Fire Exits

Hi, I'm just looking for some advice really. I work in a high school and we have emergency break glass devices for our door access system. The issue is we have pupils constantly pressing the break glass which obviously releases the door until it is reset. Is there any other solution that can help solve our issue? Would a switch for example be good enough as it would cut the power when pressed as a break glass would, but when released it would lock again? Thanks in advance.

Hello. Im am wondering if you can offer advice or point out any legislation regarding implementing a safe home fire exit route for our 15 year old disabled son who is autistic ? We have a 100 year old stone terrace house with only one entrance door. We had a 1st floor extension built a few years ago and our local council stipulated that the end window had to open outwards like a door to give us a safe exit straight onto the flat kitchen roof in case of fire. The flat roof has two low walls down each side and a sheer drop down to concrete at the end.We didnt think this was safe for our son and so we started to construct decking ( to reduce the drop from the window to the…

Is it ok to put upvc blinds iin front of a fire exit door,the blind/curtains are 200m in width and 2m in hight and multi colour The fire exits are to be used by children

Good Morning, Please can you advise if you are able to fit a digital lock to the outside of a fire exit door to enable access from the outside in? Many Thanks, Lucy

Can help please. Our Church has recently been broken in to on two occasions,the felons gained access by forcing a screwdriver or something similar in our fire exit door at the point of closure. I wondered if there is some sort of metal cover or plate available that we could put over this vulnerable point. Regards Rob

I am designing the interior of a ground and first floor office for 80 persons. There is 1 stairs and lift to first floor. The stairs do not have a lobby on ground and first floor. Do I need to build a lobby

I am after a solution. We have 3 fire exit doors that lead out onto a roof. the tenants keep going on to the roof. The previous management company decided to lock these doors with FB1 keys, which is wrong according to the fire risk assessment. Is there a reasonable and easy solution to this by keeping these doors as fire escapes without tenants going through them. Kind Regards Sean

I am confused by external doors that would be used in the case of fire. Are all external doors emergency doors or do they become so as soon as an illuminated exit sign is fitted to any potential door that leads to the outside?

I was emailing to ask for advice. We are a small charity with a hall at the back of our building which we hire for private functions to raise funds for our services. The hall currently has 3 fire exits with one being at the back of the hall with access to a garden and a pathway to the front of the building. This fire door is a double fire door which is operated by push bars. We currently have it alarmed so upon unauthorised exit the alarm will sound. Our licensing agreement for the property prevents us from using the garden for hired events as our garden backs onto a residential area. However although we have the doors alarmed unfortunately we still have a lot of trouble …

Hi everyone, came across this forum whilst looking for regulations on fire exits but all the documentation fried my brain and left me not much wiser really. I need to find out how far away from a fire exit you can have an obstruction externally. We have a fire exit door from our commercial premises and we need to install an oil tank outside the building, we have been told my a plumber that we are ok to install an oil tank in the mentioned area but I wanted to clarify before we go ahead with anything. As soon as you're out from a fire exit, how many metres, if any, have got to be left as a clear path? I'm in Wales if that makes any difference. Any help woul…

I am the superintendent at a new pharmacy in a new surgery. We have 2 entrances one at the front of the pharmacy and one at the rear. The rear entrance is a fire door and is next to the car park so deliveries are made through this door and the staff enter and exit also through this door. The patients only have access through the front door which has a shutter which is closed at night ( it is therefore only an aperture during working hours). My question is it is acceptable to use the fire door as we are doing for staff coming and going and for deliveries? Secondly as it opens outward onto a pathway is it permissible to put self closing hinges to prevent hitting a patient a…

I have an offer on a property, a four bedroom Victorian Townhouse. In the loft conversion that is being used for bedroom is a small fire hatch that enters next doors property. This is a security risk. What can be done about this and can it be blocked up now. Kind Regards David

