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Fire doors, the unsung heroes!
- August 14, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Advice & Tools, Real Stories
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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 -
Building Safety Bill – draft publication gives new rights to residents and accountability for building owners
- 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 -
Working with our clients – Hanevo at Whittington Hospital, a prime example
- July 17, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News
Working with our clients, not just for our clients... It's vital, when working on projects, that all parties concerned work for the betterment of the project, especially when a variety of suppliers are involved and an ever-increasing scope of work. Fire Door Experts were originally engaged by Hanevo back in December 2018 to carry out -
Competence and Accreditation set to be major features in fire safety sector
- 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 -
UK’s No.1 for door installation – literally!!
- 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, -
Fire Stopping? Or Fire Starting..??
- March 19, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Advice & Tools, Industry News, Our News, Real Stories
This is what our site team have found behind a frame of an existing fire door in a live hospital ward. The wall has been loosely filled with timber off-cuts and newspaper! Fire stopping correctly between the back of door frames and the wall sub-structure (behind the architraves) is a critical part of a fire -
NOT your average door install!! But a normal day in the FDE office!!
- February 28, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Our News, Real Stories
High spec bespoke installation? Not a problem for Fire Door Experts!! It's not every day we get asked to install such high spec doors as these - but it's just another day fior our team! Banham Security approached FDE to install these extremely high spec, bronze doors. As with Banham's security and locks business, they -
Government Report on Grenfell Inquiry Phase 1
- January 29, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Advice & Tools, Industry News, Our News
Yesterday, the Government published a document which sets out its response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's Phase 1 report of October 2019. There are a number of actions being taken by the Government to ensure that a tragedy like Grenfell never happens again. These actions are largely based on Dame Judith's recommendations in her independent -
School Fire Door Replacements – On time, to budget…
- January 16, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News
Fire Door Experts are proud to have delivered this fire door replacement project for Sellings CofE School in Faversham, Kent - on time, to budget! Engaged as fire door contractors by ST Construction on behalf of Carré Consultancy, FDE worked closely with client, school and supply chain to ensure the smooth running of the project. -
Fire Door Experts are back on site at Euston Station
- January 13, 2020
- Posted by: fireexperts
- Category: Industry News, Our News
Fire Door Experts are back on site at Euston Station for the 13th month running, working on behalf of Skanska and Network Rail for all enabling works for their HS2 project. This contract originally started off as a small contract to supply and install two Assa Abbloy Steel doors for a riser wall. Now into our