BG Apertures

Where required, apertures should only be introduced into certified fire doors by the fire door manufacturer or an approved aperture cutting license. BG Apertures offer this service as an approved FAST Scheme member.

Within the BWF-Certified scheme provision is made for suitably accredited organisations to cut glazing apertures under quality controlled conditions. Specifically, BG Apertures operate an IS09000 quality management system within its joiners shop, and accordingly can prepare any aperture, which is allowed under the base fire doors certification

At BG Apertures we know that fire doors are one of the most vital components of any building. Their specification, installation and regular maintenance are determined by both the Building Regulations and numerous British Standards. Getting it 100% right is our responsibility.

The Building Regulation strongly recommends that a third-party certificated fire door assembly should always be used. Companies or individuals involved in projects using fire doors should never compromise on these regulations.

BG Aperture have the only Fireshield Aperture Service Team in the area with a license to provide an aperture cutting service, plus glazing, which enables you to comply with all current legislation.

Specialising in short lead times and competitive pricing, we can supply:

Ply faced internal 1/2 hour and 1 hour doors
Ply faced external 1/2 hour and 1 hour doors
All veneered doors
Cut to size, fully lipped ply faced door blanks - 1/2 hour and 1 hour rated

Covered by our ISO 9001 - 2000 certification, you can be totally confident in fire doors certificate number.

Door Servicing

Door servicing is a term for modifying and reworking doors using the advanced equipment within our facility. Customers can specify servicing for hinges, locks, kick plates, letter boxes, intumescent seals, smoke seals, handles, locking systems, vision panels and security eye peeps. Having this work completed prior to site delivery means that expensive and labourious on-site door servicing can be avoided or minimised, saving time and money.

We have the capacity and equipment to allow us to handle large volumes of door servicing, together with the ability to offer extremely short lead times for this type of work. Contact us to find out how we can fulfil your door servicing needs.

Hinges - Saves hours of time, hinge rebates are available pre-cut to exact dimension of hinges.
Kick plates - Rebating for kick plates to allow totally flush kick plate fitting.

Intrumescent Seals - Designed to expand when exposed to specific levels of heat, these seals can be incorporated in the door lips giving extra protection

Smoke Seal Rebates

Effective smoke seals provide a permanent barrier to the smoke, they will also provide useful thermal or acoustic insulation.

Locking Systems - Apertures for locking systems can be precision cut to fit a variety of standard door furniture

Vision Panels - Glazing options, which meet Certifire standards available in a variety of shapes and sizes, seen here with the flush beading option. Apertures can be cut into doors in a large variety of shapes and sizes and for a range of purposes: vision panels, letterboxes, security eye peeps and more.

Rebating - Allowing door pairs to close flush with no gap.

Finishing Options

There are various different types of finishing available, but the final specification and look of your doors is limited only by your imagination and budget. A choice of veneers, which can be applied can be found on Premdor's website www.premdor.co.uk.

Beading Details: Specific bead details are used to ensure compliance with fire certification.

Diagram to show materials used in an aperture door. Click to enlarge

Vision panels

The most popular vision panel styles are shown below, although other designs can be accommodated. All aperture dimensions shown are cut-out sizes and the appropriate margin should be deducted to give the clear view size. A selection of glazing systems is available to suit styles as shown.

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