Fire protection is one of the most important and also one of the most
common necessity whenever you are constructing, buying or living in an
establishment. Inside a building you can install various types of fire protection
systems and fire door is one of them. Nowadays you will observe fire doors in
every establishment you will whether it is a residential or a commercial
building. The current post will discuss what exactly do you mean by fire door
and why do you need a fire door to be installed in your establishment.
What Is A Fire Door?
Fire door or simply fire rated door is a special type of door with fire
resistance capacity. It prevents the spread of fire inside any establishment. It
is one of the crucial fire protection equipment that every establishment should
have. It is also an important type of passive fire protection. Passive fire
protection is an essential element of fire protection and fire safety in a
building.
How A Fire Door works?
First of all clear your conception and understanding of what exactly a fire
doors Ireland mean. It is quite different than a typical
or traditional type of doors that we see in any building. Fire door is designed
to restrict the spread of fire for a certain period of time which is
approximately thirty minutes.
How To Install A Fire Door?
Generally there are two methods using which you can easily install a fire
door.
First method is to use the core present in the door made from material
like of a flax board or of composite wood which will burn much slowly as
compared to a typical or traditional door.
Fire Door Regulations
Before you start off with the fire door installation process there are
some standard fire door regulations that you have to follow to avoid any kind
of accident or damage of fire doors during any kind of fire accidents. Few of
them are mentioned below
1.
A building must assign a responsible, skilled and an
experienced person to manage risk assessments and to check the working of fire
doors.
2.
Fire doors must offer the same resistance and
standards as compared to floors and walls.
3.
Smoke detection regulations should be applied to fire
doors to provide added security and are often integrated.
4.
Fire doors must also meet disability access
regulations
5.
Last but not the least building structures must be
compliant enough so that multiple fire doors can be installed in the building.
Where To Use A Fire Door?
As of now you have understood what is
a fire door and how important the fire door is. Now you need to know where you
can install the fire door. Commonly every commercial establishment whether it
is a store, commercial shopping centre, educational building or a corporate
building installing fire doors at these places should be given the first
priority as a large number of people work in this establishment on a daily
basis.
Installation And Testing
For installing fire doors at proper
location properly and for regular inspection hiring skilled, experienced men is
important to ensure complete fire security to the people working in the
commercial buildings.
Final Words
The current post discussed what do
you actually mean by a fire door. Where can you install fire doors, how does it
work and how to properly maintain the fire doors.
About The Author
Mihai Bozdog is the managing director of a fire protection company in Dublin. He have a work experience of about 17 years in this field.
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