Effective fire-resisting doors are vital to ensure occupants are able to evacuate to a safe place. Correctly specified and installed doors will hold back fire and smoke, preventing escape routes becoming unusable as well as preventing the spread of fire.
Fire Doors
Our Fire Door Services:
- Fire Door Installation
- Fire Door Inspections and Maintenance
- Fire Door Repairs
- Fire Door Guidance, Advice and Training
Fire Door Construction
Most internal doors are constructed of timber. These will give some limited protection against fire spread, but only a purpose-built fire-resisting door that has been tested to an approved standard will provide the necessary protection. Metal fire-resisting doors are also available and specific guidance for these follows. All fireresisting doors are rated by their performance when tested to an appropriate standard.
The level of protection provided by the door is measured, primarily by determining the time taken for a fire to breach the integrity of the door assembly, together with its resistance to the passage of hot gases and flame. It may be possible to upgrade the fire resistance of existing doors. Additional notes and guidance is available on Glazing, Hinges and Self Closing doors and devices from RES.
Fire Safety Regulations
We have all seen or done it before! A fire door wedged open on a hot sunny day or the fire door propped open so that people can easily pass, however premises can be fined and it is dangerous to do this, in fact it is a direct contravention of Fire Safety Regulations in the UK.
In the event of a fire, this hazardous practice will result in the fire spreading quicker, causing more damage and putting people’s lives at risk.
Fire door inspections
Good practice is to inspect timber fire-resisting door sets on a six monthly basis as part of a programme of planned preventive maintenance. These inspections are aimed at identifying defects such as:
- Missing or ineffective self-closing devices
- Damaged doors or frames
- Removal of locks without suitable repairs to the integrity of the doors
- Poorly fitting doors caused by distortion or shrinkage, or as a result of wear and tear
- Newly fitted, but inappropriate, door furniture
- Doors which have been replaced using non-fire-resisting types
- Missing mandatory fire door signage (does not apply to flat entrance doors)
We provide fire door reports and surveys per which are usually costed per door. Fire door reports are visually inspected and a written report with photos is provided. We recommend you call us with details of your specific needs so we can provide the best service to meet your needs.
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Our team of engineers can install a variety of fire doors to meet your requirements as well as door inspections, maintenance and repairs.
RES provides fire resisting doors for the South of England including the counties of Berkshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent including London, Aldershot, Basingstoke, Beaconsfield, Bracknell, Egham, Farnham, Guildford, Henley on Thames, High Wycombe, Maidenhead, Marlow, Newbury, Oxford, Reading, Slough, St Albans, Staines, Swindon, Watford, Windsor, Woking, Wokingham..
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