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Fire door schedule builder
Answer four questions about your building and get a doorset schedule: the fire rating typically expected at each door location, whether it needs smoke seals, and how often it should be checked — each row cited to its guidance. Print it to brief a specifier or check a quote.
Step 1 of 4 · Your building
What kind of building is it?
How to use the schedule
This tool turns a few facts about your building into a starting schedule of the fire doors it typically needs, and how often each should be inspected. It is a screening aid for duty-holders, specifiers and residents — a way to sanity-check a quote or brief a survey — not a fire strategy. The exact rating for any door is fixed by the building's fire risk assessment or fire engineer, working from the fire door regulations and FD30 vs FD60.
Once you know which doors you have, keep the evidence with the fire door register template, walk each door against the 25-point inspection checklist, and confirm your legal duties with the compliance checker. For the intervals in detail, see Regulation 10 fire door checks.
Frequently asked questions
Does this tell me the exact rating my doors must be?
No — it gives the rating typically expected at each door location under Approved Document B and common practice, as a starting point. The exact rating for any specific door is set by the building's fire strategy or fire risk assessment. Use the schedule to brief a specifier or check a quote, not as a substitute for a competent fire risk assessment.
What does the 'S' in FD30S mean?
The 'S' means the door has cold-smoke seals in addition to its fire rating, to limit smoke leakage at ambient temperature. FD30S is a 30-minute fire door with smoke seals. The 'S' is about smoke control — it is not an insulation rating, and it does not change the door's fire resistance in minutes.
Why do the inspection intervals change with the building?
Statutory intervals come from Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, which applies only to multi-occupied residential buildings over 11 metres in England: communal doors at least every 3 months, flat entrance doors at least every 12 months. For other buildings, other UK nations, and buildings under 11 metres, there is no fixed statutory interval — the frequency is set by your fire risk assessment under Article 17 of the Fire Safety Order.
Is FD30 the same as EI30?
No. FD30 (or E30) describes 30 minutes of fire integrity — resistance to the passage of flame and hot gases. EI30 adds an insulation criterion, limiting the temperature rise on the unexposed face. They are different classifications, so a door rated FD30 is not automatically EI30. Check which one your specification calls for.