Steel Fire Exit Doors
I replace worn and damaged steel exit doors on commercial and industrial premises across York and Yorkshire — old door out, opening prepared, new steel doorset fitted, and the panic hardware installed and adjusted so the exit works when it matters.
I come to you. Inspections, surveys and remedial work carried out at your property across Yorkshire.
Available for quotes and enquiries
Not every steel exit door is a fire door
"Steel fire exit door" covers a few different things, and they're not interchangeable. Getting the right one on the right opening is the whole job — so here's the plain-English difference.
Final exit door
The last door on an escape route, opening straight to a place of safety outside. Its job is to let people out quickly and reliably under load.
Emergency exit door
An escape door on a route used in an emergency. Fitted with emergency escape hardware — a pad or lever — where only trained staff use it.
Steel personnel & security door
A robust steel door for everyday access or security, which may or may not sit on an escape route. The hardware is chosen to match how it's used.
Tested fire-resisting doorset
A doorset tested and classified to hold back fire and smoke for a set period. That's a separate specification — not every steel exit door is one, and I'll never imply otherwise.
What I do with steel exit doors
Supply and fit, not manufacture — the right steel doorset and the right escape hardware, fitted properly and left working.
Replace worn exit doors
Take out the old, damaged or seized steel exit door and frame, prepare the opening, and fit a new steel doorset in its place.
- • Old door & frame removed
- • Opening prepared square and true
- • New steel doorset fitted
Supply & fit steel doorsets
Single and double-leaf steel exit doorsets for units, factories, warehouses and similar commercial premises.
- • Single & double leaf
- • Commercial & industrial
- • Fitted plumb, level, fixed properly
- • Handles, locks and external access hardware fitted where specified
Panic hardware (push bars)
Push-bar panic hardware for exits the public use, fitted and adjusted so the door opens easily under load. The recognised standard for this is BS EN 1125.
- • Push-bar (touch bar) devices
- • For public escape routes
- • Set to open easily under load
Emergency escape hardware
Pad or lever emergency exit hardware for escape doors used only by trained staff. The recognised standard for this is BS EN 179.
- • Pad or lever devices
- • For staff-only escape routes
- • Correct device for the use
Repairs & adjustment
Closers, hinges, alignment and latching put right so an existing steel exit door opens and closes as it should.
- • Closers & hinges
- • Alignment & latching
- • Hardware replacement
Make-good & signage
Sealed weathertight around the frame, the area left tidy, and the correct 'Fire exit / Keep clear' signage fitted.
- • Weathertight make-good
- • Fire exit signage
- • Site left clean
Door closers & restrictors
Suitable closing and opening-control hardware — closers, restrictors and controlled hold-open — fitted and adjusted to help control the door, limit damaging over-travel and protect the doorset in exposed or heavily used locations. What's right depends on the door's size, exposure and whether self-closing is needed, so it's specified to the opening, not assumed.
- • Overhead closers, set to the door
- • Restrictors / backcheck to limit over-travel
- • Controlled hold-open only where it's permitted
Got a steel exit door that needs replacing?
Send me a photo and your postcode and I'll give you a straight answer — no obligation.
A recent commercial exit-door replacement
Worn steel exit doors on a commercial unit, taken out and replaced with new steel doorsets and panic hardware. Here's the before and after.
How a steel exit-door replacement runs
Survey and spec
I look at the opening, how it's used and who uses the exit, and agree the right steel doorset and escape hardware for it — before anything is ordered.
Remove and prepare
Out with the worn door and frame. I prepare the opening so the new doorset fits square, plumb and true.
Fit the steel doorset
The new steel door and frame go in, fixed properly into the structure and made good so it's weathertight.
Fit and adjust the hardware
Panic or emergency escape hardware fitted and adjusted so the door opens easily under load and latches when closed, with the correct signage.
Check and hand over
A final operating check, the area left tidy, and I talk you through it before I leave.
Qualifications and standards
Who's doing the work, and the standards the escape hardware and means of escape are held to.
My qualifications
- City & Guilds qualified joiner, on the tools since 1988
- FireQual Fire Door Inspector
- CSCS Gold Card holder
- Fully insured, VAT registered
What the work is held to
- Panic exit devices — BS EN 1125
- Emergency exit devices — BS EN 179
- Approved Document B — means of escape
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
5.0 out of 5 · 12 Google reviews
“We have been extremely pleased with the professionalism shown by Robert, and the quality of our new fire door. A very quick response and delivery, would highly recommend.”
Donna Cresdee
“Carried out a fire door installation for us.Very fast and great installation done. Strongly recommend.”
edris mahmud
Get a quote
Tell me what you've got — how many doors, what kind of premises, and whether it's a straight replacement — and I'll come back with a realistic scope and price.
Prefer to call?
Robert: 07544 030486