Fire Doors and Accessories

Hi, I am a leaseholder in an ex-council flat. It is 4th floor but the entry to the flat is from a 5th floor open walkway, so you go downstairs to the living area. The stairs come down to the hall in the centre of the flat with living room and enclosed kitchen on one side separated from the hall by an old fire door. The bedrooms are off the hall on the other side. The overall length of the flat is about 12m so it does not quite fall within the minimum escape route distances. I want to replace the fire door with a glazed screen comprising a glazed door, glazed side panel and glazed fanlight above. This would widen the frame opening, though the door would be the same si…

Hi Tom, A set of double fire doors in my workplace has recently had a change in door hardware. Magnetic locks have been removed and replaced with door closers and a digital lock. The doors now have exposed penetrations due to the removal of the magnetic locks. Would it be possible to plug the holes or would the fire doors require replacing? Regards Dave

Hi there , I am a time served carpenter & joiner of 34 year doing the job I love. Hung, swung , fitted countless doors of all shapes and sizes . Can someone out there please tell me I'm not going mad but I've been told that to hang and fit fire doors I need to pay £2500 for a licence before I can do the work .?

Is there any regulation on how deep to chop the 4 inch butt hinge, does it have to have one leaf chopped into the door and one into the Frame? Or is it ok to chop the hinge double depth into the door and screw the other leaf to the frame and not chop into the Frame

Set of stairs leads top of building. End of stairs there is a 5 metre walk to the front door of apartment. Should there be a fire door in between top of stairs and front door? Also opposite the front door is a final exit door that could can lead to a horizontal escape to next buildings terrace. This door has no push bar but a key in a glass box. Alsoooo...The stairs don't have any manual or automatic ventilation, is this place in need of some work???

In my 6 storey building of offices on floors 5 to 6 there are no automatic fire detection systems on these floors but call points. The fire doors on these floors have a 8mm gap with no Instumicent strips or cold seals. However the landing past the fire door do have sensors. Do the doors conform??

Hi I have been asked from a care home to reduce the gaps down to 3mm sides and top, on 30 Mon fire doors. Is adding a 10mm hardwood lat to the door edge still pass a certified fire door thanks John.

Dear All, Can I finish a fire rated timber door leaf with a stainless steel finish? Does this affect the fire rating? Thank you.

Hello, we own a 4 storey town house, built in 1999. Every internal door has self closing chains fitted. This appears to be a requirement on your web site. The Building Regulations 2010 were amended in 2013 and state 'other than doors between a dwelling house and an integral garage, fire doors need not be provided with internal closing devices'. Does this mean we can remove our self closing chains? Is the situation different if we let the property to tenants in future? It will not be an HMO let. Thank you. Regards, Steve

Hi, We have a set of fire doors for our kitchen, that open both ways as they push a food trolley in and out of the kitchen. The doors shut when not in use and meet in the centre. The also have intumescent strips around the doors. The hinge is fitted from the floor and above the door going into the bottom and top of the door. Are doors that swing both ways acceptable or against Fire Safety? Thanks a lot for your help. Kind regards, Gary

Hello there. I have an FD60 door to a boiler room which is due to be upgraded. Will a 15mm combined intumescent/cold smoke strip be sufficient or would a 20mm be preferable? Kind Regards, Brian

Good afternoon, I am interested in purchasing ply flush fire doors but was wondering if shallow router groves can be added as a decorative feature. Is they a maximum depth ? I would appreciate any help on this matter Kind regards Claire

Flat is located above a pub premise. In a rented flat with no inner rooms and 2 exit routes, do all habitable rooms still require Fire doors to protect the escape route/corridor?

I am looking for information as to what height I should put the 'Fire Door Keep Shut' signage on my new fire doors. There does not seem to be a statutory height that I can find in the Building Regulations.

Hi We have an exit from the office that goes into the warehouse, I originally thought of this as a fire exit as it has a push bar on the inside but as it does not lead outdoors so does this mean it is classed as a fire door? It has a handle on the outside and is used regular for access from the warehouse to the office and vice versa. I have had a health and safety advisor tell me we should not be using it. Is it ok for us to use this door as we do? should I replace the push bar handle with a normal handle if we are going to continue to use it regular? Thanks Polly

Can you replace floor spring door closer with an over head door closer (this is for a fire door)? I am struggling to find the correct floor spring closer so wanted to know whether I could fit and an overhead one on the same door instead?

Thanks I look forward to your response. Do I need a fire door closure in addition to the retainer. If I installed a fire door retainer, would this work on a door that doesn't stay open on it's own? I have an indoor fire door within the office. It doesn't hold open on it's own. Hi

If the only door into a particular area is a fire door, and people regularly work in that area should that fire door be closed even when somebody is working in that area. If there is a fire outside that door the person would be trapped inside the area. If there is a fire inside the area again person could be overcome by smoke and people on outside may not realise what has happened inside area.

When replacing a fire door are you able to use a fire door with glazing in every external and internal area, please? thanks Paul

Can you tell me if there is any benefit of having flush double fire doors over rebated double fire doors. Also in what event would I need to fit a door selector? Would there ever be a need for one with a flush double fire door set?

Does a carpenter needs to be registered/certified in order to carry out fire door and self closing device fitting job? Or any carpenter can do this job to a legal requirement level for a HMO house

I have created a fire door log for regular inspections of the doors and will be doing a similar log for the fire escape doors, do I need to do the same for doors not labelled as fire doors or fire escapes? I would also like to know if new fire doors need to be certified and CE marks on the ironmongery and if so, when this became a requirement?

I am new to health and safety and I'm currently assessing the fire doors in my place of employment, can anyone advise me what the doors on a goods lift should be checked for?

Hi All. Can someone please help me? I am a Carpenter/ builder and just finish a job which is listed below. the home owner has asked me for a certificate so that I can get paid? I made it very clear before I started the job that I could not supply a certificate but only those issued by the manufactures? How do I go about this? Here is the list and details of what I did. 1.. took out existing glass in transom and replace with 7.2 Pyrogaurd. fitted them with hardwood beading, glued, screwed, and 30min fire seal tape both sides. All glass are etched I basically followed instruction I found online. 2.. Removed existing 100mm steel hinges and…

Hi, I am considering the installation of a Dorgard fire door retainer. However, I have heard that the Dorgard is 'best suited for retrofit installation and should not be used on fire doors leading onto staircases.' Can you please let me know the specific regulation relating to this so I can pass it on to my client. I cannot understand why this limitation applies. Thanks. David