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Thanks very much for all of the replies. so the update is i have managed to obtain the fire safety certificate from them, which says that the door fully complies with Q mark fire door installation scheme and with building regulations 4 and 7, and it has the BM trada logo at the top. I can't see any certification stickers or marks on the door or frame however. I was aware of the regulations regarding maximum gap between door and frame, however this gap is between the frame and the wall and like can't find any guidance online about whether that is acceptable or not regarding fire rated sealant there is no sealant sealing the visible gap between frame and walll, however actually inside the wall you can see they have used some kind of blue sealant perhaps Mike's idea off having a chat with the local fire brigade is a good idea to see whether this is really OK from a legal standpoint Anthony what kind of product do you think they should have used to seal the gap between frame and wall? Even if the door is OK from a legal fire safety point of view, does this seem like a reasonable job and workmanship just aesthetically? i can understand that they are saying that decorating is not part of their job, but should they not have at least made the door to fit better or at least filled that gap in themselves somehow? i am concerned that even if the door does pass certification and is compliant , it's poor aesthetics will affect the value of my property. i am worried that even when that gap is filled with some kind of sealant it will look shoddy

Hi there, I have recently had an experience with a new fire door installation to my flat and I wondered if anybody who works in this area or has knowledge of this might be able to share their thoughts on the matter? I live in a converted building of studio flats. My managing agents said that we all needed new flat doors as they were not up to fire regulations (I had long debates with them about this before finally caving in to agreeing to have the door completely replaced but that is another story). So I had to pay almost 1.5k to have a new door put in. This seemed very excessive, but anyway that’s also another story and not really the point of this post. Finally the door was installed and I was initially shocked to see the result. As you can see from the pictures there are large gaps around the outside of the door frame between the frame and the wall, in some places up to about 1cm. The door is also completely unvarnished and there are many aesthetic issues such as nail holes in the frame , saw marks in the frame etc. When I spoke to the director of the fire door installing company, he told me that all of these things were jobs for the decorator and not part of their job. Including the gap between frame and wall. I asked how a decorator would fill this gap and he said they would put filler in. Now I am trying to imagine how this would work but I can only imaginer that it would look very shoddy And un professional, and would therefore affect the value of my property. I have spoken to the managing agents and they are buying the line from the contractors that these remaining fixes are jobs for a decorator. However in their correspondence to me they only seem willing to mention the need for the doors to be varnished by a third party and seem to leave out mentioning all the other concerns I have brought up with them. Most of these issues I have mentioned with my door are also present with the other newly installed doors in the building. So is this normal that a new door would be installed in this manner and that a decorator should have to make good things like this? Any advice or opinions would be greatly appreciated. Here is a google photos link to some images of my door. https://photos.app.goo.gl/iREYiVKSw7vW127C8 Cheers Edd