pressure, top up the windscreen wash and act when a warning light comes on because it’s ingrained in our brains that if we don’t, something bad might happen. The same goes for a fire door. Regular maintenance is essential for it to function properly, because if you don’t, the consequences can be disastrous.
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What is fire door maintenance?
Fire door maintenance includes inspecting, testing, and carrying out repairs if required. Keeping up with regular maintenance on your fire doors is vital to ensure that in the event of a fire, your doors will perform as intended, helping to contain smoke and flames, and allow for safe evacuation.
Why is fire door maintenance important?
Fire doors are an essential element of fire safety within a building and the importance of maintaining them shouldn’t be overlooked. The maintenance of fire doors ensures that UK fire safety regulations are adhered to and that the people occupying the building are protected.
The consequences of failing to maintain your fire doors can be dire. Fire doors are subject to a lot of daily wear and tear that can weaken their ability to hold back fire, heat and smoke. This could mean that in the event of a fire, your FD60 rated fire doors are only able to hold back the fire for 40 minutes, putting the people within the building at risk of injury or even death.
Regular inspections and maintenance of your fire doors can help to identify any deterioration of your fire doors and provide insight into the types of repairs that need to be carried out.
What’s included in our fire door maintenance service?
- Inspecting door gaps and seals
- Ensuring hinges are secure and undamaged
- Testing the self closing mechanism
- Checking for visible signs of wear and tear
- Checking the door frame integrity for damage
- Inspecting glass panels if applicable
- Minor repairs if required
- Ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations
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How often is fire door maintenance required?
Fire door maintenance should be carried out at least once every six months to ensure they function correctly, comply with fire safety regulations and there is no damage to the doors. In high-traffic areas where a door is being used more frequently, these checks may be required more frequently, sometimes as often as once a week.
Our maintenance and repair methods have been carefully crafted to reduce the cost of keeping your fire doors up-to-scratch while also ensuring they perform as originally intended.
Some common areas of repair for fire doors include:
What steps are taken when a fire door needs repairing?
Fire door repairs employ a range of industry-accepted repair techniques designed to re-establish the integrity of the fire door, allowing it to perform to its original rating if a fire breaks out.
Our maintenance and repair methods have been carefully crafted to reduce the cost of keeping your fire doors up-to-scratch while also ensuring they perform as originally intended.
If our inspection or maintenance team determine that the door cannot be repaired due to extensive damage, we also offer cost-effective fire door supply and installation services for quick and simple solution to the problem.
Some common areas of repair for fire doors include:
- Leaf Gaps
- Threshold Gaps
- Frame Damage
- Hinges
- Glazing
- Door Hardware
- Air Transfer Grilles
- Closing Devices
- Intumescent Strips
- Signage
Fire Door Maintenance Facts
Get the right rating!
Having the right fire rating on your door makes a huge difference. An FD30 provides protection for up-to thirty minutes, an FD60 for sixty, and so on.
Think, if you have an apartment block, do you really want an FD30 on the 10th floor?
Spoiler alert – you can’t, regulations say so!
Report It, Fix It, Save A Life!
If the door appears to be hanging looser than usual or isn’t closing properly – you need to report it and fix it ASAP.
Allowing even the tiniest of gaps can have disastrous consequences.
That’s not a tomorrow problem – it’s a now problem.
Don’t prop it open!
We know that when the weather is warmer it’s nice to have the doors open, we also know that sometimes the door needs to be open – but did you know that you can’t just prop it open with a chair, ripped cardboard or standard doorstop?
You need a specialist bit of kit fitted to the door which, should an alarm sound, will trigger the closure of your door and allow it to function.
Why choose Fire Door Specialists?
Our fire door specialist team have a combined experience of 150 years within the industry and have the qualifications to match.
Just as important is the way in which we work, we’re not chained to the nine-to-five, we work around our clients to ensure minimum disruption to their operation – so if you require a 2am start, that’s not a problem – we’ll be out of your way before your customers arrive and you won’t even notice we’ve been there… although obviously we’ll provide you with a full report of the work we’ve done and promise not to eat all of the biscuits in the staff canteen!
We take pride in our work and even when the physical job is done, we’ll keep you on system and be in touch to let you know when your next fire door inspection is due, plus if there’s ever a problem – we’re only ever a phone call away.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should you service fire doors?
Fire doors should be serviced at least once every six months to ensure they function correctly and are compliant with fire safety regulations. However, if the door is in a high traffic area or is used more frequently, then they should be checked up to once a week as signs of degradation will appear more quickly with increased use. Routine fire door maintenance ensures your doors provide maximum protection in the event of a fire.
How often do fire doors need to be replaced?
There is no set regulation on how long a fire door lasts before it needs to be placed. However, regular inspections and maintenance can increase the lifespan of the fire door and save you and your business money in the long-term.
How much does fire door maintenance cost?
Our fire door maintenance service is priced on a door-by-door basis as well as the extent of the work required for each of the doors. To get an initial quote, contact our team today!
Can anyone repair a fire door?
No, fire door repairs must be carried out by qualified professionals who have the knowledge and correct qualifications. Poor repairs, or repairs carried out using incorrect parts could result in the door not being compliant and compromise fire safety.
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