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Fire Door Experts, pushing for improved standards with 3rd Party Accreditation
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May 7, 2021
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Advice & Tools, Industry News, Our News
As specialists in our field, Fire Door Experts are constantly pushing for a raising of standards to provide better passive fire protection with regards to fire door installation and maintenance. It still amazes us that there is still no real regulation around fire door installation! Something that recently piqued the interest of Si West, Fire
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Fire Door Experts are the BOSS!
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February 16, 2021
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News
As one of the leading fire door installation companies, Fire Door Experts are very proud to be involved in this project. Renowned for the quality of our fire door installation work, we were engaged to carry out this complex project to supply and install the fire door-sets and bespoke ironmongery for BOSS Design in Clerkenwell.
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Back-to-back fire rated door frames installed to replace non-fire rated bi-folding doors.
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January 21, 2021
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News, Real Stories
Fire Door Experts were called upon as leading fire door contractors to assist with a high end residential project last summer. The building had been handed over with non-fire rated riser doors! The door cores had been modified and cut down on site and installed on bi-folding hinges. All of this original work was completely
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Fire Door Experts deliver yet another project for Specialist Door Solutions
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January 18, 2021
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News, Real Stories
Another fix-only project in conjunction with SDS. December saw the FDE team prove themselves as one of the leading fire door installation companies with our 5th project undertaken for SDS (Specialist Door Solutions) in 2020. As preferred installers for SDS, Fire Door Experts were presented to the Main Contractors for an Essex hospital refurbishment. Scope
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Student accommodation fire door maintenance – top of the class!
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December 8, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News, Real Stories
315 fire doors successfully maintained despite unforeseen challenges Fire Door Experts have completed fire door maintenance work on 315 bedroom, communal and riser doors on behalf of a large student accommodation chain successfully maintaining all doors back to their originally intended fire rating. Under our BM Trada Q-Mark Fire Door Maintenance accreditation, we can carry out
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Fire doors, the unsung heroes!
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August 14, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Advice & Tools, Real Stories
Watch how quickly fire can engulf a room! 47 seconds... That's how long it took to completely fill a typical room in a typical house with thick black smoke! Granted, we don't all have dry pine trees sat in the corner of the room most of the year, but watch again and see how
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Building Safety Bill – draft publication gives new rights to residents and accountability for building owners
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July 31, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News, Real Stories
Draft Building Safety Bill published Residents in high rise buildings are set to be given new rights. The new Building Safety Bill will allow residents access to safety information in relation to the building they live in and, more importantly, gives them the power to challenge the building owner if they are not acting in
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Competence and Accreditation set to be major features in fire safety sector
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May 15, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News
"Essential industry changes needed post-Grenfell" Dame Judith Hackitt recently discussed the current industry landscape and outlined a strong belief that competence and accreditation are set to be major features in the fire safety sector (including fire door contractors) going forward. During the recent BESA webinar discussion with David Frise (CEO at the Building Engineering Services
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New Fire Safety Bill introduced
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March 30, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News
The Home Office has introduced a new bill to improve fire safety in buildings Building on action already taken to ensure tragedies like the Grenfell Tower never happen again, the new Fire Safety Bill amends the Fire Safety Order 2005. This clarifies that the responsible person or duty-holder for multi-occupied, residential buildings must ensure fire
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UK’s No.1 for door installation – literally!!
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March 20, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Advice & Tools, Industry News, Our News, Real Stories
BM Trada Q-Mark Certificate 001 - we really were 1st! Whilst recently rearranging the office, we realised what we had in our possession - the very first BM Trada Q-Mark certificate for door installation! As well as being No. 001, we're also very proud to be BM Trada Q-Mark certified. Here at Fire Door Experts,