Mike North

Current 5266

If it is a fire exit door, then no. As for a gate, that all depends on whether you can still get to a place of safety which may or may not be off the premises.

Communal spaces (which would include doors opening on to the space) are covered under the RRO and a fire risk assessment should be in place, as the lease holder you are probably responsible. Any insurance company will ask to see the latest fire risk assessment before they payout following a fire

In the event of a fire the first port of call for the insurers would be the fire risk assessment, if that mentioned the door is not compliant then there will no no payout. Then will be the fire authority looking at the assessment, which may lead to a prosecution under the RRO as you have ignored the recommendation of the FRA. As for time limits once a FRA has been completed, the actions should be completed in a reasonable time frame, given they are quoting 12 weeks delivery I’d say 16 weeks would be reasonable. As for lack of funding for a valid reason, that would be down to the man in the curly wig

Neil If they become unavailable, I have a major problem since I have approximately 10,000 of them

Depends on the door but they are allowed

Provided that there are no doors above, I agree

There is no legal requirement to have the CF number on the top of the door, it merely proves that the door blank manufacturer was a member of the scheme at the time of manufacture. It does however make it easier to prove the door is a fire door, the invoice should provide this information. The brush seal is there for cold smoke and not fire

You don’t need to get the doors signed off, unless the hotel wants 1/3 party accreditation, then yes he can as long as is a member of the scheme

If you are using the same pocket, you may need an intumescent gasket, but as long as all parts carry CE marks you should be OK

For an additional cost of £320 per door I would change the doors. If they are the original doors, you have had your moneys worth out of them.

Since you have a shared landing, yes

These dimensions may be of use Halspan FD30

There must be a protected route from the loft to the building exit, unfortunately been open plan this is no longer an option, therefore to compensate you need an L1 fire alarm.

Smoke seals are designed to contact the closed door edge, that what they will stop the passage of smoke. They should not overly hinder the door from closing, however if the seals are too tight then they can cause an over-pressure delaying or even stopping the door from closing

As long as it is stopped horizontally, no

You need to look at BS 8214 Table 2 to 5, all suggest some form of gap that should be filled.

In most cases on a 30 min door pads are not required, however you must refer back to the door assessment (which obviously you can’t). For a FD30 hardwood door, personally I would forget the intumescent pads. Should I fit intumescent pads behind my fire door hinges? - Armada (armadadh.com) In many cases (but not all), the fire test assessment for the door states that for standard sized FD30 doors, intumescent hinge pads are not required. For instance the BM Trada Field of Application Report for the Strebord 44mm FD30 door core states that hinge pads are not required for doors of height 2670mm and under. Doors of height 2671mm and over need 1mm intumescent pads under both hinge leaves. Likewise, BM Trada’s Field of Application Report for the Halspan Optima 30 door core, simply says; hinge intumescent protection not required. And a third example is Jeld-Wen’s Tubeboard FD30 door core, where the Certifire Certificate of Approval also says; none required.

The only way to prove the door is compliant is to provide a certificate or conduct a burn test

Andy, This is probably a dictat from the NHS, I have the same from the DIO. In some cases, it does make sense. 1. The door guard must be positioned so that the alarm is loud enough to close the door. 2. You need a management control to close the doors over night to stop the doors twisting over time. Also para C6 approved doc B C6 If a self-closing device would be considered to interfere with the normal approved use of the building, self-closing fire doors may be held open by one of the following. a. A fusible link, but not if the doorset is in an opening provided as a means of escape unless it complies with paragraph C7. b. An automatic release mechanism activated by an automatic fire detection and alarm system. c. A door closer delay device.

Intumescent pads have never been a requirement for FD20 doors (unless there is a specific requirement in the manufactures instructions). The current regulations only require a FD20 door (not smoke) for an enclosure of a stairwell for a single-family dwelling you could argue the point with the surveyor. It is common practice and has been for some considerable time to use 1 and ½ hinged on all heavy door sets (not just fire doors) so you may wish to add a hinge.

Protected shafts 8.6 Stairs and service shafts connecting compartments should be protected to restrict the spread of fire between the compartments. These are called protected shafts. Walls or floors surrounding a protected shaft are considered to be compartment walls or compartment floors.

A door can swing in either direction as long as there is less than 60 people expected to use the door

If it is a residential children’s care home, why would you not protect the stairwell.