Certified composite fire doors installed in Truro.
FD30, FD30S and FD60 doorsets for flats, HMOs, landlord portfolios and commercial property across Truro (TR1, TR3, TR4) — PAS24 secure, third-party certified, with full compliance documentation on handover.
Fire doors in Truro — what the specification looks like here
Truro's residential stock — Truro homeowners choose composite doors for the blend of period-friendly styling and modern security their listed and Victorian properties deserve. We install across the city centre, Malpas, Highertown and the surrounding villages — sits under the same fire-safety duties as anywhere in the county. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, every front door opening onto a shared escape route in Truro (TR1) is a fire door, and its integrity is a legal duty on the landlord or freeholder.
We install FD30, FD30S and FD60 certified composite fire doorsets across Truro — from single flat-entrance replacements in converted terraces to portfolio-wide programmes for landlords, HMO operators and block managers. Every installation carries independent third-party certification (BM TRADA Q-Mark, Certifire or IFC), is installed strictly to the manufacturer's tested method, and hands over with the manufacturer certificate, installation certificate and photographic evidence.
Fire performance and PAS24:2022 security arrive in the same doorset — 3-star anti-snap cylinder, multi-point locking and impact-tested frame as standard. The specification does not compromise on either count, and the finish is available across our full colour and style palette. Cover extends across Truro Cathedral and Lemon Quay and the surrounding villages within the TR1 postcode area.
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Truro's fire door demand is concentrated in two very different building types: the Georgian and Victorian townhouses around Lemon Quay and the cathedral quarter that have been carved into upper-floor flats, and the newer HMO conversions serving hospital and college staff near Treliske and the city centre. Both share the same problem — an original four- or six-panel timber door that was never designed to hold back fire for half an hour.
Because so much of central Truro sits within the conservation area, the responsible person is usually a landlord or a small managing agent rather than a large freeholder, and the door has to satisfy the planning officer's view on the street elevation as well as Approved Document B. That's where a moulded composite fire door earns its keep: it can reproduce a period panel layout while carrying full FD30S certification behind it.
Georgian conversions and the flat-entrance door
A large share of Truro's city-centre housing stock is a Georgian or Victorian townhouse split into two or three flats, each sharing a single stair. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005 that shared stair is a protected escape route, and every flat entrance door onto it needs to be FD30 or FD30S depending on the building's risk assessment. We see a lot of original doors here that still have the resale-value cachet of a panelled front but have had their integrity compromised by decades of added glazing, cat flaps and thumb-turn retrofits.
Conservation area frontages
Streets like Strangways Terrace, Ferris Town and the roads around the cathedral fall inside Truro's conservation area, so a fire door replacement on a street-facing elevation is one of the few places where appearance and compliance both have to be satisfied at once. We specify heritage-style composite doorsets with genuine sightlines and moulded panel depth so the frontage keeps its character while the core meets BS 476-22 test evidence.
HMOs near the hospital and college
The cluster of shared houses around Treliske and Trafalgar Roundabout, largely let to hospital staff and Truro and Penwith College students, falls under mandatory or additional HMO licensing in most cases. Cornwall Council's licensing conditions typically specify FD30S doors with self-closers on every let room as well as the final exit, which is a bigger specification job than a single flat-entrance replacement and one we quote as a whole-property survey.
Who's responsible in Truro
In the converted townhouses, that's usually the freeholder or a resident landlord holding a handful of flats — often the same person for years, which means they know the building's history but may not have kept up with the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 duty to check doors are undamaged and self-closing at least every three months in HMOs. Managing agents cover the purpose-built blocks near Highertown and Malpas.
Local note
Cover extends across the city centre, Malpas, Highertown, Threemilestone and the surrounding villages within TR1, TR3 and TR4.
Who we install fire doorsets for in Truro.
FD30, FD30S and FD60 for Truro property.
FD30
30 minutes fire integrity
Baseline rating — some single-storey and lower-risk Truro scenarios still specify FD30 without smoke seals.
FD30S
30 minutes + smoke seals
The standard specification for flat-entrance doors in Truro converted terraces and purpose-built blocks under current Approved Document B guidance.
FD60
60 minutes fire integrity
Specified in taller Truro blocks, larger HMOs and where the Fire Risk Assessment identifies extended escape times.
What every Truro fire door installation includes.
Certified assembly
Slab, frame, seals, hardware — supplied and installed as one tested unit.
Third-party certification
BM TRADA Q-Mark, Certifire or IFC covering the exact envelope.
PAS24:2022 security
3-star anti-snap cylinder, multi-point locking, impact-tested.
Certified closer
Overhead or concealed Perko-style closer on escape-route doors.
Compliance pack
Manufacturer cert, installation cert, photographs — for your FRA file.
10-year guarantee
Written 10-year guarantee on the completed doorset.
Fire door installation across Truro.
Every Truro postcode covered — TR1, TR3, TR4 — plus the surrounding villages. Same certified specification, same compliance pack, same crew.
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Certified fire doorsets installed across Truro.
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