Fire Resistant Door
A fire-resistant door is there to protect the inhabitants of a building. They are installed in halls, lobbies (the area between a stairway and a corridor) and stairways. Their function is to protect these locations from smoke and fire so residents and other people in the building can leave safely in the event of a fire. But they also help firefighters bring fires under control and put them out.
Specifications for a fire-resistant door
The UK’s Fire Brigade specifies that fire-resistant doors should have at least three hinges and withstand a temperature of 800ºC. The main difference to standard doors is the thickness of the door. This is because fire retardant materials are included in its construction to meet official fire ratings.
Fire-resistant door ratings
Fire doors must conform to specified resistance ratings to meet the required safety standards. Fire-resistant doors are assigned an FD rating. The four most common FD ratings used are:
- FD30. This fire door provides 30 minutes of fire resistance.
- FD60. This level of fire door provides 60 minutes of fire resistance.
- FD90. This standard of fire door provides 90 minutes of fire resistance.
- FD120. Fire doors with this FD rating provide 120 minutes of fire resistance.
If there is more than one fire-resistant door along the fire exit route, the fire resistance time increases significantly as each door slows down the spread of the fire. This is called compartmentalisation and helps to protect everyone should a fire break out in a building.
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The new Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
In January 2023, new and updated fire safety regulations were introduced regarding fire door safety and maintenance in residential buildings. It’s important to note that these new regulations only apply to England and apply to owners of residential buildings, as well as others who have control over the building, such as land or managing agents.
The new regulations now require all residential buildings of multiple occupancy to have fire-resistant doors installed in entrances, corridors, lobbies and stairways, doors accessing plant rooms, service risers and cupboards that house equipment. This includes houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs), self-contained flats within buildings and rooms let in a shared property.
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All fire-resistant doors must be installed by a trained, experienced person, like our fully qualified fire-resistant door installers at J&D Carpentry Services.
At J&D Carpentry Services, we supply and install fire-resistant doors to your bespoke requirements. Our team is trained to follow all manufacturer’s installation instructions to ensure the correct fire prevention methods are adhered to for your safety.
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Are you in the market for a fire door – or several – today? If so, why not arrange for the team here to come out and take a look at your premises? We will be able to advise on the type of fire door you need, together with a time scale and approximate cost. Call us on 01603 552 627. You can also drop us an email via [email protected].