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Fire Doors And Ways To Maintain It

Fire doors are one of the primary components of passive fire protection. The current post is all about the necessity of having fire doors and the ways to maintain it properly. Visit https://bmfire.ie/fire-door-installation-inspection/

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Fire Doors And Ways To Maintain It

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  1. FIRE DOORS AND WAYS TO MAINTAIN IT

  2. What Is A Fire Door? Fire doors have the approval of the authorities and come with a specific fire rating. The checking authorities test the doors against the fire, flames, heat, and smoke for a significant time that determines the fire ratings. The ratings can be different such as 45 minutes, 1-1/2 hour, 3hours, or 4hours. The time signifies that the door can withstand the fire and flames up to the specified duration.

  3. Why Maintaining A Fire Door Is Vital? Maintenance of the fire doors is essential as it can play a significant role in protecting the lives of the occupants. You need to maintain the fire doors Ireland in compliance with the codes drafted by the NFPA. The fire doors prevent the fire from spreading and offer ample time to the occupants to vacate the building during the fire emergency. Hence, the maintenance of fire doors is crucial.

  4. Visual Inspection For ensuring the integrity of the fire doors, visual inspection is necessary. You must check that all the mounting and assembly bolts are placed properly. Then, you should check that the fusible links are places as per the instruction of the manufacturers. Besides, check that the fusible links and sash chains must not be painted. Finally, give a check that there must not be any visible damage.

  5. Operational Check The next thing you must do an operational check. Open and close the door multiple times to ensure that it is operating properly. Further, you can be able to identify the damaged parts that may create an issue during the fire emergency. Besides, the operational check will let you know if it is balanced properly or not. Further, you can solve these issues before going for the drop test.

  6. Drop Test The next thing you need to conduct is a drop test. You should conduct the test annually to ensure that your fire doors Irelands are closing accurately during the emergency. The test will ensure that the door will get fully closed by resting on the seal. The speed of closing should not be less than 6inch per second or must not exceed 24inches per second.

  7. Door Reset If you find any issues with the door, then you must reset it as per the instruction set by the manufacturers. After the reset, perform the open and close of the doors. You must conduct a drop test too to check the fire door is working properly.

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