Fire door repairs in Newbury
Schools in the holidays, and older buildings where a door cannot simply be swapped.
Get a priceNewbury is a market town with a lot of old buildings in the middle and newer estates round the edge.
Each calls for something different from a repair crew.
Schools
School doors take a beating. Hundreds of children go through them every day, they get slammed and leaned on, and the closers are worked far harder than anything in a block of flats.
We know that from experience. We have repaired fire doors across two secondary schools in Luton, and the best time for us is the holidays. A carpenter in a corridor during lessons is a nuisance for everyone.
If you run a school or a trust, tell us when the building is empty. We plan around it.
Care homes
Care homes are another place where doors are used all day. Residents with walking frames, trolleys and staff pushing doors with their hips.
Hinges drop and closers get adjusted so softly the door never latches. We repair the doors while the home stays open, one room at a time, and we leave each door working before we go to the next.
We have inspected 16 doors across three homecare properties in Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley, so we know how a small care building runs.
Older buildings
If you have a listed building, or one in a conservation area, you cannot assume you can replace a door whenever you like. Ask the conservation officer at West Berkshire Council before you plan anything, and tell us what they say.
Repair is often the easier route there. A fire door that can be kept, with new seals and hardware, avoids the question altogether.
We do not do heritage joinery. If an original door needs specialist work we will say so.
Getting to Newbury
It is a long way from Luton, close to two hours. For that reason we group your doors and book a full day, and we are straight about whether the job justifies the travel.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Newbury.
Questions we get asked
What about term time?
Out of hours, or in a part of the building that is closed off. Tell us what the timetable allows.
Do you replace doors in listed buildings?
Only if you have consent. We would rather repair, and we will tell you where that is possible.
Send it to us with the postcode and we will price it door by door.
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