Fire Door Vision Panels
Replacement and new vision panels fitted to the door's evidence.
Learn more →If a building in Havant needs fire-rated glazed doors, the starting point is the rating its fire strategy requires. We confirm that, survey the openings and quote a tested system to suit.
Tell us what you need. We reply with next steps and a guide price.
We supply and install glazed fire doorsets in timber, steel and aluminium, single and double, as stand-alone doors or within glazed screens. We match the door to the rating and duty of its position, and fit it to the manufacturer's installation instructions.
Our Hampshire coverage takes in Havant (PO9, PO10) and the neighbouring towns of Waterlooville, Portsmouth, Gosport. Southampton, around 30 km from Havant, is the largest town in the same coverage area.
The safest route is a complete doorset with frame and hardware tested together. Mixing a leaf from one source with a frame from another needs evidence that covers the combination.
Residential blocks in England over 11 metres need regular fire door checks under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022; glazed doors are included.
Opening forces, vision panel zones and contrast need to work with accessibility guidance as well as fire.
Building work in England is covered by the Building Regulations 2010, with fire safety guidance in Approved Document B and impact safety guidance for glazing in Approved Document K.
Once a building is in use, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to maintain fire safety measures, including fire-resisting glazing. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 add duties for multi-occupied residential buildings, including fire door checks in buildings over 11 metres.
If an existing frame in a Havant building has no traceable evidence, we say so and price the options rather than guess.
After survey you get a fixed written quote for the agreed scope, so Havant budgets are not open-ended.
Designs follow the building and fire safety rules that apply in England, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Sector guides below cover offices, care homes and other buildings in Havant.
Cutting new apertures into a fire door is only acceptable when done under the door manufacturer's or certification scheme's instructions. Often a new doorset is the safer answer.
FD30 is a UK shorthand for a door providing 30 minutes' fire resistance. Under European classification the same door would be described with an E or EI rating, with S added where smoke control is tested.
Survey timing in Havant depends on access, the size of the building and how urgent the defect is. Tell us your deadline when you enquire and we will confirm a date before you commit.
Yes. We survey and install in Havant and across Hampshire, including the PO9 district and nearby Waterlooville.
Replacement and new vision panels fitted to the door's evidence.
Learn more →Glazed over-panels, side lights and borrowed lights around fire doors.
Learn more →Glazed screens and doors on protected stairs, lobbies and corridors.
Learn more →Slim steel frames for long spans, high ratings and heavy glass.
Learn more →Send the fire strategy extract, inspection report or a few photos of the openings.
We measure each opening in Havant and check what the existing frames can accept.
You receive a written quote naming the tested system and classification.
We install, photograph seals and fixings before closing up, and hand over the schedule.
Send sizes, photos of any glass marks or your inspection report and we will come back with the right tested system.