We are pleased to share that an article by our Managing Director, Kemble Nagan, has been published in Fire Door Journal. The piece, What BS 8214:2026 changes and what it means on the ground, appears as a three-page spread in the July/August 2026 print edition and is now available on the journal's website.
BS 8214:2026 came into effect on 31 March 2026 and replaced the 2016 edition, the most significant revision to the UK's primary fire door code of practice in a decade. Plenty has been written about what changed in the document. Kemble's article focuses on something more practical: what those changes mean for the people who specify, install, inspect and maintain fire doors day to day.
The piece walks through the widened scope beyond timber doors, the shift towards evidence-based, whole-system thinking, and what each duty holder in the supply chain should be doing differently, from installers handing over complete documentation to Responsible Persons reviewing specifications that still cite the 2016 edition. If you want the full technical breakdown of the revision itself, our earlier guide to what changed in BS 8214:2026 covers it, and our BS 8214 regulation page is kept up to date as guidance develops.
DoorTRACE contributes editorial to trade publications on one simple basis: it has to be genuinely useful, and it is never paid for. Fire door compliance is full of noise, and we would rather add clear, accurate guidance than another advert. Kemble's background in compliance means the writing starts from the questions duty holders actually ask, not from a product brochure.
The article closes on a theme close to home: where records are thin, digital inspection platforms are increasingly how duty holders keep the golden thread intact. That is exactly what the DoorTRACE platform is built for: complete, current, defensible fire door records from inspection to remedial sign-off. If you would like to see it in action, get in touch.
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