Fire Door Repairs & Replacement
Repair what can be supported. Replace what cannot.
Overview
A fire door defect can be operational, physical, documentary, or all three at once. FRS looks at the doorset and the test reports behind it before deciding whether the right path is adjustment, component replacement, a supported repair, further investigation, or complete doorset replacement.
Common reasons clients call
- Door will not self-close or latch.
- Leaf, frame or edge is damaged.
- Hardware has been changed, removed or added.
- Gaps or meeting-stile conditions have been raised in an inspection.
- Seals are missing, damaged or appear incorrect.
- Door has been cut, drilled, glazed or fitted with access or security equipment.
- Tag is missing, unreadable or inconsistent with the records.
- Frame or surrounding construction has been altered.
- An old repair has no supporting documentation.
- The cost and uncertainty of repeated repair makes replacement the cleaner option.
How we work out which one you need
We identify the actual defect and which part of the doorset it affects, then check what information exists for that doorset and for the repair being considered. Where the repair stands up, we do it and record what changed. Where it does not, you get a replacement price instead of a repair that will fail the next inspection — and you get told which it is before you commit, not after.
When replacement is the better answer
Replacement is often cleaner where the leaf or frame is extensively damaged, the configuration cannot be supported, the asset has been repeatedly modified, or the evidence needed to justify a repair simply is not available. We measure the opening, wall, frame, hardware, access and required performance, and quote the replacement against what is actually there.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Is it cheaper to repair or replace?
- Usually repair, until it isn't. A door repaired three times with no supporting records often costs more than one replacement and still leaves the evidence gap. We will tell you which one we think you are looking at, and why.
- Someone has already drilled the door for an access control reader. What now?
- Send photographs of the modification and the whole door, plus the tag if it is readable. Whether that can be supported depends on the doorset, the hardware and the test report behind it.
- Can you match an existing door?
- Sometimes. It depends on what the existing doorset is and whether that information can be established. If it cannot, replacing the opening as a complete doorset is usually the more certain route.
- Do you repair doors you did not install?
- Yes. A lot of our repair work is on doors installed by someone else, often years earlier, with incomplete records.
Drawings, photos or a defect report in front of you?
Send what you already have. We will tell you what else is needed before the work can be reviewed, priced or booked for site inspection.