Can a damaged fire door be repaired?

Yes, in most cases. Damage has to be judged on where it is and how deep it goes.

Dents and shallow gouges can be cut out and filled with a proper hardwood insert. So can a split near a hinge, if there is enough sound timber left behind it.

A door tends to be beyond repair when the damage goes through the core, or the frame has been broken across a long run. Rot at the bottom is another. So is a panelled door, because panels void the rating, and a plain certified doorset is what we advise.

Water damage can look minor. It's still a concern, as a soaked core swells and may never be flat again.

Our figure, for what it's worth, was 140 repaired out of 147 on one big programme in Luton. Those were school and almshouse doors that had taken a beating.

Get a price for repair and for a replacement side by side. Then the decision takes about a minute.