Fire doors with a small window have more to go wrong than solid ones.
Three problems
Beads prised off to clean the glass and put back with a few pins. A crack in the corner from a trolley. And the one that worries us most: the pane broke, and someone fitted ordinary glass from a builders' merchant. It looks identical and it won't hold fire back.
Real fire glass has a stamp in the corner. No mark, no proof, so we list the pane as a fault and say so in writing.
What we do
We measure the opening and order glass cut to that size with the right rating. Fire glass is cut to order, so we make the door safe on the first visit and fit the glass on the second. Beads get refixed or swapped to match, because they hold the pane in once the door heats up and loose ones won't do. Behind the bead there's often a thin seal, which we check as well.
We don't cut a new vision panel into an existing door, because that changes how it was tested. If you want a window, a certified doorset that comes with one is the way.
Questions we get asked
Will toughened glass do?
No. Toughened isn't fire rated.
How long is the wait?
Fitting is quick. The wait is for the glass.
Send the list and the postcode. We will come back with a fixed price for each door.
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