Fire Resistant Front Doors For Flats

Mmi door s exterior doors allow you to personalize your entryway.

Fire resistant front doors for flats.

But a fire door isn t just a check in a box. Using our door designer you can create the perfect front door. Combining our extensive selection of fiberglass and steel door styles with over 30 different series of decorative energy efficient glass designs allows you to create the perfect exterior door for every application. Looking for security privacy or energy savings.

We have the latest composite fire doors in a range of styles. This article first appeared in rics building control journal june july 2018. It is important that the self closing mechanism is never removed or disabled for any reason. Third party certified internal fire doors for flats apartments garages and dwellings.

Gary strong frics is rics global building standards director. Flat entrance doors that form part of a fire compartment in a building are required to be fire doors and are one of the most important features of a building s fire precautions and have two key functions. This means that the door needs to be 30 minute fire and smoke resistant fd fire door and 30 relates to the minutes of fire. Customise your fire safety doors.

View our range online. The front door of every individual flat needs to be a tested and certified fire door. Building regulations state that a front door to a flat must be fd30s. Fire safety is a huge concern for many of our customers and installing fire doors can be an important requirement for landlords and business owners alike.

To stop a fire inside a flat spreading to the communal parts and preventing residents from escaping via the corridor or staircase. Browse our fd30s fire doors available fitted or for diy installation. I hope you find the above helpful in dealing with non fire resistant flat entrance doors or any other aspects of a building that represent a hazard. Internal composite fire doors fd30s fire doors don t always need to be traditional with a wide variety of internal fire doors in a choice of styles and colours available it s easy to customise your fd30 fire door.

If you have any further questions please email. The minimum requirement is for an fd30 door to be fitted providing 30 minutes fire resistance. They should be fitted with the appropriate intumescent strips smoke seals and a self closing mechanism.