FD60 Fire Doors London

Why FD60 Needs A Separate Page

FD60 is not just “a stronger FD30”. Where FD60 is needed, the opening usually sits in a more specialist context and needs a cleaner discussion than a general fire-door overview provides.

Check The Requirement First

Because FD60 usually appears in more technical settings, it is worth confirming the exact requirement before ordering. We can help review the likely route from photos and project notes.

How We Quote FD60 Work

Send the opening type, the postcode, any project notes and clear photos. We will tell you whether the likely route is product selection, survey, replacement or full installation.

What FD60 means — and where it's needed in London

FD60 is a fire door tested to resist fire spread for 60 minutes when properly installed and maintained. It's a substantially heavier, more robust assembly than FD30S — the leaf is thicker (typically 54 mm vs 44 mm), the hinges are heavier-rated, the closer is stronger, and the frame is engineered to handle the additional mass.

Post-Grenfell, post-Building-Safety-Act, FD60 is now the standard for:

• Residential buildings over 11m in height — measured to top occupied storey from ground level.
• Plant rooms, electrical intake rooms, generator rooms, and similar higher-risk rooms in any commercial or residential building.
• Boiler rooms and gas storage areas in larger residential blocks.
• Certain commercial-residential mixed-use buildings where the fire risk assessment specifies.
• Compartmentation upgrade work identified in a Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW) or Building Safety Case.

FD60 specification — what every installation includes

• Door leaf: BWF-Certifire or BM TRADA tested FD60. Typically 54 mm thick. Visible certification plug or label.
• Frame: heavier-section hardwood or engineered frame tested with the door assembly. Stops correctly positioned, intumescent seal in the rebate.
• Intumescent strips: heavier-rated Lorient or Pyroplex — typically deeper-section than FD30S equivalent.
• Cold smoke seals: required where the door is on a designated smoke-controlled escape route.
• Hinges: three Grade 14 CE/UKCA fire-rated ball-bearing hinges minimum — typically 102 × 89 mm or larger. Weight-rated to the door.
• Closer: heavier-duty closer rated to BS EN 1154 Class 4 or Class 5 — Briton 2300 series concealed or 221CE surface for FD60 applications.
• Latch and lock: CE-marked fire-rated for 60-minute application — heavier tubular latch and strike plate.
• Letter plates and viewers (where flat-entrance) — fire-rated to FD60 with intumescent sleeves.
• Frame fixings: structural fixings into masonry or engineered substrate — not into plasterboard.
• Frame-to-wall sealing: intumescent fire mastic and/or fire-rated acrylic.

FD60 vs FD30S — the practical differences

Building Safety Act considerations for FD60 work

If your building is over 18m or has 7+ storeys, the Building Safety Act 2022 brought it into the high-rise residential scope and the Building Safety Regulator has oversight. FD60 door replacement programmes in these buildings often need to be referenced in the building's safety case file. Doorz London works in scope with managing agents and Accountable Persons — we'll produce the documentation in a format suitable for safety case submission.

Installation process for FD60 — slightly different from FD30S

1. Survey and confirmation of door spec against fire risk assessment.
2. Frame condition assessment — FD60 frames are heavier and need structural fixings, so wall substrate matters.
3. Floor protection and lift booking (FD60 leaves at 50kg+ need controlled handling in multi-storey buildings).
4. Existing door removed, opening prepared.
5. New frame fixed structurally — into masonry where possible, with sleeve fixings into engineered substrate where required.
6. Door hung with three CE/UKCA Grade 14 hinges minimum.
7. Heavier-duty closer fitted and tested through full operating cycle.
8. Fire-rated latch, handle set, letter plate, viewer fitted with intumescent jackets where applicable.
9. Frame-to-wall sealed with intumescent mastic.
10. Photographed and documented.

FD60 pricing in London 2026

• FD60 leaf only (existing rated frame retained): £540–£720 supply and fit.
• FD60 full door set (door + frame + ironmongery, fitted): £720–£980.
• FD60 flat-entrance set with letter plate, viewer, closer: £1,400–£2,100.
• Multi-flat block project (12+ FD60 doors): per-door volume rate, typically £900–£1,400 per flat-entrance fitted.