South Coast Fire Doors · UKFDT Approved · ABBE Level 3 Qualified · FPA Member

Certified Fire Door Specialists in Bournemouth, Poole & the South Coast

South Coast Fire Doors carries out certified fire door inspections, installation, repairs, maintenance and Level 4 fire risk assessments. We cover Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Southampton and the wider Dorset and Hampshire area. Every door photographed, every job documented, as standard.

Credentials & memberships
UKFDT Approved Inspector logo
UKFDT Approved Installer logo
UKFDT Approved Maintainer logo
FireQual qualified staff
Fire Protection Association member logo
Coming soon — independent third-party certification
COMING SOON

Bluesky Third-Party Certification

Installation · Inspection · Maintenance

Independent, UKAS-accredited certification of our work — currently under assessment. The level of assurance specifiers, insurers and building-safety cases increasingly require.

COMING SOON

SMAS Worksafe Pro — Common Assessment Standard

The government-recognised gold standard of contractor pre-qualification for public-sector and major contracts — currently under assessment.

What we do

South Coast Fire Doors: one accredited team, and the assessment that starts it all

Inspection finds the problems, and remedials fix them. Installation replaces what is beyond repair, and maintenance keeps you compliant. Above all, our Level 4 assessor tells you where you stand in the first place.

Fire Door Inspections

Led by an ABBE Level 3 qualified inspector. Photographed door by door.

Repairs & Remedials

Seals, hinges, closers and gaps — item by item.

Installation

Certified FD30 & FD60 doorsets, documented.

Maintenance

Scheduled checks under the 2022 Regulations.

Fire Risk Assessments

Level 4 qualified assessor. The full picture.

11,000+

fire door inspections carried out

Every door

photographed and documented

£10m / £2m

public liability / professional indemnity cover

100%

of staff DBS-checked

Corridor of certified fire doors at the LV Building, Bournemouth
Case study — The LV Building, Bournemouth

Every door in a 170-door building — inspected, photographed, reported

FD30 and FD60, pivot hinges, key-fob access, glazed and unglazed doors of every age. Our 700-page report set out each door’s failures and the practical route to fixing them — clear enough for any contractor to price against.

170+ fire doors  ·  700+ report pages  ·  1 clear plan

What customers say

Honest advice, documented work

Recent work

Straight from the job sheets

Seville oak flat entrance fire door
Seville oak flat entrance doorset — Homelake House, Poole
Cross-corridor fire door with vision panel
Cross-corridor fire door with vision panel — Homelake House
Certifire Grade 13 fire door hinge
Certifire Grade 13 hinges, correctly fixed
Team member preparing fire doorsets in the workshop
Preparing doorsets in our workshop
Why South Coast Fire Doors

Why South Coast Fire Doors: credentials your compliance depends on

Accredited & qualified

UKFDT-approved to inspect, install and maintain · inspections led by an ABBE Level 3 qualified inspector · FireQual-qualified staff · FPA member · Level 4 fire risk assessor — with UKAS-accredited third-party certification (Bluesky) and SMAS Worksafe Pro applications under independent assessment.

Safe to have on site

All of our staff are DBS-checked — reassurance that matters for housing, schools, healthcare and any building with vulnerable residents. Certificates available on request.

Evidence, not promises

Photographic reports door by door, itemised quotes, completion records — the audit trail the Fire Safety Order 2005 and the 2022 Regulations expect the responsible person to hold. And if repair is the right answer, we say so.
Products we supply & fit

The right doorset, hardware and signage — specified honestly

Fire doors

FD30 & FD60 flat entrance, communal and commercial doorsets — supplied and fitted to their certification.

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Door closers

Overhead and concealed closers, correctly specified and adjusted so every door shuts fully.

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Hinges & hardware

Certified fire-rated hinges, locks, latches and letterplates — the ironmongery that keeps a door compliant.

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Intumescent strips & seals

Fire, smoke and drop seals — the single most common inspection failure, fitted correctly.

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Signage

Mandatory fire door signage, supplied and fitted to the right doors.

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Fire door gaps

The No.1 failure point — what the tolerances are and how we bring a door back into line.

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UNDERSTAND YOUR DOORS

Fire door compliance, explained plainly

Free, plain-English guides to the questions we’re asked most — no jargon, no fear-mongering, and a dated “last reviewed” on every one.

Certified, notional or nominal?

What kind of fire door you actually have — and why evidence can’t be created after the fact.

The responsible person

Who carries the legal duty for fire doors, and the evidence file they must hold.

How to check a fire door

A 5-step visual check anyone can do in five minutes — and its honest limits.

Get started

Book a fire door inspection

One door or a whole portfolio across Bournemouth, Poole and the wider South Coast — surveyed, quoted item by item, documented properly. Mon–Sat 08:00–18:00.