September 23, 20241 yr comment_44787 Hi, can anyone confirm if the text has to be white on a fire door keep shut sign? I keep seeing them with silver text, but I think in the The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 it says the lettering needs to be white? Or it might of been in the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Anyone have some clear guidelines to this? Kind Regards.... Report
September 25, 20241 yr comment_44843 The intrinsic features of the signboard in the guidance to the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 states it should be white, but the text to the actual regulation allows for the colorimetric features be such that they can be easily seen and understood thus allowing a bit of leeway - for example photoluminescent signage doesn't have white backgrounds, more a pale yellow green. So common sense can be applied - a pedantic approach would be to say they aren't compliant, but a risk based approach is far more pragmatic and is why no enforcement agency has ever had an issue with these. If you wanted to be really strict they don't comply in white either without a pictogram! Report
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