Doorsets + 3 rd Party Accreditation = The Safe Solution

1. Doorsets + 3rd Party Accreditation = The Safe Solution Julian Vollans – The Noberne Group September 20th 2012

2. About us • Julian Vollans – General Manager for The Noberne Group • Noberne Doors Ltd – Established in 1975 in Leeds. Manufacture bespoke High Performance Specialist Doorsets; including FD30, FD60, FD90, FD120, X-Ray and Bullet Resistant. • Founder Members of the BM TRADA “Q-Mark” Scheme and ASDMA (Architectural and Specialist Door Manufacturers Association). • Our products are designed for use in the Healthcare and Education sectors. • ISO9001:2008 Quality Standard & Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) Accredited.

3. overview • Fire DoorsetsvsFire Door Assemblies (or kits) • Why choose Doorsets • Approved Installation • The importance of Primary Test Evidence & 3rd Party Accreditation • Summary

4. What are fire doors? • Fire doors are essential in passive fire protection • – A requirement in compartmenting a building • – Protecting escape routes • Must be tested to show the design will work in a fire. • – Certification • Can only work correctly when • – Fitted with the correct compatible components • • Door + frame / linings • • Closers, Hinges and other ESSENTIAL ironmongery • • Seals • • Glazing • –I.e. the fire doorset

5. Doorsetsvs assemblies (kits) • Definition – Doorset • The British Standard BS EN 12519 provides the following definition: ‘complete unit consisting of a door frame and a door leaf or leaves, supplied with all essential parts from a single source’. • This means that a door leaf is factory pre-hung in its frame, with hinges, glazing system, fire and (when required) smoke seals, and ironmongery. It is supplied as a complete unit. • A fire doorset is a fully finished, from a single manufacturer, with all components matched and pre-assembled in the factory and is covered by a single fire certificate. Source – BWF Certifire website

6. Doorsetsvs assemblies (kits) • Definitions • Fitting together the various component parts including; door leaf or leaves, frame, glazing system (factory fitted only), essential ironmongery and fire and (when required) smoke seals from one or more sources. • This means the compatibility of each product needs to be scrutinized to ensure they ALL comply.

7. What’s the difference? 1. Frame Versus Doorset Kit

8. Assemblies? • You have to coordinate the purchase and supply of the door, frames, intumescent seals, hinges and other ironmongery. • Who will provide the important fire test certificate you need? • Is it cost effective? • What about quality? • Will the components be compatible? • Next year CE Marking on fire doorsetscould make this method obsolete. • The responsibility becomes yours. You have to do your research correctly, get it wrong and it could cost lives!

9. Why choose doorsets? • A doorset manufacturer will; • Provide the door, frame, seals and essential ironmongery as one package. • Have had products tested by a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) laboratory as a complete set to BS476 Part 22: 1987 or EN1634-1:2000 – The same set you will receive on site. • Have undergone stringent audit processes to achieve 3rd Party Accreditation and Factory Production Controls, ensuring consistent quality products. • Supply you with documentary evidence with a valid fire test certificate. • Provide innovation, design and provide a future proof solution. • Offer better technical advice & after sales – They know about the whole doorset.

10. Approved Installation • “The fire doorset is a complex product, however. Every component - the door leaf or leaves, the frame in which the door is hung, essential hardware, intumescent and smoke sealing devices – must be correctly designed and installed”. • Peter Barker – Chiltern International Fire

11. Poor fire door installations Case Study – Hotel, Sheffield

12. Poor fire door installations • Case Study – York College

13. What to look for? • To ensure fire door safety make sure you ONLY specify or use third-party certificated and accredited fire doorsets. • Check that ALL components are compatible with the fire doorsetstest evidence. • Check the certificate is relevant to the door and components that are fitted to the door. • Never cut apertures on site.

14. Approved Installation • Use approved installers, don’t break the chain! • Take Advice! • Take Control!

15. Why cut corners? • The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 came into force in England and Wales from October 2006; transferring the responsibility for Fire Safety from the fire authorities to whoever has day-to-day control of building premises. YOU? • The managing agents of a block of flats, in Paddington, London, fined £100,000 and ordered to pay almost £13,000 costs after pleading guilty to three breaches of fire safety law. • A residential landlord given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay more than £10,000 in costs - investigators found there were no fire alarms or detection in the common areas of the property, inadequate fire doors.

16. Primary test evidence & 3rd party accreditation • Through 3rd Party Accreditation and Factory Production Controls, you will receive a product that is constantly the same standard time after time. ISO9001:2008 is a basic requirement of the BM TRADA “Q-Mark” Scheme • Peace of mind, knowing that you will have a Fire Certificate proving you have undertaken your duty of care on behalf of the building user.

17. Fit for purpose – Compliant with Approved Document B Traceability of product from raw material, to factory, to site

18. On product identification, giving confidence to building users

20. In summary • Buy Doorsets once from a 3rd Party Accredited Manufacturer. • Reduce your responsibility and gain peace of mind. • Use approved installers. • Insist on 3rd Party Accreditation. • Any Questions?

21. Thank you • Noberne Doors Ltd • Lupton Street • Leeds, LS10 2QP • www.nobernedoors.co.uk • 0113 2778577