Fire-rated doorsets and emergency lighting for compliance
Fire Door and Emergency Lighting Installation
Fire door and emergency lighting installation covers fitting fire-rated doorsets with the correct seals, hinges and self-closing devices, and installing emergency escape lighting, to meet the recommendations of a fire risk assessment or a building's means of escape strategy.
Definition
What Fire Doors & Emergency Lighting covers
Fire doors are rated doorsets (commonly FD30 or FD60, denoting minutes of fire resistance) fitted with intumescent seals, appropriate hinges and ironmongery, and a self-closing device, forming part of a building's compartmentation and escape strategy. Emergency lighting illuminates escape routes if the normal supply fails, and is installed and tested to BS 5266. Both are typically specified following a fire risk assessment for commercial, communal or multi-occupancy buildings.
Suitable for
- Fire doors installed or upgraded to meet fire risk assessment recommendations
- Emergency lighting installation or upgrade for commercial or communal escape routes
- Multi-occupancy residential buildings, including HMOs and blocks of flats, needing compliant fire doors and escape lighting
- Landlords and businesses addressing remedial items from a fire safety audit
Not suitable for
- Standard internal doors in a single dwelling with no fire rating requirement — see our carpentry service
- Carrying out the statutory fire risk assessment itself — we install to the recommendations of an assessment carried out by a qualified fire risk assessor
Process
How the work is carried out
- 01
Assessment
Reviewing the fire risk assessment or means of escape requirements for the building.
- 02
Specification
Agreeing fire door rating and ironmongery, and emergency lighting type and positions.
- 03
Installation
Fitting fire-rated doorsets with correct seals and self-closers, and installing emergency lighting circuits.
- 04
Testing and certification
Testing emergency lighting to BS 5266 and providing installation certification for the works carried out.
Typical timescale
A small number of fire doors or a single-circuit emergency lighting installation typically takes a day or two; larger buildings with multiple doors and escape routes take longer, confirmed after survey.
Cost guidance
Fire door and emergency lighting costs depend on the number of doors, the fire rating required, and the scale of the emergency lighting circuit, so we don't publish a generic figure. Pricing follows a site survey against your fire risk assessment or means of escape requirements, set out as an itemised quotation.
Limitations and exclusions
- Installation follows the recommendations of a fire risk assessment carried out by a qualified assessor; we don't carry out the statutory assessment itself
- Fire doors are certified as correctly fitted, though ongoing checks of self-closing devices and seals remain the responsible person's duty under fire safety legislation
- Emergency lighting requires periodic testing after installation, which can be arranged as part of a maintenance contract
Areas we cover
Fire Doors & Emergency Lighting across Sussex, Surrey, Kent and South London
Local property styles, planning authorities and neighbourhood coverage for fire doors & emergency lighting in each town we work in.
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FAQs
Fire Doors & Emergency Lighting FAQs
Who is responsible for maintaining fire doors after installation?
The building's responsible person under fire safety legislation has an ongoing duty to check fire doors — self-closing correctly, seals intact and undamaged. We fit doors correctly at installation and can include periodic checks in a maintenance contract, but day-to-day responsibility sits with the responsible person.
What rating of fire door do I need?
This depends on the building's fire risk assessment and means of escape strategy — commonly FD30 or FD60 — rather than being assumed. We install to the rating specified in your assessment.
Does emergency lighting need to be tested regularly once installed?
Yes, BS 5266 recommends regular function testing and an annual full duration test. This can be arranged as part of a planned maintenance contract following installation.
Discuss your fire doors & emergency lighting project
Tell us about the property and what you have in mind, and we'll arrange a site visit.
Last reviewed 2026-07-28.