Fire Door Maintenance Specialists Across the South East

Our compliant fire door maintenance services help building owners, facilities managers, and property managers stay safe, compliant, and audit-ready.

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Why Fire Door Maintenance Is Essential

Fire doors are only effective if they operate exactly as intended, yet ongoing use, environmental conditions, or poor previous workmanship can cause critical components to degrade over time.

Poorly maintained fire doors are among the most common and most serious failures picked up in fire risk assessments across the UK.

Legal Requirements

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it is a legal duty for the responsible person to ensure that fire doors are maintained in an efficient working order at all times. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 further define inspection frequency in multi-occupied residential buildings over 11 metres.

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What Does Fire Door Maintenance Involve?

Fire door maintenance ensures your existing doors are brought back to a compliant condition, without the need for full replacement where avoidable. Our certified fire door teams can carry out:

  • Adjustment of door leaf for compliant gaps and closing performance
  • Installation or replacement of intumescent and cold smoke seals
  • Replacement of fire-rated hinges, closers, locks, latches, and signage
  • Installation of drop seals to reduce threshold gaps
  • Re-firestopping of door frame gaps to meet compartmentation requirements
  • Light repairs to frames or leafs using tested materials and methods

All work is carried out in line with third-party certification standards and LPCB LPS 1197 guidance.

We Cover

  • Sussex
  • Hampshire
  • Kent
  • London
  • Brighton
  • Surrey

What Makes Vanguard Different?

  • Third-Party Certified Excellence

    Certified to inspect and maintain fire doors under the LPCB LPS 1197 scheme, ensuring the highest standards.

  • Honest & Transparent Approach

    Clear and honest advice; we only replace doors where absolutely necessary, making your budget go further.

  • Comprehensive Coverage

    Skilled maintenance teams covering the South East with in-house and trusted subcontractor support.

  • Complete Documentation

    Maintenance works recorded, photographed, and fully documented with integrated reporting systems.

  • Compliance Trail

    Clear compliance trails and asset tracking for audit-ready documentation.

When Should You Maintain Fire Doors?

Fire door maintenance should be considered:

  1. After Inspections

    Following an annual or quarterly inspection to address identified issues.

  2. Fire Risk Assessment Flags

    When faults have been flagged in a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA).

  3. Visible Damage

    If doors are visibly damaged, not closing, or have missing seals/signage and other critical components.

  4. Refurbishment Cycles

    During refurbishment or occupancy turnover cycles for preventive maintenance.

Our Expertise

When you choose Vanguard Fire Protection for fire door maintenance, you benefit from accredited expertise:

  • LPCB certified, LPS 1197 scheme
  • Institute of Fire Safety Managers affiliate member

LPCB third-party certificated works. Evidence-led reporting you can act on.

LPCB Certified

Our commitment to quality is underscored by our Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) certification, providing independent assurance of our competence and adherence to strict standards for fire door installation across the South Coast.

IFSM Affiliated

Our affiliation with the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM) reflects our dedication to upholding the highest professional standards and staying at the forefront of fire safety best practices for fire door contractors.

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How We Deliver Fire Door Maintenance

At Vanguard, we don’t just ‘patch and go’. Fire door maintenance is delivered as a planned and professional service, designed to ensure full compliance with both the door’s original test evidence and current legal standards.

We categorise maintenance actions clearly in our reporting, and work in a way that avoids hidden costs or unplanned escalation. Our goal is always to make your budget go further, while keeping your building safe.

Take Control of Fire Door Safety

Keeping your fire doors compliant doesn’t need to be disruptive or expensive. Vanguard Fire Protection offers practical, affordable maintenance programmes that meet legal standards and support your responsibilities.

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Comprehensive Fire Protection Services

Operating across the South East, Vanguard Fire Protection offers a full spectrum of certified passive fire solutions, designed to protect your assets and occupants, including:

  • Cutaway of a fire-resisting partition wall showing the insulation and lining layers

    Fire Compartmentation Surveys

    Detailed assessment of your building’s fire-resisting walls and floors to identify breaches or non-compliances that will increase the likelihood of rapid fire spread, giving your a clear understanding of what must be done to retain fire separation.

  • Vanguard engineer inspecting the hinges of a timber fire door

    Fire Door Inspections

    Thorough, certified inspections of your fire doors to support you in your legal duties and to keep on top of any issues affecting their functionality as fire safety equipment.

  • Vanguard engineer fitting a new fire door

    Fire Door Installations

    From design to sign off, our expert team will ensure every detail of your fire door installations meet the strict tested specification. Resulting in a fire door that not only holds back fire and smoke, but is in-keeping with your buildings design.

  • Vanguard engineer carrying out maintenance on a fire door

    Fire Door Maintenance

    Proactive maintenance maximising your fire doors life-cycle and ensuring they are always ready to prevent the spread of fire and smoke.

  • Cutaway illustration of firestopped service penetrations through a fire-rated wall and floor

    Firestopping Installations

    Compliant, clean firestopping applications to openings of services such as cables, pipes and ducting within fire-rated compartments to slow the spread of fire and smoke, supporting a safe escape in an emergency.

One connected programme, not three separate jobs

This service fits into the ARM Process: we establish where your buildings stand, put the physical work right, then keep you compliant year after year. Start at any stage, you are never committed to the next one.

Assess

Fire door inspections, fire risk assessments and fire compartmentation surveys that establish exactly where you stand today.

  • Fire door inspections
  • Fire risk assessments (Type 1 and Type 3)
  • Fire compartmentation surveys and plans
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Reinstate

Fire door remediation, replacement and firestopping, carried out against the findings rather than a generic scope.

  • Fire door repairs and upgrades
  • Fire door replacement and installation
  • Firestopping installation
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Maintain

Fire door maintenance contracts that keep your buildings compliant as they age, on a schedule you can plan a budget around.

  • Maintain Essential: inspections, gap adjustment, hinge servicing
  • Maintain Plus: adds seal replacement and closer adjustment
  • Maintain Premier: adds filler repair and lock servicing
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