Fire doors made before the 1980s often achieved their rating with an AIB core, invisible until the door is drilled, planed or damaged.
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Where you'll find them
Flats and HMO entrance doors, school and office corridors, plant room doors and service riser panels, anywhere a 30 or 60 minute rating was needed before modern cores existed.
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The risk
The core is sealed inside the door leaf, so an intact door is low risk. Fitting new locks, letterboxes or closers, trimming to fit carpets, or fire-door upgrade programmes are where fibres get released.
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Removal and cost
Doors are usually removed whole and double-wrapped rather than stripped, priced per door and often combined with fitting certified modern replacements, so the building stays compliant on fire as well as asbestos. Figures are industry guide rates, not Innov8 Group prices, we're typically cheaper. Contact us for an official quotation.
Send a photo for initial advice. Straightforward enquiries can usually be quoted within 24 hours. More technical works may require a site visit and assessment before we finalise the quotation.
HSE-licensed asbestos removal and environmental contractor. Surveys, removal, demolition, remediation and hazardous waste — one team, one responsibility. North West based, working UK-wide.
