Fire doors where heritage meets high occupancy
Fire door responsibility rests with the responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, covering non-domestic premises and communal residential areas, with the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 adding scheduled checks in buildings over 11 metres. Brighton and Hove combines two demanding contexts: Regency listed fabric under conservation control, and very high-occupancy flat conversions and HMOs where compartmentation is critical.
A rating belongs to the whole doorset. We survey and fit intumescent strips and smoke seals, certified hinges and closers, correct perimeter gaps and compatible glazing, because an FD30 or FD60 door only performs when every component is certified and correctly installed. In listed and converted stock, where original openings and period joinery rarely match modern standards, a careful survey decides whether a sympathetic upgrade or a certified replacement is the right route.
Fire doors for Brighton's seafront hotels
Hotel and leisure leads our fire door work in Brighton and Hove, reflecting the city's substantial seafront hotel stock. Hotels need continuous compartmentation along guest corridors and stairs, and operators can rarely afford rooms out of service for long — especially in season.
We phase surveys and installations room by room and out of hours so a hotel keeps letting, and provide the certification and inspection records operators need. Every installer holds a CSCS card with City & Guilds or NVQ training, and our CHAS and Constructionline accreditations are in place for pre-qualification.
Flats, offices and campuses
Housing and HMOs
The city's dense flat conversions and HMOs put significant duties on residential landlords and managing agents — we deliver survey, remedial and replacement programmes that keep communal and flat entrance doors compliant.
Commercial
The creative and digital office market brings commercial buildings needing fire door programmes that keep tenants working.
Education
The two universities bring education estates where work is scheduled around vacations.
Certified trades for sensitive buildings
Every instruction opens with an inspection and an itemised quote, separating doors that need replacing from those that can be repaired. Our tradespeople hold CSCS cards and train to City & Guilds or NVQ level, and the business is CHAS and Constructionline accredited with ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certification.
Fire door work often forms part of a wider refurbishment, and where a Brighton and Hove project also needs redecoration, we can run it alongside our painting and decorating in Brighton and Hove team on one project and a single point of contact.
