HMOs

A standard 5-bed HMO under mandatory licensing requires FD30S fire doors at every bedroom and habitable room entrance, including the kitchen, with smoke seals around all three rebated edges. The doors must be fitted with a certified self-closer that closes the door from any angle of opening. Frame and ironmongery must match the door's test evidence.

Single-family dwellings under standard tenancies do not legally require fire doors at internal doors, but they do at flat entrance doors in shared corridors. If the property is in a council area operating additional or selective licensing covering single-let properties, fire safety standards including fire doors may apply — check your council's licensing conditions.

In most council schemes, yes — smoke seals are explicitly required under both the LACORS Housing Fire Safety Guidance and most HMO licensing schemes. Doors fitted with intumescent strip only (no brush or fin smoke seal) routinely fail inspection. Replace with FD30S doors that have integrated smoke seals from the factory rather than retrofitting separate strips.

Standard FD30S fire doors are typically delivered to mainland UK addresses within 2-3 weeks of order confirmation. We supply all standard sizes off the shelf; made-to-measure doors for non-standard openings have the same 2-3 week lead time. Full HMO licensing documentation (BS 476-22 certificate, intumescent and smoke seal data sheets) is supplied alongside the delivery.