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Fire doors — Conwy
Fire Door Installation in Conwy
Quirks supplies and installs FD30 and FD30S fire doors across Conwy county — guest houses and holiday lets in Llandudno and Conwy, flats above shops, and rented houses in Colwyn Bay and Llandudno Junction. Doors come from the Howdens range and are fitted as complete door sets. Send photos of your doors on WhatsApp for a written quotation.
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In short: we supply FD30 and FD30S fire doors from the Howdens range and fit them as complete door sets across Conwy — homes, HMOs, flats, holiday and rented properties and commercial buildings. Most jobs are priced from photographs.
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Fire doors in Conwy's guest houses, holiday lets and flats
Along the Conwy coast, much of our fire door work is in paying-guest accommodation: guest houses and B&Bs in Llandudno, holiday lets in Conwy and the valley towards Betws-y-Coed, and flats above the shops on and around Mostyn Street. Where paying guests sleep in your building, fire safety law requires a fire risk assessment — and that assessment very often calls for fire doors on the escape route. We fit what it calls for, as complete FD30 or FD30S door sets, with the records handed over for your file.
In the rented stock of Colwyn Bay and Llandudno Junction the work is the familiar landlord package: bedroom and kitchen doors, closers, seals and thumb-turn locks brought up to standard.
Areas covered in Conwy
- Llandudno and Craig-y-Don — LL30
- Llandudno Junction and Deganwy — LL31
- Conwy and Penmaenmawr — LL32 and LL34
- Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea — LL28 and LL29
- Abergele and Llanfairfechan — LL22 and LL33
- Betws-y-Coed and the valley — LL24
LLANDUDNO — FLAT IN A CONVERTED HOUSE
Recent fire door installation project
A flat in a converted house in Llandudno needed its entrance door replaced after the building’s fire risk assessment called for a fire door in that opening. The door opens off the shared hallway, which is the way out for everyone who lives in the house. We replaced it with a complete FD30 door set: new frame, new leaf, closer and seals.
A Victorian hallway, and a door the assessment wanted changed
The existing door was a veneered door with a wired-glass panel in the upper half and a knob set, hung in a painted frame off the house’s original tiled hallway. The fire risk assessment called for a fire door in this opening, and the door was replaced on that basis.
That finding is the assessment’s, and it is all we state about the old door. What matters in a house like this is the position of the door. When a large Victorian house is divided into flats, the shared hallway becomes the escape route for every flat, and each entrance door onto it is what holds a fire in one flat back from the route the others use.
A new frame in an old opening
The floor was protected before work started. The existing leaf, frame and ironmongery came out together and the opening was prepared for a new frame. A fire door is tested as a complete set, so the frame is replaced with the leaf: a new FD30 frame with intumescent and smoke seals, and a plywood-faced flush FD30 leaf hung in it.
The door was hung on three Grade 13 fire-rated hinges and fitted with an overhead closer to BS EN 1154 and a fire-rated handle, lock and cylinder. The photograph shows the door set in the opening before the architraves went on.
Self-closing, latching and ready to decorate
Architraves were fitted to both sides and the junctions sealed with fire-rated intumescent sealant to complete the fire stopping. The door set was checked for gaps, alignment, self-closing and positive latching, a fire door keep shut sign was fitted, and the installation was photographed for the records.
Decoration was not part of the work. The bare plywood and timber in the photograph are the door set as handed over, left ready to decorate, with everything that makes it a fire door already in place.
This case study covers the removal of one flat entrance door and frame and the supply and installation of one FD30 fire door set in its place. It does not cover decoration, any other door in the house, or the fire risk assessment itself.
- Working area protected with self-adhesive floor protection before work started
- Existing door leaf, frame and ironmongery removed and the opening prepared
- FD30 door frame supplied and installed, with intumescent and smoke seals
- Plywood-faced flush FD30 door leaf supplied and installed
- Three Grade 13 fire-rated hinges fitted
- Overhead self-closing device to BS EN 1154 fitted
- Fire-rated handle, lock and cylinder fitted
- Timber architraves fitted to both sides, with fire-rated intumescent sealant to the junctions to complete the fire stopping
- Gaps, alignment, self-closing and positive latching checked on completion
- Fire door keep shut sign fitted
- Photographic record of the completed installation
- Waste removed and the hallway left clean
- Decoration excluded — door, frame and architraves left ready to decorate
Project Information
| Issue | The building’s fire risk assessment called for a fire door at a flat entrance off the shared hallway |
| Property | Flat in a converted Victorian house, Llandudno |
| Service | Fire door supply and installation — one FD30 door set |
| Works | Existing door and frame removed; FD30 frame with intumescent and smoke seals; plywood flush FD30 leaf; three Grade 13 fire-rated hinges; overhead closer; fire-rated handle, lock and cylinder; architraves both sides with intumescent sealant |
| Outcome | Checked for gaps, alignment, self-closing and positive latching; keep shut sign fitted; photographic record of the installation |
| Limitations | One door only. Decoration not included |
| Location | Llandudno, Conwy |
What customers say about our fire doors
Five of the reviews our fire door customers have left on Google.
