Advice on Repair works to fire doors.

[richardinnorwich]

Hi all, were undertaking some upgrade/repair works to 30 minute flat entrance doors. We've had an inspector do an informal pre inspection of a few of them before commissioning a full report and he's raised a couple of points that I wanted to run by the collective.

- Pin holes from where an old draught brush strip had been fitted/redundant screw holes from where the old closer was fitted need filling. I was planning on using Envirografs intumescent wood filler product number 64. Never used it before, sounds like the product for the job, anyone got any experience with it or alternatives?

- Chip in bottom of door. A small section no bigger than a thumbnail (2-3mm deep)at the bottom edge where the veneer off the face of the door has caught on something and snapped off. It seems a little extreme for a fail but again planning on using the Envirograf rather than messing around cutting and matching a square of veneer. Any thoughts?

-  A dent in the rear of the door. Again feels a bit strong as a fail, no splintering of the wood on the door, all in tact and smooth but yes it is a dent(1.5-2mm deep at the centre) looks like someone bashed into it with some soft furniture. Not really sure what to do about this one!

As always any advice or guidance gratefully received.

Thanks

[Neil Ashdown MAFDI]

These 'failures' do seem extreme in my opinion and, based on what you have stated above in the case of a timber-based door, I would support the use of a fire rated wood-filler applied in accordance with its product data sheet.