Hi, I work at a dental surgery and we were previously told by a fire officer that a ground floor window was a secondary fire exit. All fire exit doors already have the appropriate signage. Is it necessary to use such signage and lighting on all accessible ground floor windows which may be considered secondary fire exits? I would be grateful for your advice. Many Thanks, Niamh

Hi - I'm a volunteer with a charity. We need to instal a fire door in a disabled toilet , and it must be a sliding door or any other design that does not block the fire exit route. Have you any advice, especially about the ease with which wheelchair users can open such a door. Thanks and regards Chris

hi, I just want some advice about a Council owned block, its a maisonette. there is a door way that has been drilled shut with screws, people class it as a fire exit door way but there's no signs on it that shows its an actual fire exit and also it leads into the corridors. and there are fire exit doors that lead into the corridors near the stairs. I just want to know if it is an actually fire exit, you have to have a key to open it from the outside but ther's a turning handle where you can open it from the other side, is it the law to have fire exit signs on a fie exit door, if there's no signs does that mean its not one? all people just use this area door way for is n…

Hello, I work in an office with a labelled fire door, leading to the only escape route, but the door is kept locked when we are in the office and the key is kept in a code-locked key-safe to which only 2 people know the code (and no- one who works in the room in question). I'm hoping you can tell me if this is legal or not - I assume not. Many thanks.

Just a small concern, We have used push bar panic bars on a site, (an assisted living care) We have used green bars, as I understand it this is correct as they are to stand out. Is this correct? Thanks

Nightclub with a metal fire escape. Fire doors are propped open every night and customers use them to go down to smoking area and back up into club. Is this permitted? Any relevant regulations.

THE DAYHOME MY DAUGHTER GOES TO HAS LATCHES ON THE OUTSIDE OF BEDROOM DOORS, I'M A LITTLE FREAKED OUT AND WAN TO KNOW IF THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD?

Hi, I'm wondering if you would know the answer to this. We work in a building where many people (deliveries, etc) mistakenly come to the fire-exit door, knock and wait. There's no handle but a hit-pad and we're a bit concerned we might end up damaging the mechanism through repeated non-essential use. We'd like to put a fire-exit sign on the outside but aren't sure if there are any rules we need keep to (size, design, etc) as it isn't to inform people inside of an escape route but to inform people outside they're at the wrong door. It would be nice to be able to use something a little more discreet like a brass plaque as it is an old building but we are not sure if that …

is my back door a fire exit, I live alone and have been told by my landlord that I am in breach because my back door is not clear.my back door has a screen door and two locks, this I find odd being a fire exit, please can you advise me.

I live in a maisonette with a shop below. I have only one entrance/exit to my house. There is a communal walkway for access to my house along with a rear fire exit for the shop. The problem is when the shop open their fire exit it completely blocks the passageway making it impossible to get past. Surely from a h&s point of view this can't be legal. As if there was a fire we could potentially be blocked in our house. Thanks for any help Joe

A complex problem which has me pulling my hair out! Please excuse the pre-amble but essential. I bought an ex public county council property it's only land is an enclosed area 10-12ft wide to the side, our access passes down our path and through our heavy gate onto the street. The other side of this land is the side wall of the Parish Hall, a few years ago they put in a side exit door (solid)without planning permission, opening directly onto our land, they also have a gate at the back of their building that opens onto our land. We have challenged the side door and gate, and in order to defend them and to gain popular approval, they have claimed these doors are fire exit…

Is it ok to only use the top latch on a verticle panic device if it is in a fire wall? Or is it required to have both top and bottm latches positively latching?

I'm currently carrying out some work on a restaraunt, and have had a bit of a disagreement with the client about the stair case.. The building is quite old, and has been used as a restaraunt for quite some time, so this is just a refurb and not change of use. The entrance door opens in to a wine bar area, with a 1/2 hour fire door opening onto the stairs. On the half landing there is a door leading onto a fire escape to the rear of the property. The stairs then lead onto the first floor, straight into the main restaraunt area, with two double doors immediately to the left of the stairs leading to the kitchen. Originally the stairs carried on to the flat above, but the…