Why choose Checkmate Fire for Fire Doors and Fire Stopping

Putting your building compliance and safety in someone else’s hands is not just important, but critical to getting it right. Ensuring your buildings are compliant, both now and into the future, will form an important part in your overall fire strategy…

Established in 1989, Checkmate Fire is the UK’s leading passive fire protection specialist, supplying a comprehensive range of third-party accredited survey, installation and compliance services to public and private sector organisations across the country.

With more than 300 specialist personnel, we maintain passive fire safety in around 1500 buildings, along with completing 12,000+ fire door remediations or replacements every year. Providing bespoke solutions for our clients, and developing the most comprehensive range of built-in passive fire protection services in the market, Checkmate makes your buildings compliant now, and maintains this for the future.

From planning to post-installation, Checkmate provides a one-stop solution, encompassing a breadth of products, and tackling the majority of passive fire-related issues.

  • The Path to Passive Fire Compliance™

  • Independent Fire Risk Assessments (FRA's)

    We are proud to introduce our independent team of professionally trained and qualified fire risk assessors, operating UK-wide.

  • Fire door and compartmentation surveys

    We provide a comprehensive examination and report of your existing fire doors and building compartmentation.

  • Fire stopping

    Preventing the spread of fire, smoke and toxic gases, Checkmate installs fire-stopping to breaches, returning compartments to the required levels of protection.

  • Fire door repair and installation

    All of our fire door works are certified through third party accreditation under the BRE/LPCB scheme LPS 1271 and LPS1197.

  • Fire resistant glazing

    Specification, supply and installation of premium quality fire resistant glazed doors, windows and partitions, meeting EN standards and achieving fire resistances from 15 to 120 minutes.

  • Pre-Planned Maintenance, Compliance+

    Offering 3, 5 and 7-year inspection and maintenance programmes, we offer pre-planned packages to ensure full building compliance and give you peace of mind.

Delivering Projects Nationwide

With branches strategically placed across the UK, we are well positioned to deliver high standards of serivce, both regionally and nationally.

Our experienced management teams are well versed in delivering small scale solutions, alongside large, multi-million pound projects. Operating as both sub-contractor and Principal Contractor, Checkmate has huge, cross-sector versatility.

Protecting a wide range of environments, including public spaces, student accommodation, industry, offices, theatres, education centres, housing and hotels, we provide our clients with maximum safety and compliance.

Taking our clients on the path to passive fire compliance, our UK-wide company can manage your journey to complete compliance, no matter what your industry, no matter what your size.

Our People

Our people are at the heart of all we do. Through excellence, passion, integrity, curiosity, consideration, and a focus on getting it right first time, we have created a vibrant company culture, where our people can thrive, success can flourish, and our communities are protected. Our teams are passionate about passive fire protection in the built environment. Supporting apprenticeship schemes, training and development plans, and providing clear succession and career paths for our people, we like to think Checkmate is a fantastic place to work and grow.

Our Recent Work

Delivering efficient, compliant and quality-assured solutions across the UK, we work collaboratively with organisations to design, develop and implement the passive fire services required. You can take a look at some of our recent projects here.

News & Events

From exhibitions, seminars, CSR activities and training programmes, to fresh contracts, new regional offices opening and exceptional project delivery, you can read all about what’s happening at Checkmate Fire here!