★★★★★5.0 · 100+ Google reviews★★★★★“Very pleased our fire doors were completed fast and professional from start to finish, measuring was straightforward and were helpful explaining payments and paperwork. The work was carried out with a clean work environment, would recommend.”
★★★★★“Fire door fitted today by Ethan. Perfect job and such a friendly guy! Would definitely recommend Quirks.”
★★★★★“The workmanship was excellent and completed as arranged. Professional throughout the process, highly recommended.”
★★★★★“Ethan was professional throughout the service. Would highly recommend.”
★★★★★“Nathan came to fit a fire door to my attic conversion. He was polite and very helpful … Very professional. Really happy with job and definitely recommend this company to any customer.”
What we supply and fit
FD30 and FD30S doors from the Howdens internal fire door range — white moulded panelled, flush, glazed with certified fire glass, and oak veneer — fitted as complete door sets: leaf, compatible linings, intumescent and cold smoke seals, fire-rated hinges, latches, locks and closers, correct gaps and signage where required. We also upgrade suitable existing doors: seals, closers, hinges, locks and gaps brought up to standard.
If you’ve seen a door you like on the Howdens website or in a branch, send us the product name or a screenshot on WhatsApp. The full picture of the service — door styles, what a complete door set includes, and how we work with landlords and assessors — is on our fire door supply, installation and upgrades page.
To price from photographs we need both faces, the closing edge and the frame of each door. We agree the door style, sizes, glazing and ironmongery with you, measure up where a job needs it, check the gaps, seals, closer and latch on every door we hang, take the old doors away, and hand over the installation records and the manufacturer’s door data where required.
What an FD30 fire door does, and where you need one
An FD30 door set is tested to hold back fire for thirty minutes. An FD30S set adds cold smoke seals, so it holds back smoke as well — and smoke is what closes an escape route first. The rating belongs to the whole set working together: the leaf, the frame, the seals, the hinges, the closer and the gaps between them. A good leaf on the wrong hinges, or with a gap the seals cannot close, is not a thirty-minute door.
A fire door is usually required:
- between a house and an attached or integral garage
- on the stair enclosure when a loft conversion takes a house to three storeys
- to bedrooms, kitchens and escape routes in a licensed HMO
- on flat entrance doors that open onto a shared hall or stair
- to corridors, plant rooms, risers and service cupboards in commercial buildings
Which doors in your building must be fire doors is set by the Building Regulations that applied when the work was done, by your fire risk assessment, or by your licence conditions. Not sure? Photos of the doors on WhatsApp are enough for us to say what you have.
The faults we find again and again
Most of the doors we are asked to look at fail on the details rather than the leaf:
- gaps around the door that the seals cannot bridge
- intumescent strips or smoke seals missing, split or painted over
- closers disconnected, wound right off or taken away
- doors that swing to but do not latch
- ordinary hinges, locks or latches on a rated door
- leaves trimmed further than the manufacturer allows
- glazing or panels that were never part of the tested door
- wedges, hooks and tie-backs holding a door open
Seals, closers, hinges and gaps can usually be put right on a door that is otherwise sound. A damaged leaf, a door with nothing to show it is a fire door, or glazing that is not fire-rated means a complete door set. The quotation says which it is.
Fire doors for landlords, HMOs and commercial buildings
For a licensed HMO we fit the full package: FD30S doors to bedrooms and kitchens, closers on the escape route, intumescent and cold smoke seals throughout, thumb-turn locks where the licence asks for them, and fire doors to cupboards housing the electrics or the boiler where your assessment calls for it. One specification through the house, and one set of records for the licensing file.
For care homes, schools, offices and industrial units we fit flush and vision-panel FD30 doors to corridors, plant rooms and stores, and the work can be phased across a block or a portfolio so the building stays in use. Everything is worked to your fire risk assessment, your licence conditions or the managing agent’s schedule.
Working in a building that stays in use
A lot of fire door work happens around people: residents in a care home, tenants in an HMO, pupils in a school. We plan it that way. Door sets are made up before the visit, so the work at each opening is taking the old set out and hanging the new one, not building a door in a busy corridor. The floor at each opening is protected first, the old door and its ironmongery leave with us, and each area is cleaned before we move to the next.
