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Fire Door Thickness
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:44 pm
by ROBBOX
What is the minimum thickness requirement for a fire door
Moved to carpentry forum.
Duplicate post deleted.
Ozzy
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:49 pm
by Hinton Heating
I think firedoors are measured in time, rather than thickness.
Which situation, are you wanting to place a firedoor?
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:12 pm
by ROBBOX
Hinton Heating wrote:I think firedoors are measured in time, rather than thickness.
Which situation, are you wanting to place a firedoor?
are fitted across a lobby in a club
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:52 pm
by Hinton Heating
If its a business, and seems like a special requirement, then I think you contact your local building inspector for advice.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:54 pm
by Hinton Heating
found this general info....
Fire Safety
Fire safety is crucial in houses of multiple occupation, people living in these circumstances are ten times more likely to die in a fire than those who live in ordinary owner/occupied properties. Most people die in fires by smoke inhalation and poisoning, not from fire itself.
There are three key principles involved in such fire protection works:
Contain the fire in the room where it breaks out. This is why doors have to be of half hour fire resistance with self-closures. Doors must fit snugly and the door furniture must function properly. The prime reason is not to stop fire getting in, but to stop fire and smoke getting out of the room and blocking the…
Staircase which constitutes the main means of escape in most cases. This is backed up by:
An integrated mains connected smoke alarm system.
It is also important that communal areas and hallways have:
Emergency lighting to common parts is recommended and when installed must be fused separately from the existing lighting circuit and on a battery back up.
Fire doors installed that are self closing, with three hinges and supplied with a combined heat and smoke seal to the sides of the door and the top.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:56 pm
by Hinton Heating
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:05 pm
by wood4fun
1/2 hour fire doors are 44mm thick
Overall Frame Size Door Width Clear Opening
844mm x 2039mm 757mm
920mm x 2039mm 833mm
932mm x 2066mm 845mm 755mm
1001mm x 2066mm 914mm 843mm
internal half hour fire door need to selfclosing,frames incorporating intumescent strip with integral smoke seal.
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:19 pm
by wood4fun
never wedge a fire door open :!:
Re: Fire Door Thickness
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:39 pm
by MysticalGandy
Take a look at Removed. Mod 2, thats where we got our fire doors from for our offices.
I'm sure the OP has found the answer in the 8 years since the question was asked. Mod 2.