Fire Door Supply

What does our fire door supply service cover?

Our fire door supply service is straightforward, and honest about where we are: we are a UK fire doorset supplier preparing to open in 2026, and when we do, we will sell third-party-certified timber fire doorsets from FD30 to FD120 on either a supply-only or a supply-and-fit basis. Everything we supply will be a complete, factory-assembled unit — see the full range on our products page — rather than a door leaf you then have to build a fire door around on site.

That distinction is the heart of the service. A fire door is not just a leaf: it is the leaf, the frame, the intumescent and — where needed — cold smoke seals, any glazing, and the essential ironmongery (hinges, closer, lock and latch) that were all tested together. We will supply those parts manufactured and machined as one certified doorset from a single source, not assembled from separately bought components. Our guide to fire doorsets versus fire door assemblies explains why that difference decides how strong your compliance evidence is.

How do factory doorsets de-risk your compliance?

Fire resistance is proven in a furnace, and the specimen is never a bare leaf. Under both BS EN 1634-1 and the older BS 476-22 route, the door is tested as a complete assembly — the leaf hung in its frame with its seals, glazing and hardware — so the rating belongs to that exact configuration, not to the leaf alone. A factory doorset reproduces the tested combination by construction; a door built up from mixed components has to reproduce it by discipline, then prove it with paperwork. Supplying complete doorsets removes that risk in three ways:

• Tested as supplied. What arrives on site is the configuration that went through the furnace — the same leaf, frame, seals and essential ironmongery — so there is no compatibility gap to assess.
• One certificate, one scope. A doorset carries a single third-party certificate covering the whole opening, instead of separate evidence for a leaf, a frame, seals and hardware that then has to be tied together with an assessment.
• A traceable plug or label. Each certified doorset carries a unique label, plug or QR code showing the maker, certificate number, serial number and rating — the link that lets an inspector connect the physical door back to its test report years later.

There is a further reason third-party certification matters here. Internal fire doorsets currently have no harmonised or designated standard, so — as Warringtonfire notes — they cannot be CE or UKCA marked; voluntary third-party certification fills that assurance gap. Under a recognised scheme such as Certifire or BM TRADA Q-Mark, the doorset is fire-tested at a UKAS-accredited laboratory, the factory is audited for consistent production, and sampled products are re-tested so a pass is never a one-off result. Every doorset we supply will sit inside a scheme of that kind.

Supply only or supply and fit — which suits your project?

Both routes deliver the same certified doorset; the difference is who fits it. There is no statutory licence to install a fire door in the UK, but the law requires competence — the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours to install the doorset exactly as it was tested. That competence is the deciding factor between the two routes.

Supply only suits main contractors, shopfitters and builders who already fit fire doors to a competent standard and simply need certified doorsets delivered to the tested specification. Supply and fit suits building owners, landlords and managing agents who want one accountable party for the whole opening and a complete evidence trail at the end. Whichever you choose, installation must follow the doorset's certification and BS 8214, the code of practice for fire-resisting and smoke control doors. Our guide on who can install fire doors explains how to check an installer's competence, and our fire door installation service covers the supply-and-fit route in detail.

What evidence will travel with every doorset?

A certified doorset is only as useful as the evidence that comes with it, because that evidence is what the responsible person relies on for the life of the building. Regulation 38 of the Building Regulations 2010 requires whoever carries out building work to hand the responsible person fire safety information — fire door details included — no later than completion or first occupation. Every doorset we supply will be delivered with the records needed to feed that handover:

For higher-risk buildings in England — broadly those at least 18 metres or seven storeys with two or more residential units — the Building Safety Act 2022 expects this information to live in a digital golden thread kept accurate for the building's life. The evidence matters on the way in and on the way through: in residential buildings over 11 metres in England, communal fire doors must be checked at least every three months and flat entrance doors on a best-endeavours basis at least every 12 months under Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 — and those checks look for exactly the certification evidence a doorset carries. Our Regulation 38 guide sets out the full pack.

Which ratings and configurations can you buy?

We will supply the full common range of timber fire doorset ratings. The correct rating for any opening comes from the building's fire strategy or fire risk assessment, not from a general rule — but in outline the range covers:

Within those ratings, doorsets will be available in a range of certified configurations:

• Cold smoke control variants (FD30s, FD60s) adding smoke seals where flat entrances and many corridor doors require them.
• Fire-rated glazed vision panels, factory-fitted within the certified field of application — never cut on site.
• Acoustic-rated constructions where an Rw sound-reduction figure is specified alongside fire performance.
• Finishes including veneer, laminate, paint-grade and primed.
• Certified ironmongery — hinges to BS EN 1935, closers to BS EN 1154 — with single or pair (double-leaf) configurations within the certified scope.

For help choosing, compare the everyday ratings in our FD30 versus FD60 guide and the classification detail in our fire door ratings explained guide, then browse the full product range.

How will certification transparency and pricing work?

We would rather under-claim than overstate. Recognised third-party certification schemes for fire doors and their installation — FIRAS, BM TRADA Q-Mark and Certifire among them — are routes to audited assurance, not badges we can borrow before we have earned them. We will name the specific scheme, scope and certificate or registration numbers behind our doorsets and our installation service on this site the day each is granted, and not before. Until then, we make no claim to hold them.

We take the same approach to price. As a pre-launch company we do not publish invented figures, and a fire door is not a commodity: cost depends on rating, size, glazing, ironmongery, finish, quantity and whether you choose supply-only or supply-and-fit. For typical UK market ranges — drawn from published sources rather than made up — see our fire door cost guide. When we open, we will quote each project against its specification.