Greater London · N5

Fire Door Gap Adjustment in Highbury

Fire Door Gap Adjustment in Highbury, Greater London: every door logged, photographed and graded, with a clear price for anything that needs putting right.

Fire door gap adjustment is the work needed to bring the gaps between a fire door leaf and its frame, and under the door, back within the tolerance in the door's evidence, typically 2 to 4 mm around the edges.

Town: Highbury
County / area: Greater London
Postcode district: N5
Region: London
Population: Around 27,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Islington (2 km)

Fire doors in Highbury's buildings

Fire door work in Highbury typically involves purpose-built blocks, mansion flats and converted terraces, where communal stair doors and flat entrance doors carry most of the fire strategy. Where a Highbury building has had a recent fire risk assessment, send it over and we will price against its actions.

Included as standard in Highbury

Gap readings at head, hinge side, closing side and threshold
Hinges re-packed or replaced where the leaf has dropped
Frame adjustment or re-fixing where the frame has moved
Threshold gaps corrected or drop seals fitted on smoke control doors
Final readings recorded for the door's file

Cause	Dropped hinges, warping or frame movement fixed, not masked.
Edges	Usually 2–4 mm at head and edges unless the evidence says otherwise.
Pairs	Meeting stiles on double doors within tolerance and aligned.

Full details on our fire door gap adjustment page.

Why Highbury clients choose us

Records you can use

PDF and spreadsheet records for every Highbury building, ready for your fire risk assessor.

Priced door by door

Every failed item in Highbury is priced separately, so you approve exactly what you want done.

Same report everywhere

Whether your building is in Highbury or across the country, the report format, defect grading and pricing are the same.

Fire safety law that applies in Highbury

Highbury is in England, so the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to the common parts and non-domestic premises, and regulation 10 adds quarterly communal and annual flat entrance door checks in residential buildings with storeys over 11 metres.

What will it cost in Highbury?

In Highbury, fire door gap adjustments typically cost £90–£260 per door ex VAT, with visits from £145. Get a guide price for your Highbury building.

Fire Door Gap Adjustment in Highbury: questions

Can you fix a big gap with a thicker intumescent strip?

Not as a general rule. Seals are tested for a particular gap; using oversized seals to hide a poor fit is not a reliable repair.

Does regulation 10 apply to buildings in Highbury?

Yes, if the building is a multi-occupied residential building with storeys over 11 metres. Highbury is in England, so the quarterly communal door checks and annual flat entrance door checks apply to those buildings.

How big can the gap under a fire door be?

It depends on the door's evidence. Doors without smoke control often allow a larger threshold gap, sometimes up to around 8 to 10 mm, while smoke control doors usually need 3 mm or less or a tested drop seal.

Can you price remedial work in Highbury from another company's report?

Yes. Send the report and we will price each line for your building in Highbury, or revisit specific doors if the report lacks detail.