Already boasting the widest design range in the sector, DoorCo’s FiRECORE FD30S composite fire door range is enhanced further with more glazing, hardware and smart options across the range.
Ian Glenister, Technical & Sales Manager for DoorCo, gives us an update on the fire door market and the new products being introduced in 2026:
“The UK fire door market has been under significant scrutiny for a number of years, however today, the market represents significant opportunities for our sector. Renewed market confidence is being driven by stricter Building Safety Regulations (post-Grenfell) resulting in housing associations, local authorities, and new build developers actively specifying more composite fire doors. The key is to be in the stable, approved and ready to deliver bi-directionally tested, triple-certified doors that are compliant with BS EN 1634, are aesthetically pleasing with design options, side and top lites and glazing, that come from a strong supply chain that offers technical support.
“That’s exactly how we’re positioning our commercial customers that are in the process of onboarding FiRECORE to their product portfolio. It’s a long process and there’s significant investment involved, not only in obtaining the third-party certification to meet fire, smoke and security regulations, but also to ensure all the sufficient training, experience, and knowledge of relevant fire safety regulations and standards are met to be a “competent person”. We’re supporting customers every step of the way of the process, starting, naturally, with the product.
“With FiRECORE, we were determined to deliver a complete end-to-end, fully certified fire door solution that not only exceeds regulatory requirements but ensures complete peace of mind for the end user, and everyone in between.
“FiRECORE is accredited to EN 1634-1 from both sides, achieving 47 minutes of fire resistance, fully Q Mark 170 Scheme 3rd Party Accredited, with regular independent audits to ensure consistent quality and compliant with MHCLG Annex A recommendations, providing essential smoke and security resistance. It is also PAS 2024 security tested, incorporating a range of TS008-compliant hardware. We’ve partnered with Winkhaus to incorporate their proven FD30 / FD60 FireFrame® outerframe into the doorset, along with the Winkhaus AV2 auto-locking multi-point door lock with optional access control, which has been tested to resist security and fire including TS008 compliant letterplates, numerals, eye viewers, door knockers and security chains. This partnership means that FiRECORE is available on the FiRECORE is now part of the Winkhaus UK FireFrame Doorset Scheme.
“For 2026, we’re expanding our range further to incorporate more product permutations. For example, the popular farmhouse door offering has been enhanced with more approved glazed options using our FLiP cassette. We’ve incorporated new hardware and door furniture options from Winkhaus to the collection. We’re also introducing the option of NFC tags for digital audit trails support the “Golden Thread” of information which is a major compliance focus in the market.
“FiRECORE is proving to be an attractive proposition to the market. We have existing customers choosing to adopt FiRECORE for the high-quality specification and wide range, as well as new customers that have taken up the full ONE Supplier offering and our broad range of products to get FiRECORE into their portfolio to open up more opportunities for their businesses.
“We’re looking forward to sharing more news and updates on FiRECORE as the year progresses.”
For more information, visit: https://trade.door-co.com/firecore/
