Certified Steel Fire DoorInstallation Across Scotland —FD30 to FD120, Fully Documented.
Third-party certified steel fire doorsets supplied and installed for commercial, industrial and public-sector premises — with full compliance documentation, ironmongery scheduling and intumescent specification handed over on completion.
What we do, who it's for, and why it matters.
What it is
A steel fire door is a tested doorset assembly — leaf, frame, intumescent seals, ironmongery and glazing — certified to resist fire and smoke for a defined period (FD30, FD60, FD90 or FD120 minutes). The door, frame, hinges, locks, closer and seals are all tested together; substituting any component breaks the certification.
Who it's for
Building owners, facilities managers, main contractors, fire engineers, housing associations, public-sector estate teams and industrial operators with statutory fire compartmentation obligations.
When you need it
You need a fire door specialist at new-build, on a fire risk assessment finding, after damage to an existing fire door, when changing the use of a compartment, or when a fire door inspection has flagged non-compliant components.
Why a specialist matters
Fire doors are the most heavily regulated building component most operators own. Since the post-Grenfell regulatory tightening, certification, traceability and competence of installer are scrutinised by insurers, the SFRS and (where applicable) the building owner under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005. A non-certified install is, in regulatory terms, no fire door at all.
What happens when the problem is left.
Fire door non-compliance does not announce itself until the worst possible moment. The vast majority of failed inspections come down to small details — wrong gap, missing intumescent, swapped hinge, removed closer.
Catastrophic life safety risk
A failed fire door is the single biggest factor in fire spread between compartments — and the most preventable.
Personal liability under Fire (Scotland) Act 2005
Designated 'duty holders' are personally liable for fire safety failings in non-domestic premises.
Insurance invalidation
Insurers routinely decline fire-related claims where compartmentation has been compromised by uncertified door alterations.
Tenant and lease consequences
Commercial leases almost always make the tenant responsible for compartmentation — non-compliance triggers dilapidations and remediation costs at lease end.
Common mistakes we're called in to correct
- Substituting hinges, closers or locks without re-testing certification.
- Drilling additional holes (cabling, signage) through the leaf or frame.
- Wedging fire doors open with non-magnetic hold-opens.
- Allowing painter or joiner to 'adjust' the leaf gap with planing.
- Operating without a recorded six-monthly fire door inspection regime.
A disciplined five-step delivery — survey to certification.
Survey & Compliance Audit
We attend, measure the opening, identify the compartmentation requirement (FD30–FD120) and audit any existing assembly against current third-party certification.
Specification
We specify the certified doorset — leaf, frame, hinges, closer, lock, intumescent, smoke seals and any vision panel — as a complete tested assembly.
Supply
Doorsets are ordered as certified kits from third-party assessed manufacturers (Certifire / BWF) — every component traceable to test evidence.
Installation
Trained fire door installers fit to manufacturer instructions, with intumescent collars, correct gaps, and certified ironmongery scheduling.
Certification & Handover
We hand over a complete compliance pack — door schedule, certificates, ironmongery list, intumescent specification and as-installed photographs — suitable for SFRS and insurer audit.
What you get — concrete, not generic.
Verified life safety
Every doorset installed as a tested certified kit — no substitution, no improvisation.
Documented compliance
Insurer-grade documentation pack on every install — protecting the duty holder personally.
Scotland-wide coverage
Programmes delivered across Scotland for multi-site facilities and housing portfolios.
Single contractor accountability
Survey, supply, install and certification under one ticket — no gaps between trades.
Programmed for live buildings
Out-of-hours installation in healthcare, hotels and education to avoid evacuation impact.
Long-term inspection support
Optional six-monthly fire door inspection programmes covering the building as a portfolio.
Real installs across the Central Belt.
Selected steel fire doors projects delivered by Complete Door Solutions — surveyed, installed and certified by our own engineers.
The detail that separates a 15-year asset from a 3-year liability.
Fire door competence has become its own discipline. Since the introduction of Approved Document B revisions and the Building Safety Act framework, third-party certification of both the door and the installer is now industry standard.
Materials we work with
- Steel doorsets with mineral or rockwool cores rated FD30–FD120
- Galvanised steel frames with welded corners and integrated intumescent seals
- Certified hinges (CE marked, fire tested) — typically three per leaf, four for FD90+
- Overhead and concealed door closers tested as part of the doorset assembly
- Mortice locks, latches and panic hardware certified for fire-rated use
- Intumescent and cold-smoke seals (Lorient, Pyroplex) appropriate to leaf rating
Methods & systems
- Survey to BS 8214 and BS 9999 compartmentation requirements
- Installation to manufacturer's third-party assessed instructions
- Gap setting (typically 2–4mm leaf-to-frame) measured with feeler gauges
- Intumescent collar fitting around all penetrations
- Photographic record of every install for the compliance pack
- Six-monthly inspection regimes to BS 8214 / Regulation 10 standards
Variations of this service
FD30 single and double leaf doors
Standard 30-minute compartmentation — used for most commercial, retail and office compartmentation requirements.
FD60 fire doors
60-minute rating — used for higher-risk compartments, primary escape routes, and plant rooms.
FD90 and FD120 industrial doors
Used for industrial risers, heavy plant rooms and high-value asset protection — typically heavier double-leaf assemblies.
Fire doors with vision panels
Tested fire-rated glazing (Pyrobel, Pyroshield) integrated within certified leaf assemblies.
Acoustic and security combined fire doors
Doorsets combining fire rating with acoustic Rw ratings or LPS security ratings — common in schools, courts and hotels.
Where this applies
- Commercial office compartmentation upgrades across Glasgow and Edinburgh
- Hospital, care home and healthcare estate fire door programmes
- Hotel and student accommodation corridor doorsets
- Industrial and warehouse plant room and riser doors
- Public-sector estate refurbishment and dilapidations remediation
- Insurance-driven post-incident fire door reinstatement
From a single replacement riser door in Falkirk to a 200-door portfolio refurbishment across Scotland, Complete Door Solutions delivers steel fire doors with the certification trail your insurer, fire engineer and duty holder require.
Straight answers
for serious buyers.
Don't see your question? Call us — we'd rather have a 5-minute conversation than send a brochure.
01698 598193A certified FD30 single-leaf steel doorset typically costs £950 to £1,650 supplied and installed; FD60 doorsets £1,400 to £2,400. Larger double-leaf and FD90/120 assemblies cost more. Pricing always includes the full compliance documentation pack.
Get a precise, fixed-scope quote
from an ADSA-accredited specialist.
Tell us about your steel fire doors requirement. We'll attend on-site, measure, advise and quote properly — no catalogue prices, no guesswork.
ADSA Accredited · 25+ Years' Experience · Central Belt Coverage