In some buildings there is no need for such an elaborate emphasis on Fire Door requirement, (just my opinion) if occupants of the building can easily escape through a second door leading to an outside safe area, particularly on ground floor rooms, with a second door leading to garden, with elaborate fire alarm and smoke detectors in each room all linked and mains powered with rechargeable lithium ion batteries, a fire breaking out in any part of a building would alert all occupants and each one would leave the building safely through secondary doors, or windows, if rooms were on a upper floor of a two story building they too can escape of there was an extension roof below a window, or if there was no extension roof, an emergency ladder can be supplied to the occupants who could use that and escape. I also found that self closing box if fitted as according to manufacturer's recommended template, the door was very hard to open, some occupants were sick of this and wedged the door open all the time, the remedy was to lower the tension, but there was no tension adjustment so the box was moved closer towards the hinges by 100mm, this resolved the stiff door opening, and the door still shuts properly despite some friction from the smoke seal being air tight.
In my training years we were taught that the only reason you want to go with 5 lever over a 3 lever is because of insurance reasons if a break in happens and it's a 3 lever they won't pay out but if it's a 5 lever they will so I'd say just go with the 5 lever
Nope you have to router out the grove if one is not already available to use and it must be on the door frame OR the door but never on both for this type of intumescent not sure about the other types
A nice installation instruction video, well dome. Shouldn't the hinge location match that on the fire door certificate? If the door has not been tested with two hinges at the top and one at the bottom, it will not be certified.
You confuseing so top hinge is 200mm from top then 200mm from the center of top hinge to center of the next hinge. Then you said 200mm from the top of the door to center
That was an excellent tutorial fella,
Good on ya.
Thanks.
Excellent tutorial
In some buildings there is no need for such an elaborate emphasis on Fire Door requirement, (just my opinion) if occupants of the building can easily escape through a second door leading to an outside safe area, particularly on ground floor rooms, with a second door leading to garden, with elaborate fire alarm and smoke detectors in each room all linked and mains powered with rechargeable lithium ion batteries, a fire breaking out in any part of a building would alert all occupants and each one would leave the building safely through secondary doors, or windows, if rooms were on a upper floor of a two story building they too can escape of there was an extension roof below a window, or if there was no extension roof, an emergency ladder can be supplied to the occupants who could use that and escape. I also found that self closing box if fitted as according to manufacturer's recommended template, the door was very hard to open, some occupants were sick of this and wedged the door open all the time, the remedy was to lower the tension, but there was no tension adjustment so the box was moved closer towards the hinges by 100mm, this resolved the stiff door opening, and the door still shuts properly despite some friction from the smoke seal being air tight.
Nice tip
Perfect work and great clear guide. Just out of interest, why do you have the bouble nukel hinge on the door frame
Good job, dose all mortice locks have to be 5 lever to have the box part on the keep to cover fire door regs?
In my training years we were taught that the only reason you want to go with 5 lever over a 3 lever is because of insurance reasons if a break in happens and it's a 3 lever they won't pay out but if it's a 5 lever they will so I'd say just go with the 5 lever
Great video - thanks
how do you fix architrave around the door closer?
Hi, can just stick intumescent to the frame if there is no grove on the frame?
Nope you have to router out the grove if one is not already available to use and it must be on the door frame OR the door but never on both for this type of intumescent not sure about the other types
Interesting video but I wish you would get rid of that irritating "music" in the background.
0:27 yes but which is which? You don't say.
A nice installation instruction video, well dome. Shouldn't the hinge location match that on the fire door certificate? If the door has not been tested with two hinges at the top and one at the bottom, it will not be certified.
What is the regs on the hinge?
You confuseing so top hinge is 200mm from top then 200mm from the center of top hinge to center of the next hinge. Then you said 200mm from the top of the door to center
My fire oficer in Manchester told me you can't have a key hole in a fire door, on your video you have a key hole.
Every firedoor I fitted in student accommodations had the lock hole on the door I think your fire officer may be misinformed.
Interesting and informative videos however, why do you have the annoying music in the background, there's no need!
Clearly because joinery is sooo rock and roll 😂
Sorry mate, we are in the 21st century and your assembly techniques (quality and execution time) are from the 1970s.
Im cringing watching him use an impact driver on stainless steel screws..😳