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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 Hardware www.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 ControlPackage
Procedures and Certification
Protect yourself substitute equal OR approved,
with equal AND approved.
Fire Door Hardware www.lloydworrall.co.uk
THE HINGE
Application Cycles per annum
Years (200K hinge cycles)
BALL BEARING
Years (500K hinge cycles)
BUSHED BEARING
Fire exit 1,332 150 years 375 years
Student bedroom
32,775 6.1 years 15.3 years
Library 90,765 2.2 years 5.5 years
Female toilet 93,678 2.1 years 5.3 years
Bushed BearingBall Bearing
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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.
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Cam Action Slide Arm Closer
Rack and Pinion Closer
Rack and Pinion Closer with Parallel Arm Bracket
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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.
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Fire Door Hardware DOOR CLOSERS BS EN 1154 BS EN 1155
23Nm (30max.)13Nm (22.5 max).>18Nm
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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) .
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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 Hardware www.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
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Fire Door Hardware
LOCKS AND LATCHES BS EN12209
CYLINDERS BS EN 1303
ESCAPE HARDWARE BS EN 179 BS EN 1125
LEVER HANDLES BS EN 1906
ACCESS CONTROL
Other Considerations:Anti-Ligature HardwareBraille and Tactile Signage/WayfindingAntimicrobial CopperAnti-Bacterial HardwareFinger SafePrivacy – both visual and audible
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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.
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WHY SPECIFY?
WHY STANDARDISE?
WHY SELECT?
To Take Control
To Take Control
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)
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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.
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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 www.lloydworrall.co.uk