Evidence over assurances
Every inspection, repair and installation is documented. Verbal confirmation that a door is 'fine' protects nobody at an audit.
About us
Fire Door Specialists Working Across Poole
We protect people and property through fire door work that is specified correctly, installed properly, and documented so it stands up to scrutiny.
Who we are
Passive fire protection is all we do
First Stop Solutions Ltd is a fire door specialist. Not a general building contractor who also fits doors, but a business whose work is passive fire protection, and whose team is trained and approved specifically for fire door installation, inspection and maintenance.
That focus matters. A fire door is a tested assembly, and its certification depends on details that a general trade will not necessarily know to check: gap tolerances measured in millimetres, hinge specification, closer force, the compatibility of the ironmongery with the tested configuration, and the condition of seals that are easy to overlook until they are needed.
We work throughout Poole and the wider Dorset area for landlords, managing agents, facilities teams, main contractors and private homeowners: anyone with a duty to make sure the fire doors in a building will do their job.
At a glance
- Fire door installation, repair and inspection
- UK Fire Door Training approved
- Residential, commercial and managed buildings
- Written reporting as standard
- Covering Poole and Dorset
UK Fire Door Training approved
How we work
What you can expect from us
Four principles that shape every job we take on in Poole, whether it is a single flat entrance door or a portfolio-wide survey.
Proportionate recommendations
We recommend the work the building actually needs. Where a repair restores compliance, we say so rather than quoting a replacement.
Trained and approved
UK Fire Door Training approved as installer, inspector and maintainer, with knowledge kept current as guidance changes.
Respect for occupants
Work in occupied blocks and trading premises is planned so escape routes stay usable and disruption stays contained.
Our process
From first survey to signed-off documentation
01
Survey
We assess the doors in question and establish what the building requires, not what a generic checklist assumes.
02
Report
You receive a written record of every defect, graded by severity, with a remedial schedule in a sensible order.
03
Remedy
We carry out the repairs or installations, following manufacturer instruction so certification stands.
04
Document
Completion paperwork closes the loop, giving you the evidence for assessors, insurers and enforcing officers.
Local knowledge
Why Poole buildings need a local eye
Poole is not a uniform building stock, and fire door problems here are rarely generic.
Properties around Poole Harbour, Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs sit in a salt-air environment that corrodes hinges, closers and latches faster than inland sites, and timber leaves that move seasonally can drift out of gap tolerance between one inspection and the next.
The Victorian and Edwardian conversions of Poole Old Town and Parkstone frequently have fire doors retro-fitted into original openings, where frame condition and packing matter as much as the leaf itself. Meanwhile the town's substantial holiday-let and HMO stock changes hands and use regularly, and doors get altered, wedged or damaged in ways the original specification never anticipated.
Knowing those patterns means we look in the right places first, and give you advice rooted in the building in front of us.
Need fire door work in Poole?
Tell us what you're dealing with and we'll advise on the most practical route to compliance. No pressure, no jargon.