Fire-resisting timber doorsets
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Fire-resisting doorsets, as distinct from single 'fire door' leaves, are precisely designed and engineered component sets required to perform three main functions:
- To protect escape routes from the effects of fire (including smoke) so occupants can leave safely
- To protect the contents and/or structure of the building by limiting the fire spread (an insurance requirement)
- To permit fire fighting
This Choose and Use sheet covers the major points relating to fire doors and fire door components.
This sheet details the most common specifications for fire-doors, the important considerations to be made for each of the components in the door as well as the various testing, assessment and certification schemes which cover fire doors.
Contents:
- Testing, assessment and certification
- Components
- Essential hardware
- Intumescent seals
- Smoke seals
- Glazing
- Door frames
- Installation
- Maintenance
- Regulatory requirements and advice
- Performance specification
Suggested Reading
Fire-resisting doorsets: A builder's guide
Fire-resisting doorsets, as distinct from single 'fire door' leaves, are precisely designed and engineered component sets required to perform three main functions:
- To protect escape routes from the effects of fire (including smoke) so occupants can leave safely (includes lofts and conversions)
- To protect the contents and/or structure...
01/01/2013 | Magazine Article
Upgrading timber doorsets for fire resistance
This Wood Information Sheet gives guidance on assessing the suitability of existing doors for upgrading to give a 20 or 30 minutes' fire resistance comparable with that of purpose-made fire doors. Upgrading to 60 minutes' performance will rarely be possible.
Upgrading the fire resistance of existing doors is...
11/04/2017 | Wood Information Sheet
Fire doors: seeing the end game
Mark Cummings, deputy technical manager of Chiltern International Fire, discussses the role of fire testing in the overall design of a building.
Understanding the logistics of how components come together to make an end product, whether its a fire-rated doorset or a finished building, is an important part of...
01/01/2011 | Magazine Article
