Fire Door Automatic Closer Regulations

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Fire door automatic closer regulations.

This means that in the event of a fire all of these doors will close and latch without a person s help. All fire doors have an additional safety feature they must be self closing and self latching. All dedicated fire doors other than those to locked cupboards and service ducts should be fitted with fire door closers. Only fire rated hardware may be fitted to fire rated doors.

This is accomplished through the use of a closer or spring hinge and a fire rated lockset or exit device. Either residential or commercial in these environments any fire door that acts as a dead end to a common corridor or any corridor that connects two or more storey exits or any fire door providing access to external escape stairs or other exit routes should all have fire doors fitted with appropriate automatic door closers. Door hardware will eventually have 21 new en standards. In the case of fire doors the lock must be self latching and be fire rated in accordance with as1905 1.

It is a duty of care to ensure that all exit doors are safe and functional and bca code compliant. This standard regulates the installation and maintenance of assemblies and devices used to protect openings in walls floors and ceilings against the spread of fire and smoke within into or out of buildings. A fire rated automatic door closer must also be fitted. A 1 1 see annex k for general information about fire doors.

1 1 1 with the exception of fabric fire safety curtain assemblies this standard addresses assemblies that have.