The Scottish Fire Door Company
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    Fire door inspection and installation across Scotland's Central Belt

    Fire door compliance for landlords, factors and facilities managers in Falkirk, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and the surrounding area.

    HERO — fire door in a commercial corridor or communal stairwell, shot straight on

    What we do

    Fire door inspection

    Condition and compliance inspection of fire doors across your property or portfolio, with a written report you can put in front of an enforcement officer.

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    Fire door maintenance

    Scheduled servicing to keep doors, seals, closers and hardware working as they were certified to.

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    Fire door installation

    Supply and fit of certified fire door assemblies for commercial and residential premises.

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    Remedial repairs

    Putting right the faults an inspection finds, from seals and closers through to full assembly replacement.

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    Fire door replacement

    Replacing doors that cannot be brought back to a compliant condition.

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    Fire door duties in Scotland work differently

    Fire safety duties in Scotland sit with the duty holder under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006. Enforcement is by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

    That is a separate regime from building standards, which apply when a door is installed under a building warrant. It matters because there is no fixed national timetable for fire door inspection in Scotland. How often your doors need checking follows from your fire risk assessment and the type of building you are responsible for.

    Most guidance you will find online is written for England and quotes English inspection frequencies that do not apply here. We work to the Scottish framework.

    A door that looks compliant often isn't

    Certification covers the complete installed assembly, not just the door leaf. Glazing apertures, intumescent strips, frames, hinges and ironmongery all affect whether a door performs as tested.

    That is why doors fail inspection for reasons that are invisible from across a corridor: a gap a few millimetres too wide, a closer that no longer shuts the door onto the latch, seals painted over, or hardware swapped out for something that was never part of the certified assembly.

    DETAIL 1 — gap between leaf and frame being measured

    Gap tolerance

    DETAIL 2 — intumescent strip in the frame rebate

    Intumescent seals

    DETAIL 3 — overhead door closer

    Closer function

    DETAIL 4 — certification label in the door edge

    Certification

    Specification

    Rating
    E 30 Sa
    Fire resistance duration
    Short
    Test standard
    BS EN 1634-1

    Where we work

    We cover the Central Belt, including Falkirk, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Grangemouth, Livingston, Cumbernauld, Larbert, Alloa, Linlithgow and Bathgate.

    MAP — simple flat line map of the Central Belt, ink navy on paper, towns marked

    What happens next

    1

    Tell us about the building

    Property type, rough door numbers and what prompted the enquiry.

    2

    We inspect and report

    A written record of every door, its condition, and what needs doing.

    REPORT — written inspection report on a desk or clipboard

    3

    We put it right

    Remedial work, replacement or a maintenance schedule, as required.

    Common questions

    There is no fixed national frequency set in Scottish law. The interval comes from your fire risk assessment and depends on the building type, its use and the level of traffic the doors see. Higher risk premises and communal areas in shared residential buildings are generally checked more often.

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