Fire Door Closer Requirements

20 45 60 90 minute or 3 hour label heavy duty 18 gauge steel doors.

Fire door closer requirements.

This standard regulates the installation and maintenance of assemblies and devices used to protect openings in walls floors and ceilings against the spread of fire and smoke within into or out of buildings. 1 1 1 with the exception of fabric fire safety curtain assemblies this standard addresses assemblies that have. There are acceptable ways to hold open fire doors using electromagnetic holders or closer holder combinations that contain integral smoke detectors or are initiated by the fire alarm system. A properly sized closing device is the last of the basic fire door hardware requirements.

For this reason either spring hinges or a listed door closer is required. Metal fire doors are an economical alternative to wood fire doors when more than a 20 minute rating is required. Fire doors are required to be continuously code compliant and part of that compliance means the doors can close without any human interaction. Hardware consisting of bars that extend to at least half of the width of the door leaf.

The door should be prepped at the factory so there is no more than three quarters of an inch of clearance between the bottom of the door and the finished floor. A 1 1 see annex k for general information about fire doors. Door closer the door closer must comply with the bs en1154 standard or nfpa 80. Door and frame requirements wooden fire doors must have solid wood or mineral cores while steel doors typically have honeycombed or insulated cores.

Door lever trim the lever trim must comply with the en1634 fire rated. For example this should not be less than 30 inches and not more than 44 inches above the floor. Here are 3 types of door closers that might be present in your facility. Each one has different regulations and requirements.

For this reason either listed spring hinges or a listed door closer is required to ensure that the door will close properly. Above all equip doors with panic hardware and fire exit hardware. Fire door must be in a closed and latched position to serve as a protective barrier in the event of a fire. Alignment device if the positioner is installed on the door the inactive leaf closes before active leaf.

Steel is the sole door material to deliver a 3 hour fire rating. A fire door must be in a closed and latched position to serve as a protective barrier in the event of a fire.