Door hardware must be fire listed and comply with the national fire protection association s nfpa80 standard for fire doors and fire windows hinges.
Fire door without threshold.
A fire door is a door with a fire resistance rating.
The door panel and frame are both made from galvanneal steel to secure and protect your home or building.
When nfpa 80 requires sills to have a minimum width of 4 inches some have interpreted that to mean that fire door assemblies are required to have a 4 inch wide threshold.
The frame is compatible with walls that have a thickness of 4 7 8 in.
When speaking with manufacturers however a common statement is that a fire doors gap of up to 8 mm underneath the door is permissible.
Doors up to 4 0 wide and 8 0 tall can use standard weight 134 thickness.
Fire door assemblies are not typically required to have thresholds so defining the terminology helps to establish that the minimum 4 inch sill is actually part of the.
And can be used with new masonry and drywall construction when the wall is being built.
The growing field of access control and electronic entry systems has resulted in some fire doors being field modified without proper listing agency approval.
The door and frame assembly is fire rated with a 1 1 2 hours fire rating.
Bs9999 2008 recommends for fire doors with cold smoke control that the threshold gap should be either less than 3mm in height or should be fitted with a threshold seal.