SERVICES
At Fire Door Essex, we offer a comprehensive range of fire protection services tailored to meet your specific needs. Our expertise includes thorough fire door surveys, professional fire door repairs, complete fire door replacements, and effective fire stopping works.
We are dedicated to ensuring your premises are compliant with fire safety regulations while safeguarding lives and properties.
FIRE DOOR INSPECTIONS & SURVEYS
Our fire door inspection services include a thorough assessment of all aspects of your fire doors, ensuring they meet British Standards (BS 476 Part 22 or BS EN 1634-1). Here’s what we inspect:
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Door Leaves and Frames: Checking for warping, damage, or alignment issues.
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Seals and Smoke Brushes: Ensuring intumescent seals and smoke brushes are intact and effective.
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Glazing and Vision Panels: Inspecting glazing for compliance and integrity.
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Hardware: Assessing hinges, locks, latches, and handles for functionality and security.
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Self-Closing Devices: Verifying proper operation to ensure doors close fully and reliably.
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Signage: Checking for correct fire door signage, such as “Fire Door – Keep Shut” labels.
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Overall Fit and Gaps: Ensuring proper clearances around the door to prevent the spread of fire and smoke.
Following the inspection, we provide a detailed report outlining the condition of each fire door, any defects identified, and recommended actions for repair or replacement.
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FIRE DOOR REPAIRS
The BM TRADA Q-Mark maintenance scheme aims to ensure the regular maintenance of fire doors and their components in compliance with industry standards and regulations. This is essential for keeping fire doors in working condition, preserving their fire resistance ratings and ensuring the safety of building occupants.
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FIRE DOOR INSTALLATIONS
Based in Chelsmford, Essex, we can offer customers the full fire door package from inspections to brand-new installs. We use a BMTRADA Q-Mark accredited fire door manufacturer who is based in the UK. We are BMTRADA Q-Mark certified for the maintenance and installation of fire doors.
By being third-party certified we are regularly audited to ensure our installation and maintenance work meets the high standard set by the accrediting body and gives the client peace of mind that they have a door that in the event of a fire could ultimately save lives.
FIRE STOPPING WORKS
The BM TRADA Q-Mark fire stopping installation scheme is designed to ensure that fire stopping solutions are being fitted correctly, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Both the Building Regulations and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order require that the person fitting fire-stopping products is competent to do so and third-party certification is the accepted means of demonstrating competency. We have invested in becoming a Certificated Company to the Q-Mark fire stopping installation scheme.
FIRE COMPARTMENTATION WORKS
We provide a high-quality assured fire safety service to both the private and public sector, this incorporating both refurbishment and new build projects.
All construction in commercial property utilises fire compartmentalisation, helping to trap fire and smoke, allowing people to evacuate safely in a timely manner. Whether your building has been refitted for you to move into or you’ve had works carried out as part of a refurbishment, this could undermine your passive fire protection plan, meaning fire and smoke can spread quickly between building compartments.
For compartmentation to be successful, all potential sources of airflow must be protected using fire-resistant materials. This includes joints and rafters, pipes, air ducts, and ceiling voids. Compartment walls and floors should also be installed for parts of buildings that serve separate purposes. For instance, offices for different companies as part of a business complex.
Compartment solutions must be reviewed regularly in case of any inadvertent breaches. These breaches can be found in cavity barriers, joint seals, and penetration seals. Regardless of size, any breach in a compartment will render it ineffective against the chimney effect.