Urgent Fire Door Remedials at St James House, Maidenhead
CFP Carpentry & Fire Prevention were contacted to carry out urgent fire door remedial works at St James House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7DY.
The building contains around 70 flats, with 9 flat entrance doors requiring immediate remedial works after issues were identified during a fire risk assessment. The works were arranged on a quick turnaround to help bring the affected doors back to the required standard and improve fire safety across the property.
The job sheets confirm the project was for fire door remedials at St James House, with the site address listed as Clivemont Road, Maidenhead SL6 7DY and the works dated 28/07/2026.
Issues Identified During the Fire Risk Assessment
Several of the FD30(S) flat entrance door sets had excessive gaps around the door leaves and at the threshold. These gaps can affect the door’s ability to resist the spread of fire and smoke, especially where the clearance exceeds the required tolerances.
The required remedial works included:
- Adjusting fire door gaps to achieve approximately 2–4mm
- Removing architraves where needed to allow the frame and door set to be adjusted
- Installing hardwood wedges to help close excessive gaps
- Fitting face-mounted drop-down seals where bottom gaps exceeded the acceptable tolerance
- Making minor adjustments to hinges and door closers
- Addressing issues with leaking or worn door closers
- Replacing or improving smoke and intumescent sealing where required
Adjusting Door Gaps to 2–4mm
A key part of the work involved correcting the gaps around the flat entrance doors. On some doors, the architraves had to be carefully removed so that the frame could be adjusted properly.
Hardwood wedges were then used to help close the gaps and bring the door margins back to around 2–4mm, improving the performance of the door set and helping it meet the required fire door standards.
For example, the Flat 37 job sheet records the issue as: “Adjust door gaps to close 2–4mm. Fit drop down seal device”, with completed works including incorrect door gap repairs and a drop-down seal device.
Drop-Down Seals Fitted to Flat Entrance Doors
Where the gap at the bottom of the door exceeded the required tolerance, CFP fitted face-mounted drop-down seals.
These seals help close the gap at the threshold when the door is shut, improving smoke control and supporting the performance of the FD30(S) door set.
The job sheets for both Flat 37 and Flat 47 show drop-down seal devices as part of the accepted repair techniques completed.
Hinges, Closers and Smoke Seals Adjusted
Some doors also required additional remedial works to the ironmongery and seals.
Where required, hinges were adjusted and door closers were checked to ensure the doors closed correctly. Any closers showing signs of wear or oil leakage were reviewed and adjusted where possible.
Flat 47 required additional works including filling around locks and hinges, fitting an intumescent smoke seal, addressing damaged perimeter seals and improving smoke control.
Fire Door Remedials Completed at St James House
The urgent remedial works helped improve the condition and performance of the selected flat entrance fire doors at St James House.
By correcting excessive gaps, fitting drop-down seals and carrying out adjustments to hinges, closers and smoke seals, CFP Carpentry & Fire Prevention helped the property move forward after the failed fire risk assessment items were identified.
CFP regularly carry out fire door remedials, fire door inspections and fire stopping works for flats, apartment blocks, commercial buildings and managed properties across the South of England.
