Fire Door Hardware Selection and Specification

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?

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. Ironmongery & Access Control Package Procedures and Certification Protect yourself substitute equal OR approved, with equal AND approved.

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 2 grades Door mass 7 grades Fire resistance 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 Nm (30max.) 13Nm (22.5 max). >18Nm

Fire Door Hardware DOOR CLOSERS BS EN 1154 BS EN 1155 High efficiency Initial Opening Force Below 30 Nm 33Nm Opening force 30N22.5N

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).

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 ApplicationCycles per annum Years (200K hinge cycles) Years (500K hinge cycles) Fire exit1, years375 years Student bedroom 32, years15.3 years Library90, years5.5 years Female toilet93, years5.3 years

BS EN 1935 classifies hinges under the following categories: Category of use 4 grades Durability 3 grades Door mass 8 grades Fire resistance 2 grades Safety 1 grade Security 2 grades Corrosion resistance 5 grades Hinge grade 14 grades DutyType of useTypical applications BS EN grade HeavyHigh frequency of usePublic, institutional and 11 by members of the public. commercial buildings. SevereDoors potentially subject toSecurity doors abuse or violence.

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

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?