Fire Exit Door Mechanism

Fire door standards and legislative requirements.

Fire exit door mechanism.

A large range of options are available to customise your steel fire exit door from push bars and pads to vision panels and door closers. Fire door closers we offer a huge range of overhead fire door closers with ten year warranty. Fire doors are inside buildings residential and commercial and are internal doors that need to be kept closed in order to stop the spread of fire between different areas of a building. Manufactured of extruded anodized aluminum and stainless steel springs it is durable enough for the most demanding applications and is a fire rated device.

The exit device is suitable for all doors aluminum hollow metal or wood where there is no projection on the face. Emergency exit doors should never be blocked and if secured then they must be able to be released in an emergency when the building is occupied. Often normal entry exit doors will serve as final exits in non domestic premises covered by the rro regulatory reform fire safety order 2005 such as offices shops pubs and common areas of flats and hmo s houses in multiple occupation and in the premises covered by the building regulations. The affordable security fire exit door is made from thick gauge steel and a 2 point security push bar mechanism for an easy escape route.

When pressed it the exit device retracts it s latch allowing the pedestrian to push the door open and exit the building. Emergency exits can be used as main entry and exit doors and be included as part of correctly specified locking system or access control system. This normally requires the use of a fire rated mechanical exit device on the door. Fire doors are essential safety devices in apartment blocks and workplaces designed to ensure maximum safety in emergencies and we have a comprehensive range of fire exit hardware designed to maximise the efficient functioning of your fire doors at all times.

To exit pedestrians press on the horizontal flat face of the exit device. A rim cylinder is not included. If the exit door is both an emergency exit door and a fire separation door the hardware used on the door must provide positive latching of the door even when it is unlocked. Contrary to what some might believe there is a difference between fire doors and fire exit doors.