Fire Door Frame Details

A fire door is a door with a fire resistance rating sometimes referred to as a fire protection rating for closures used as part of a passive fire protection system to reduce the spread of fire and smoke between separate compartments of a structure and to enable safe egress from a building or structure or ship.

Fire door frame details.

Center hinge omitted on 6 8 2032mm 1 3 8 34 5mm doors unless specified. Nowadays it is easy to purchase certificated fire door frames and these will carry a label to identify the applicable fire rating. In north american building codes it along with fire dampers is often referred. The practice of knocking up a door frame on site or in a workshop hanging a door and believing that the result constituted a valid fire door installation was never correct.

Backbend return face stop soffit rabbet throat. Terminology used in describing these frames follows as closely as possible the american national standard for nomenclature for steel doors and steel door frames ansi a250 7. Protection association for fire doors and fire windows nfpa 80 and the door components installation instructions. Architectural specifications are to be consulted to determine the appropriate sealant material to be used at fire door or smoke control frames.

Product overview fire rated steel doors for commercial industrial applications. And we are certified by ul to cut re certify and label fire rated glazing materials. Door frames should be purchased from the door manufacture or from a company licensed to manufacture them or via a bwf approved fire door centre. 111 a recommended standard steel door frame details.