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Over 30 Years
Exceptional industry standards
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Nationwide
Responsive teams UK-wide
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Products & Services
Fire doors, fire stopping and more
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Fully Certified
LPCB, Firas, BM Trada and ISO
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 30,000+ 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.
Delivering Projects Nationwide
With branches strategically placed across the UK, we are well positioned to deliver high standards of service, 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.
King's Dock MSCP, Wilmott Dixon
Following the devastating fire at King’s Dock multi-storey car park on New Years’ Eve 2017, the building has since been demolished, with a new waterfront car-park built by Wilmott Dixon to exceptional standards.
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King's College Hospital
Soha Housing Association, South West
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!
A Fire Door Survey is Just Checking a Fire Door, Right?
Our industry has prodded the slowly waking giant, and it is clear that businesses, facilities managers, building managers and the amazing people who work across fire safety are making inroads into resolving fire door issues. But I’m going to put this out there; inspecting a door does not improve life safety in a building, providing maintenance to ongoing defects does.
LGI Children's Cancer Ward Garden Project
Dedicating 20 hours per employee per year to volunteering initiatives, we met with our Candlelighters reps and children’s Oncology staff at Leeds General Infirmary yesterday to discuss our first collaborative project.
Celebrating Women in Construction Through Checkmate’s Newest Managers
Following both ‘International Women’s Day’ and ‘Women in Construction Week’ last month, we decided to catch up with 2 of our newest team-mates; Contracts Manager, Sarah Robertson, and Checkmate’s first ever female Site Supervisor, Charlene Clarke.
Investing in Our People
Continuing to invest in the training and development of our colleagues, we’re delighted to finish 2021 in style – with a veritable bouquet of new qualifications and accreditations!
