Fire Door Installation

The work requested

Our long-term client Bairstow eves asked us to carry out a variety of building works, in their Clacton office. They had an extensive scheme of works identified which included the installation of two FD30 compliant Fire doors (Doors designed to provide fire and smoke resistance for a minimum of 30 minutes). Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRFSO), our client had completed a full assessment of their premises and identified that the two FD30 fire doors were required to ensure that action had been taken to prevent the spread of fire through the building – should that ever occur.

Knowing that SAB Group can both Install and maintain FD30 fire doors and would also be able to complete the rest of the schedule of work, they asked us to support. The project involved internal and external decoration, lighting upgrades, new flooring alongside the fire door installations.

How we Approached the work

Having the responsibility to carry out the entire schedule of works enabled us to make an efficient plan considering the decorating requirements that would relate to the fire door installation as well as the general redecoration of the office and communal spaces.

The installation of fire doors must be done correctly to ensure that their fire-resistant properties can be realised. This meant that we needed to remove the old doors, as well as the architraves. This allows our specialists to ensure that any gaps or spaces hidden by the architraves are filled using fire rated expanding foam. This product provides both thermal and acoustic insulation and can provide up to 240 minutes of resistance. Once this preparation work is completed the installation of the fire door can be completed following the manufacturers instructions to ensure it meets its fire stopping specification. The new door furniture, hinges and digital locks are all fire rated and fitted by our specialist. The architraves are re-instated, and the decoration work is carried out. The final stage of the installation is to fit and test the Overhead closer and ensure that the correct signage and notices are up around the building and that the Fire door itself has the correct labels and plugs identifying its fire stopping properties.

The Challenges of this project

The project would have provided challenges had we not had control over the full schedule of works. As we were able to plan all the work, we were able to mitigate the need to “redo/ touch up” any decoration due to fire door installation and we were able to keep disruption to the office staff to a minimum. This is where SAB Group can deliver the best service to clients as we can manage multiple tasks, taking the responsibility for project management of all aspects of the work required from the client.

The business carried on as usual, as we worked alongside the staff and customers.

Key features of this project:

• Expert installation – Using our specialists to ensure that the installation of the FD30 Fire Doors was completed correctly supporting the fire safety approach of our client.
• Professional guidance – being able to advise the client to build in Fire Door Maintenance to their ongoing schedules of work for the building.