How To Specify Fire Doors
It is important to specify your exact needs. Whilst the specifications below are our basic specifications, we would recommend that you make the following information clear in your specification / schedules:
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1. Type of Door
SANS 1253:2016 sets out the door types permitted. Listed below are the door types we can supply:
2. Measurements
Choose one or the other:
If double door please also supply:
An example of a shop drawing that we generate as part of our door installations.
3. Door Class
As set out in SANS 1253:2016, a fire door assembly shall have a fire resistance of Class A, B, C, D, E or F:
Allandel Class E Fire doors
Half hour fire doors30 minutes
Allandel Class A Fire doors
One hour fire doors60 minutes
Allandel Class B Fire doors
Two hour fire doors120 minutes
Allandel Class D Fire doors
Two hour HIGH RISK fire doors – 120 minutes4. Door Finish
5. Wall – type, thickness and finish
This information is essential in determining the thickness of the finished wall for the frame width.
Wall type:
Wall thickness:
Typically plaster thickness is 15mm. Thus a 110mm brick wall with plaster both sides (PBS) = 140mm wall thickness
Wall finish:
6. Door Location
Fire Door Frames
7. Rebates
8. Material
9. Reveals
10. Types
11. Additional
Steel Cladding:
Rebates
It is important to confirm the rebate type that you require when specifying double doors. The options available on the Allandel door range are as follows:
Flush 25mm deep rebated meeting style.
This is typically specified in front-of-house type doors and on doors that require veneering and need to be visually appealing. Allandel are proud of our achievement in being able to offer this exclusively across our range, with the only exception being for Class D doors.
alvanised mild steel slam bars.
This is typically used in back-of-house type doors and in high traffic / heavy duty / service doors.
Frame Profiles
Lug and hole setting out:
Build-In Frame
Bolt-On Frame
Drywall Frame
12. Hand of Door
How to determine the hand of a single door:
Stand in front of the door with the door opening TOWARDS yourself. The ‘hand’ of a single door is determined by the side on which the hinges are fitted.
How to determine the ACTIVE hand of a double door set:
Open the door towards yourself.
13. Locks
Lock height:
If a double-door, is a lock required? If a lock is required on a double door, ask about our rebate conversion kit.
If using a mag-lock:
Single doors
Double doors
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