Fire Door Hardware Selection and Specification Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

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. ARE YOU LEGAL? Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

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. Ironmongery & Access Control Package Procedures and Certification Protect yourself substitute equal OR approved, with equal AND approved. Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Hinges Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

THE HINGE ApplicationCycles per annum Years (200K hinge cycles) BALL BEARING Years (500K hinge cycles) BUSHED BEARING Fire exit1, years375 years Student bedroom 32, years15.3 years Library90, years5.5 years Female toilet93, years5.3 years Bushed Bearing Ball Bearing Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

CE MARKING ON HINGES CE Marking BS EN 1935:2002 marking Grade i.e. 13 Manufactures name or trademark or other means of identification This is easy to check just open the door. Also remember when checking a hinge accreditation most will state that intumescent pads are required to achieve the fire test and should be used on all fire doors. Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Hinges !!! Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Door Closers Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Cam Action Slide Arm Closer Rack and Pinion Closer Rack and Pinion Closer with Parallel Arm Bracket Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Why Specify Cam Action Closers? 1.Easier opening force than Rack and Pinion Closers. 2.Able to achieve requirements of DDA easier than Rack and Pinion. 3.More robust product due to less moving parts. 4.Less prone to abuse due to non projecting slide arm. Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Fire Door Hardware DOOR CLOSERS BS EN 1154 BS EN Nm (30max.) 13Nm (22.5 max). >18Nm Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

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). Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Fire Door Hardware DOOR CLOSERS BS EN 1154 BS EN 1155 EMF Hold open door closer, interfaced to fire alarm, will hold door open until fire alarm activates or power failure. EMF Free swing door closer, the closer is interfaced to the fire alarm and will have no closing /opening pressure until the fire alarm is activated or power failure. Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

How not to fit a door closer !! Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

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Locks and Handles Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Locks and Panic Hardware Locks Escape Hardware Hinges, Door Closers, Locks and Panic Hardware all need to comply for use on Fire Doors Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Fire Door Hardware LOCKS AND LATCHESBS EN12209 CYLINDERS BS EN 1303 ESCAPE HARDWAREBS EN 179 BS EN 1125 LEVER HANDLESBS 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 Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

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. Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

WHY SPECIFY?WHY SPECIFY? WHY STANDARDISE?WHY STANDARDISE? WHY SELECT?WHY SELECT? To Take Control “… where doors and their hardware represented less than 1% of the total building cost, then those doors and their hardware would represent up to 80% of the building’s maintenance costs” ( Property Services Agency, research 1980) Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

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. Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

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 Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk

Fire Door Hardware Selection and Specification Any Questions? Fire Door Hardwarewww.lloydworrall.co.uk