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Fire Door :
A
fire
door
is a type of door
or movable barrier used as part of a passive
fire protection
system within buildings to prevent the spread of fire
or smoke
between separate sections. It is usually the only means of allowing
people to pass through a fire-resistant
wall.
Apart
from the door
leaf (the swinging panel of the door) there is the door frame which
also has to meet fire rated regulations, intumescent strips, smoke
seals, door hardware and the structure that holds the fire door
assembly in place. Together, these components form an assembly,
typically called a "doorset" which holds a rating, in
hours, specifying the amount of time it is able to resist a fire at a
given temperature.
Fire
Doors are basically to contain a fire to a limited area and to
prevent it from spreading to other areas. Fire Doors are available
in Wood and Steel and also in Single Leaf, Double Leaf, Sliding
(Automatic & Non-Automatic). They are generally made conforming
to BS-476 Part 22 and to IS-3614 Part 2.
Depending
on the duration to withhold the fire, Fire Doors are rated to
60/90/120/180/240 minutes.
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