Fire doors on every door in our new house, why??

[Gettingonabitnow]

Hi

Just that really. We’ve moved into a house that was built in 2007. Two storey detached, normal loft with a drop down ladder. We want to change the doors as they are god awful, but a joiner pointed out they are all fire doors. Would we need to therefore replace them all with fire doors, which are hugely expensive? Or just the door from garage to internal?

Thanks x

I know when we asked an architect to give us a quote and draw up some plans for an attic/loft conversion, we were told we could leave the doors in place so long as the attic wasn't to be used as an additional bedroom but if it were to be used as a bedroom, we would need fire doors throughout the house.

Was the house used as anything other than a house since 2007?

Hi. No it’s just a normal house, 60+ year old couple living here since then x

Fire doors would give you more time to escape / greater chance of survival in a fire. If somebody had already gone to trouble of converting all my doorways to fire doors I wouldn't convert them back again.

You can get non-ugly fire doors.

Is it open plan downstairs? Is the kitchen open to the stairs?

Whats the ground floor layout? If the kitchen cant be closed off from stairs that may be why.

We had to replace all our internal doors with fire doors when we got our loft done. We ordered them online and got ones that looked like what they were replacing, Thirties-style doors. You couldn't tell the difference once they'd been painted.

Hi. No there are doors from the kitchen to the hall and doors from kitchen to dining room, doors from lounge to hall.

Does anyone know where I would find out definitively about it all?

Thanks

Yes it’s not the aesthetics of new fire doors, it’s the cost, it’s huge.

The only time I’ve ever had all fire doors (except to bathroom) was in a flat with only one entry door

Fire doors block more sound too. I'd say they are a bonus. But if you don't like them.....

@Gettingonabitnow

Yes it’s not the aesthetics of new fire doors, it’s the cost, it’s huge.

Where have you looked?

Can you alter the doors themselves to look better? Paint them or add mouldings or wood veneer?

Yes it’s not the aesthetics of new fire doors, it’s the cost, it’s huge.

Completely worth it if it stops your family burning to death and all that though.

We also needed them when we got our loft done for building regs.

They don't need to be fire doors (apart from the garage that should also be self closing) but they do give more protection.

Did they have any disabilities? An increased fire door would offer a longer period of time to be rescued.

But in a domestic setting there is no requirement for fire doors as standard.

I had loft conversion done on a two bed terrace, was being completely modernised as not been lived in for a few years. Building regs said we had to have fire doors throughout. Did find some oak ones I liked the look of but cost £2,000 for them (6 in total) about 10 years ago.

We had mains wired fire alarms installed in every room as an alternative to replacing all the original 1930s doors in our house with fire doors when we had the loft converted. This was about 7 years ago, assume it would still be permitted now?

Is it the glazed doors, OP? When I looked, solid fire rated doos looked about £100 but glazed for downstairs looked about £500.

Maybe theyd planned on MO rental but then sold it?

What style are they? Sometimes, especially with white moulded doors, people put in fire doors because the non fire door version is hollow.

Thanks everyone. These are the replacements we’ve had a quote for - at £260, cost.

It’s a strange house! The joiner also noticed that the downstairs toilet, which is massive for a downstairs loo, had a larger than standard door. I suggested perhaps it was DDA complaint.

www.howdens.com/joinery/doors/howdens-dordogne-white-smooth-moulded-fd30-fire-door-obj-sku-family-11831358

£260 per door.

DDA compliant 🤦‍♀️ Can’t concentrate with the noise these bloody children are making!

Our house is 2008, every door is a fire door strength wise but no spring things on top

And these are the current fire doors

Downstairs loos are dda compliant since mid 00's I think