Where a building needs it the work is done in stages — a floor at a time, a block at a time, or in a school holiday — and you are told which doors are being done on which visit.
Upgrade the door you have, or replace the set?
Not every flagged door needs replacing. A sound fire door that has dropped on its hinges, lost a seal or had its closer taken off can be brought back into service, and that is the cheaper job. What decides it is the leaf and the frame: a leaf that is split, warped, trimmed too far or cannot be shown to be a fire door is replaced; a frame that is not suitable for the rating, or not compatible with the seals and hinges, means a complete door set rather than a new leaf in an old frame.
The quotation says which it is — and where a door can be upgraded, that is what we price.
One contractor
One contractor, from the door to the paperwork
Plywood-faced fire door with an overhead closer, lever handle and fire door keep shut sign in a new softwood frame
New fire doors, supplied & fitted
FD30 and FD30S doors from the Howdens range, hung as complete door sets — leaf, seals, ironmongery and closer.
Hinge side of a plywood-faced fire door at floor level, with a card gap gauge between the door and the new frame
Fire door upgrades
Seals, closers, hinges, locks and gaps brought up to standard on suitable existing doors.
Oak-veneered flush fire door in a matching frame with an overhead closer, stainless pull handle and three hinges, in a white corridor
HMO & landlord packages
Bedroom and kitchen doors, closers and thumb-turn locks, aligned to your licence conditions and fire risk assessment.
Brass gap gauge held in the gap between a red fire door and its white frame during a fire door check
Inspections & maintenance
Door-by-door inspections with written reports, and maintenance visits that keep doors closing and sealing as they should.
Questions about fire doors in Conwy
How much do fire doors cost in Conwy?
It depends on how many doors, the style from the Howdens range, glazing, whether your frames can stay, and the ironmongery each door needs. Most jobs we can price from photographs — send yours on WhatsApp or by email and we’ll come back with a written quotation.
Does my holiday let or guest house need fire doors?
If paying guests stay in your property, fire safety law requires a fire risk assessment, and for most guest houses and many holiday lets that assessment calls for fire doors protecting the escape route. We work from your assessment — send it with photos of the doors and we’ll quote exactly what it asks for.
Can you fit doors around guest bookings?
Yes — we plan around changeover days and occupancy, and plan the work so the building has closing doors at the end of each day. Most jobs are priced from photographs before we ever need access.
Does every fire door need a closer?
An escape-route door normally has to close itself, and HMO licence conditions nearly always ask for closers on those doors. Elsewhere it depends on the building: your fire risk assessment or licence conditions say which doors, and a closer only counts if it shuts the door onto the latch from any position. Where one is fitted, it is adjusted as part of the door set.
Can a fire door be glazed?
Yes, as long as the glass is part of the tested door. Howdens supply FD30 doors with certified fire glass, from a narrow vision panel to a full glazed panel for a hallway that needs light. What you cannot do is cut a panel into a fire door afterwards: the glazing system is part of the rating, and an opening cut on site ends it.
How do I know whether my door is already a fire door?
Look for a label or a small coloured plug in the top edge or the hinge edge of the leaf, an intumescent strip set into the edge of the leaf or the frame, three hinges rather than two, and a closer. A leaf thicker than a standard internal door is a hint, not proof. With nothing to show it is a fire door, it cannot be treated as one, however solid it feels. Photos of the top edge and the closing edge usually settle it.
Related services
- Need a written, door-by-door report before any work — see fire door inspections.
- For doors damaged in a break-in or storm, see emergency door repairs.
- Once doors are in, our fire door maintenance visits keep them closing, latching and sealing as they should.
- Final exit doors on an escape route — panic hardware, outward opening — are a separate job: see fire exit doors.
- And if a homebuyer survey has flagged a missing or failed fire door on a house you are buying, our pre-purchase quote service prices it with the rest of the survey’s findings before you exchange.
Written and reviewed by Michael Quirk, Director.
Request a quotation
Tell us how many doors and where they are, and attach your photographs: both faces, the closing edge and the frame of each door.
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Send us a photo, we’ll take it from there
You don’t need to describe the problem down the phone. A photo tells us most of what we need.
- 1WhatsApp or email us photos.A couple of pictures of the problem and your postcode.
- 2We reply with what it looks like and what happens next.Where the photos show enough, that’s a price. If they don’t, we’ll ask for a few more.
- 3You get a written quotation.A clear scope of works, so you know what is included.
- 4We do the work and leave it clean.
Fire doors — send us photographs
Get a written quotation for fire doors in Conwy
Send photos of your doors on WhatsApp or by email and we’ll come back with a no-obligation written quotation. We come back to you as soon as we can.