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12 November 2025 | Fireco

Marina Care Home improves safety with upgraded fire doors

Site overview Sector: Health and Social Care Service: Fire door installation Door quantity: 29 Customer requirements: • A significant upgrade of substandard fire doors.

The client:

Managed by the Frances Taylor Foundation, Marina House is a residential home in Hove for 9 individuals with learning and physical disabilities. Since opening in 1994, its main focus has been the support of residents in a care package based on their own specific needs, adopting an approach of Person Centred Active Support.

Premises required a safety upgrade

“The issue we were facing was that our building needed a significant upgrade because our fire doors were substandard,” explains Sandra Davies, Registered Manager of the home. “The Risk Assessors and the local Fire Department agreed that we needed to install new doors.” After looking for a reputable supplier of fire doors, Sandra and her team decided to approach Fireco.

Accredited installers provided safe fire doors

“We needed to find a good company who had exactly the type of product and service we wanted, as it was an enormous and daunting job for such a small establishment,” says Sandra. “The doors have improved the environment by providing greater protection in the event of a fire.”

Our fire door installation service

Fireco offers fully certified, primary tested doorsets that combine the highest level of quality with the best certification. Door installation, if required, is carried out by our network of professionals, all with third party BMTRADA accreditation.

"The engineers have been absolutely fabulous. They’ve been really responsive and sensitive to the needs of our service users and have just been superb. I would wholeheartedly recommend Fireco." Sandra Davies, Registered Manager

We also offer a free nationwide measure up and quote service. Visit our website or call us on 01273 320650 to request a quote.

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