One hour fire doors are an extremely important part of any company’s fire safety scheme, and can literally be the difference between life and death, but to do their job, every fire door must be in excellent condition. Read on below for simple checks that anyone can do to make sure their fire doors are […]

We get a lot of requests for our internal fire doors and commercial fire doors. Given the impact they can have on safety and protection, it’s hardly surprising. Fire resistant doors can be the difference between saving a life and keeping an entire building from burning down in a matter of minutes. In order to […]

We’ve written numerous articles relating to the importance of fire doors in commercial and public buildings, the regulations that apply, and what to look out for.  What we haven’t done before is talk about fire doors in the home – after all, fires can break out anywhere!  Even if regulations don’t apply, it may be […]

In our latest article on commercial fire doors we’re providing a brief introduction to the various regulations that apply. We’ve often discussed the importance of fire doors, including the absolute necessity to have them fitted and maintained correctly according to the manufacturer’s guidelines.  We’ve also stressed that regulations exist to guide us and ensure that […]

We’ve regularly covered school fire doors, and the things you need to think about when installing them: fire resistance security finger safety noise reduction not forgetting of course that you need to take extra care in special needs schools. We’ll cover these points again below to remind you, but we thought that we would start […]

We’ve talked about fire doors on numerous occasions, in all of the different environments where they are required.  The essential point to note is that we should always – even if we are not regulated or compelled to by Law – take every possible precaution against the spread of fire and smoke; (and that includes, […]

As you would expect, hotel doors are subject to various regulations of all kinds, not least in the area of fire safety.  We’ll take a look at this below, along with other considerations such as soundproofing, but first of all we’ll remind you about some of the regulations. Fire door regulations For NEW buildings, or […]

When you’re considering fire door sizes, there are several reasons why it’s important to ensure that you get it right: perhaps most importantly, if the fire door isn’t fitted correctly then it won’t function correctly – it won’t fulfil its primary function of preventing (or, at least, slowing down) the spread of fire and smoke; […]

In this article we’re continuing to look at commercial fire doors; this time we’ll be taking a look at the risks and hazards associated with fires, and in particular the necessity to carry out a proper risk assessment.  Before we come onto that, let’s just clear up exactly what we mean by a “risk” and […]

Still thinking about the commercial sector, as we’ve said there’s a long list of environments where fire doors are essential: offices, retail premises, factories, educational establishments, hospitals, hotels, theatres, government buildings, and so on. The fire resistance offered by the doors is clearly important, but there are other considerations too, such as security.  Let’s look […]