6 Ways To Maintain Fire Doors

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6 WAYS TO MAINTAIN FIRE DOORS
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Legal Obligation Article 17 of the Fire Safety
Order makes it a legal necessity to ensure that
the fire doors and escape routes are correctly
installed and maintained. A trained and competent
person is required to check the fire doors at
regular intervals. Any breach of prosecution will
be a legal opposition.
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Checking Regularly Checking of fire doors in
Ireland should be done after every six months. In
the case of new buildings, the checking should be
done more often. If there are large number of
people using a fire door, you need to ensure
whether any of its part has been damaged or not
once a week.
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All Parts Should Be Checked A comprehensive
check by a trained individual is not sufficient.
All the parts of a fire door should be checked
and inspected. For example, the gap between the
frame and the door should be of right size, the
smoke and intumescent seal should be in proper
place, etc.
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Create A Fire Door Register If there are
multiple fire doors in a building, and they dont
have the same inspection schedule, then it is
useful to create a fire door register. This
provides an overall information regarding the
door, like components required, maintenance,
checks required or undertaken, etc.
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Establish The Compatibility The components
should be compatible with the fire door. If they
not compatible, they are not fire-resistant and
hence, should not be used. The components should
be installed after checking the fire
certification data sheet.
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Check Its Operation Fire doors in Ireland should
be checked whether they are fully operational or
not. Self-closing and self-latching must be fully
operational. The door openers should function
appropriately. These factors should be checked in
the case of a fire rated door.
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