Fire safety regulations can feel complicated. Knowing whether your property is compliant — and what to do if it isn't — isn't always straightforward.
That's where FDS comes in. We supply, manufacture, install and maintain residential fire doors for houses, apartment blocks and HMOs across the UK.
We help you find the right domestic fire doors — so you can protect the people in your building and meet fire safety rules with confidence.
We work with home-owners, fitting fire doors in three-storey properties and between garages and living areas. We also work with building contractors, bringing our fire door expertise to new-build developments.
Whatever the project, you get doors that provide certified fire protection and fit your home’s interior design.
We support landlords, councils, housing associations and property developers to ensure every door is correctly specified, properly fitted and fully compliant.
From a single flat front door replacement to new fire doors for an entire residential building, our team will help you meet fire door regulations and keep residents safe.
We also supply all fire door hardware. That includes frames, hinges, closers, locks and fire-rated letter boxes. Every component is tested and certified, so the complete doorset performs exactly as it should.
Timber fire doors
Composite fire doors
Glazed fire doors
Fire-rated flat front doors
Internal fire doors for flats
Garage fire doors
Loft conversion fire doors
Emergency exit doors
A fire door is only as good as its installation. A millimetre here or there can make all the difference in an emergency.
Our professional fire door fitters handle residential installations of all sizes. From single domestic fire doors to full HMOs and blocks of flats, all with minimal disruption to your residents.
The result is fire doors you can rely on — fitted to UK fire safety standards by a certified fire door team.
Put together, that means a streamlined fire door project and total peace of mind.
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It depends on your property.
According to building regulations, fire doors are required in new-build homes with three or more floors. A fire-rated door should be fitted to every habitable room that leads from your stairwell.
In older houses, you need fire doors if:
Elsewhere in older properties, fire doors aren’t always legally required. But they are strongly recommended — particularly along escape routes and in rooms with a higher risk of fire.
In cases of home renovation, where a third storey has been added to a domestic property, loft conversion fire doors are a legal requirement. Fire doors should be placed between all habitable rooms and your stairway.
Yes. If you’re a landlord of an HMO (house in multiple occupancy), you’re legally required to have fire-rated doors on all bedrooms.
If you’re a landlord of a flat, UK fire safety regulations state that the front door should be fire-rated. You may also need to install internal fire doors for the flat, depending on the height of the building.
In an HMO or a block of apartments, the responsible person should carry out regular visual checks, looking for damage, checking seals and ensuring closers are functioning correctly. You should also book a professional inspection at least once every six months. For private homes, an annual check is a sensible precaution.
For most residential buildings, FD30 fire doors — providing 30 minutes of fire resistance — are the standard requirement. FD60 doors may be required in higher-risk locations or larger buildings. Your fire risk assessment, building regulations and our team can all help you determine the right rating for your property.
Only trained and certified installers should fit fire doors for houses, HMOs or flats. Even minor errors — a gap that’s too wide, the wrong closer, an incorrectly fitted seal — can prevent a door from performing correctly in a fire. All FDS installers are fully accredited and work to UK fire safety standards.
Yes, our fire doors come with frames, hinges and all other necessary hardware. This includes locks, handles, closers and letterboxes, all certified to FD30 or FD60 as required.
Yes. All FDS fire doors for flats, houses and HMOs come with a one-year warranty as standard.
