Kent · BR8

Fire Stopping Around Doors in Swanley

Responsible persons in Swanley can book fire stopping works with clear reports, useful photos and itemised prices.

Fire stopping is the sealing of gaps and openings in fire-resisting walls and floors so fire and smoke cannot pass through. Around a fire door it mainly means the gap between the door frame and the wall, which must be sealed as well as the door itself. We use the same method for buildings in Swanley.

Town: Swanley
County / area: Kent
County council: Kent
Postcode district: BR8
Region: South East England
Population: Around 22,000 people
Fire safety law: England: Fire Safety Order 2005 + regulation 10 above 11 m
Nearest town: Bexley (5 km)

Typical Swanley fire door jobs

In Swanley fire door work tends to be smaller sites: flats above shops, small blocks, surgeries, pubs with rooms and care homes. Reports for Swanley buildings keep the same door references from one visit to the next.

What our fire stopping covers in Swanley

Penetration labels and a register where required
Photographs before and after each seal
Architraves refitted after sealing
Gaps sealed with suitable intumescent mastic, foam or stone wool
Frame-to-wall gaps exposed and inspected

Material	Product suitable for the gap width and substrate.
Penetrations	Pipes and cables through compartment walls sealed.
Gap	Frame-to-wall gap fully filled to the depth required.

Full details on our fire stopping around doors page.

What to expect in Swanley

Booked around you

Visits in Swanley are booked around residents, pupils or patients, including early, late and weekend slots by arrangement.

One contact

One point of contact for inspections, repairs and replacements across Swanley and Kent.

Records you can use

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

Fire door law for Swanley buildings

As Swanley is in England, responsible persons must maintain fire doors under the Fire Safety Order 2005, give residents fire door information in buildings with two or more flats, and run regulation 10 checks where a storey is over 11 metres.

Swanley guide prices

Typical Swanley prices: £60–£180 per door frame (ex VAT), confirmed as a fixed price before work starts. Get a guide price for your Swanley building.

Questions from Swanley clients

Does regulation 10 apply to buildings in Swanley?

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

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

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

Is expanding foam acceptable around a fire door frame?

Only a fire-rated foam with evidence for that use and gap size. Ordinary expanding foam is not suitable. BS 8214:2026 lists acceptable approaches such as suitable mastics, foams and stone wool.

Can you fire stop a whole building?

This service covers fire stopping around doors and nearby penetrations. Wider compartmentation surveys need a specialist survey, which we can arrange.