Fire door repairs in High Wycombe
Send the failed door list or a few photos. You get a fixed price for each door.
Get a priceYou have a report that says the doors failed. Or a landlord's checklist with a lot of ticks missing.
Either way, somebody now has to go and fix them.
We send two carpenters from Luton and they take the list a door at a time. Each door is photographed before and after, and those photos go in your fire safety file with the rest of the paperwork.
Most doors that fail an inspection can be saved, and that costs less than hanging a new one.
What we get sent to
The usual job is a closer. Doors that stop an inch short of the frame are the commonest fault by a distance, because a tired closer runs out of push just before the latch.
After that come hinges with a screw or two missing, and plates buried under three coats of gloss. Then gaps. If the top gap is tight and there is daylight at the floor, the hinges are rarely at fault. The frame has dropped.
Seals are next. Plenty of doors we see have the strip painted over, or pulled out because somebody took it for draught proofing.
Last come knocks to the latch edge and the holes left where somebody took off an old bolt or a spyhole.
Each of those has a page of its own. Start with the one that matches your list.
When a hinge is not the answer
If one side of the door rubs and the other has a gap, a new hinge will not cure it.
The frame has moved. We take off the architrave, reset the frame, foam behind it and rehang the leaf. It takes about half a day, so ask about it before you accept a quote that says "adjust hinges" against every door.
Panelled doors
Some old doors have mouldings or panels cut into them. Cutting a fire door that way can void its rating, and repair will not bring it back.
When we see one, we say so and advise a plain certified doorset instead.
How the price works
We price each door on its own. The figure is fixed, and it does not change on the day because we found something you could have seen in a photo.
Most repairs sit between £150 and £900 a door plus VAT. A closer adjustment is at the bottom of that range and a reset frame is nearer the top.
Doors in the same building cost less each, because the crew is already there.
What you get at the end
A before and after photo for every door. A short line on what we did. The details of any part we fitted.
Where a job needs third-party certification, it is carried out by our BM TRADA-certificated contractors.
Work we have done
At two schools and an almshouse in Luton we dealt with 147 doors and repaired 140. At a block of flats in Luton we repaired 34 doors. At a block of flats in Stevenage we fitted smoke seals.
High Wycombe and the Chilterns
We do not have an office in High Wycombe. The crew comes from Luton and we tell you the day before.
Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service enforces fire safety here. If it has sent a letter about a door, send that letter to us too.
Questions we get asked
Can you work from my inspection report?
Yes. Send it over with the postcode. We do not mind who wrote it.
What if I have no report?
Photos will do for most doors. Take both faces, the hinges, the top edge, the closer and the gap at the bottom.
Will you replace a door that is beyond repair?
Yes, and we will tell you which ones those are before we start. A plain certified doorset is our advice.
Repairs we carry out
Where we go
We repair fire doors in High Wycombe and the towns and villages listed here. The carpenters travel from Luton, so nearby jobs get grouped into one trip.
Send it with the postcode and we will come back with a fixed price per door.
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