Fire-rated Door Standards in the United States and Europe

The fire-rated door is used together with the frame, and it refers to a door that can meet the requirements of fire stability, integrity and thermal insulation within a certain period of time. The fire door is a protective measure to separate the building from fire. They are usually used in firewalls, stairwell entrances or pipe wells to separate fire and smoke.

 

The fire-rated door not only has the function of an ordinary door, but can also prevent the spread of fire within a certain period of time and ensure the evacuation of people from the building. That is, it has the function of preventing the spread of fire and smoke.

 

The fire-rated doors play a very important role and must meet national standards before they can be installed. Then, let's take a look at the inspection standards for fire doors in different areas:

 

1. Fire proof door standards in the United States

In daily use, when fires break out, the fire door can prevent the fire from spreading from the source to other places.

Protected areas within buildings. NFPA 80 recommends regular inspection and maintenance plans implemented and managed by the property management department.

 

NFPA 101 also requires that specific doors to be inspected and tested at least once a year, firewalls, barriers and partitions should be maintained in accordance with NFPA 80.

 

NFPA 80 requires the following content to be tested:

(1) No open holes or breaks exist in surfaces of either the door or frame.

(2)Glazing, vision light frames, and glazing beads are intact and securely fastened in place, if so equipped.

(3) The door, frame, hinges, hardware, and non-combustible threshold are secured, aligned, and in working order with no visible signs of damage.

(4) No parts are missing or broken.

(5) Door clearances at the door edge to the frame, on the pull side of the door, do not exceed clearances list in 4.8.4 and 6.3.1.

(6) The self-closing device is operational, that is, the active door completely closes when operated from the full open position.

(7)If a coordinator is installed, the inactive leaf closes before active leaf.

(8) Latching Hardware operators and secures the door when it is in the closed position.

(9) Auxiliary hardware items that interfere or prohibit operations are not installed on the door or frame.

(10) No field modifications to the door assembly have been performed that void the label.

(11)Casketing and edge seals, where required, are inspected to verify their presence and integrity

 

The installation of UL-certified equipment and products without the UL mark may be due to factory labeling errors or unintentional removal of the label. It is also possible that the equipment has undergone minor modifications.

 

To be eligible for this service, the certified device or product must also be manufactured in a UL-authorized manufacturing facility in accordance with our follow-up service requirements.

 

In addition, the certified equipment or product should not be used for more than one year or covered by the general coverage category of the mark. If qualified, all products and equipment can be labeled on the spot.

 

2. Fire rated door standards in Europe

Compared with other European countries, the British fire code is very complete and comprehensive. To understand the European door hardware, it is very helpful to refer to the British Fire Code.

 

Britain has always followed the British standard of BS and has now become a more complete CE/EN standard. Before the EN standard coding, BS was added and became the national standard of the UK, such as BS EN1154. The UK has used the same fire door detection standard EN1634 as Europe.

  

Fire door hardware must also pass the fire detection EN1634 together with the fire door. Fire door hardware must also meet the form of CE/EN testing requirements and be certified by third-party certification bodies, such as CERTIFIRE or BRE certification, before it can be allowed to be used for fire door.

 

The following is the laboratory test of CE fire door:

Fire test: doors (fire doors and doorframes and all their hardware) will be tested according to EN 1634-1 standard. The fire test evaluates the door's ability to maintain integrity and thermal insulation for a specified period of time (30, 60 or 90 minutes).

Smoke Control Test: Fire doors must successfully prevent smoke from passing in order to meet EN 1634-3 standards.

Other related tests: durability, air permeability and water tightness, safety, acoustics, thermal transmittance, corrosion, etc.

Except the hardware on the fire door must pass the fire detection EN1634 together with the fire door. Fire door hardware must also meet the form of CE/EN testing requirements and be certified by third-party certification bodies, such as CERTIFIRE or BRE certification, before it can be allowed to be used for fire door.

 

In addition, according to legal requirements, products that meet the unified EN standards and are intended for use in fires, smoke and/or escape doors must be CE-marked before they go on sale.

The following hardware items must have clearly visible CE tags:

• Locks and door bolt

• Single axis hinges

• Door closer

• Door coordinating devices

• Panic or emergency exit devices

 

The products that D and D HARDWARE offer are tested to the most stringent international industry standards, including BS EN, CE, UL, ANSI and BHMA, include fire door hinges, fire door handles, fire door mortise locks, fire door lock cylinders,fire door closers and fire door panic bar etc., suitable for Healthcare, Education, Hotel, Government, Apartment Building, Residential and Commercial applications.

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