Fire Door Installation & Maintenance Sheffield
Blue Chip PFP install, repair and replace fire doors across Sheffield and South Yorkshire from our base at Shepcote Office Village, S9. Every installer holds individual FIRAS certification, assessed and audited by UKAS-accredited Warrington Fire.
When an inspector asks the responsible person for evidence, the paperwork is already there.
Not sure what needs doing? Start with fire door surveys in Sheffield.
- Fast Turnaround: Efficient PFP Delivery
We deliver surveys and installations quickly and efficiently, keeping your project on schedule without compromising safety.
- Trusted Specialists: FIRAS Certified
Our accredited team brings proven expertise in passive fire protection, giving you complete confidence in compliance.
- Safety First
Every solution is designed to protect lives and property, ensuring long-term security and peace of mind.
The problem with a badly fitted fire door is that it looks like a well fitted one. A gap a few millimetres outside tolerance, ironmongery that isn’t rated, an intumescent seal specified for a different doorset entirely, and none of it shows up on a walk-round. An FD30 door holds for 30 minutes only if every element is right.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, a defective doorset is the responsible person’s liability whether or not anyone spotted the defect.
Most of the work happens at specification stage. The notional versus nominal distinction is easy to get wrong, and an installation built on the wrong call looks compliant right up until an assessor checks it against the standard.
Get the specification right and the rest follows from it. Gap tolerances of 3 to 4mm, seals matched to the doorset type, rated ironmongery throughout, and FD30 or FD60 doorsets specified to the correct rating for the opening.
We document every element on completion, so when building control asks, the answer is already in writing.
Most contractors display a FIRAS badge, but company-level accreditation certifies the business rather than the person who fitted your door.
Every Blue Chip installer holds FIRAS certification individually, assessed by UKAS-accredited Warrington Fire and kept live through ongoing audit.
That’s the distinction that matters when a fire risk assessor starts scrutinising records. The question they ask is who fitted the door, and we can answer it.
Director Craig Blyth has 24 years of experience in passive fire protection. Project Manager Faisal Nawaz has nine years of experience across social housing and healthcare, two of the highest-scrutiny environments in the sector.
Full details are on our accreditations page.
If you’ve had a survey done, the question isn’t what needs doing. We work straight off your defect schedule under one contract with the same FIRAS-certified team, and most of it is component-level work: closers, hinges, seals, glazing beads, vision panels, signage. Portfolios go on a planned maintenance programme so it all sits in a single audit trail.
Regulation 10 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 requires responsible persons in residential blocks to ensure flat entrance doors effectively resist fire.
All works are coordinated around occupants. Social housing and residential block managers can find sector-specific detail here.
Seal degradation, closer failure, hardware wear, minor leaf damage, missing signage and vision panel glazing are all repairable. Unauthorised modification, delamination, warping beyond tolerance and non-compliant glazing usually aren’t.
Certification is the harder trigger. Where third-party certification can’t be evidenced for an existing doorset, it can’t be signed off as compliant, whatever condition it’s in, so replacement is the only route to a defensible audit trail.
Where both are viable, you’ll get both quoted with the cost and compliance implications set out.
Social housing landlords are rarely dealing with one door. Multiple blocks go under a single contract with one audit trail.
Main contractors need building control sign-off to go through cleanly. Individual-level FIRAS certification means we can evidence the installer who did the work.
Healthcare and education estates, FM teams and commercial landlords get the same standards, with access coordinated around occupants at sites like Royal Hallamshire and Northern General.
You get a certificate of conformity for each doorset recording what was fitted, to what standard, at what rating and on what date, and that comes with photographs, specifications and installer certification.
For buildings over 11 metres, it’s a required element of the Golden Thread record under the Building Safety Act 2022.
Without it, a correctly fitted door is still a compliance claim you can’t substantiate.
Got questions? We’ve put together some of the most common ones below to help you find the answers quickly and easily.
How much does fire door installation cost in Sheffield?
Pricing is based on the actual building rather than a generic rate. The number of doorsets, their condition, access constraints and the specification required all affect the final figure. We quote after scoping the job, so the price reflects the work rather than an estimate built on assumptions.
What are the requirements for an FD30 fire door?
An FD30 doorset must be fitted with gaps of 3 to 4mm on all four sides, with intumescent and cold smoke seals correctly specified for the opening and fire-rated ironmongery throughout, meaning closers, hinges and latches all to standard. The leaf and frame must meet the rated assembly specification. BS 8214 is the code of practice governing installation, and it's what building control and fire risk assessors check against.
Can you fit a fire door to an existing frame?
Sometimes. It depends on whether the existing frame is square, undamaged and compatible with the new doorset specification. We assess the opening before confirming whether fit-to-frame is viable or whether full doorset replacement is the right call.
How quickly can remedial works begin after a fire door survey?
Typically within two to three weeks of survey completion, depending on the scope and access requirements. We'll confirm a realistic programme when we review the defect schedule.
Can you carry out repairs and replacements in occupied buildings?
Yes. Access windows are coordinated with your estates or facilities team and works are sequenced to avoid disruption to occupants and escape routes.
What happens if the opening is out of tolerance when you arrive on site?
We assess the opening and set out the options: remedial work to bring it into tolerance, a made-to-measure doorset, or in some cases full frame replacement. You'll get a clear recommendation and revised quote before any additional work proceeds.
- Telephone: 0800 781 2652
- Email: info@bluechippfp.co.uk
- Address: Unit 5 Shepcote Office Village Shepcote Lane, Sheffield, S9 1TG
Monday – Friday
9:00am – 5:00pm