Fire Door Hardware Selection and Specification

ARE YOU LEGAL?

ARE YOU LEGAL?

As the building occupier, or responsible person you

MUST

: Complete your own risk assessment, including checking of all fire doors and means of escape, or risk being fined or imprisoned.

Architectural Hardware, Doors and Access Specification WHY

do Lloyd Worrall take this route to market?

It is our opportunity to use our expertise and knowledge to assist in creating a compliant specification.

HOW

do Lloyd Worrall take this route to market?

Working with Architects, Design Teams and End Users, on new-build and refurbishment projects.

WHY

should the end user be involved?

It is their opportunity to influence a specification that they have to live with and maintain after taking ownership of the project.

HOW

can you be involved?

By creating a standard specification that travels through each project and your own building maintenance programmes.

Standard Specifications WHY

standardise at the front end? Give yourself the best chance of compliance to relevant legislation and standards.

HOW

do you do it? Research up front and create a standard specification document that becomes the culture of the building or estate.

Protect yourself

substitute equal OR approved, with equal AND approved.

Ironmongery & Access Control Package Procedures and Certification

Fire Door Hardware

Standardisation and RRFSO Obligations Considerations Equality Act 2010

BS EN 1154 classifies mechanical door closers under the following categories:

Category of use 2 grades Durability Door mass Fire resistance 2 grades 7 grades 2 grades Safety 1 grade Corrosion resistance 5 grades BS EN 1154 states that door closers with a minimum power rating of 3 should be used on a fire door.

Accessible doors as defined in BS 8300 (amended 2005) should require no more than 30 N force to open.

Manufacturers will often mention efficiency as a benchmark for quality.

Fire Door Hardware DOOR CLOSERS BS EN 1154 BS EN 1155

23Nm (30max.) >18Nm

Fire Door Hardware DOOR CLOSERS BS EN 1154 BS EN 1155

Initial Opening Force Below 30 Nm 33Nm Opening force High efficiency 30N 22.5N

Fire Door Hardware

DOOR CLOSERS

BS EN 1154 BS EN 1155

• Can be read on-site using a Plunger-type force meter.

• Position correctly.

• BS8300 allows a 10% tolerance (2-3N) .

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THE HINGE

– The unsung hero of architectural ironmongery Real Life Cycle Measurements Education (University) using a ball bearing hinge tested to 200K cycles vs bushed bearing hinge tested to 500K cycles

Application Fire exit Student bedroom Library Female toilet Cycles per annum

1,332 32,775 90,765 93,678

Years (200K hinge cycles)

150 years 6.1 years 2.2 years 2.1 years

Years (500K hinge cycles)

375 years 15.3 years 5.5 years 5.3 years

BS EN 1935 classifies hinges under the following categories:

Category of use 4 grades Durability Door mass Fire resistance 3 grades 8 grades 2 grades Safety 1 grade Security 2 grades Corrosion resistance Hinge grade 5 grades 14 grades Duty Heavy Severe Type of use High frequency of use by members of the public. Doors potentially subject to abuse or violence.

Typical applications Public, institutional and commercial buildings.

Security doors.

BS EN grade 11 12-14

Fire Door Hardware

LOCKS AND LATCHES CYLINDERS ESCAPE HARDWARE BS EN12209 BS EN 1303 BS EN 179 BS EN 1125 LEVER HANDLES BS EN 1906 ACCESS CONTROL Other Considerations: Anti-Ligature Hardware Braille and Tactile Signage/Wayfinding Antimicrobial Copper Anti-Bacterial Hardware Finger Safe Privacy – both visual and audible

WHY SPECIFY?

To Take Control

WHY STANDARDISE?

To Take Control

WHY SELECT?

To Take Control

“...where doors and their hardware represented

less than 1%

of the total building costs, then those doors and their hardware would

represent up to 80%

of the building’s maintenance costs.” (Property Services Agency, research 1980)

Door Assemblies

• Frame, leaf, essential hardware, glazing, seals.

• Arriving on site from various sources.

Doorsets

• Frame, leaf, essential hardware, glazing, seals.

• May arrive on site as components but has been tested as a set.

• One source, one certificate, one audit trail.

Summary

• Take Control Of Your Specification.

• Do The Research Up-Front.

• Collect All The Evidence You Need.

• Don’t Accept Sub-Standard “Cost Saving” Offerings.

• Create A Plan And Stick To It.

• Do It Once Based On Whole Life.

Where to Get Help

• Registered Architectural Ironmonger (RegAI) Someone who has passed the GAI Diploma and also participates in annual CPD.

• GAI Full Member Company Company must employ a DipGAI.

• FiREDOORCHECK Scheme Systematic method of undertaking fire door inspections.

Fire Door Hardware Selection and Specification

Any Questions?