BS 8214:2008
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Code of practice for fire door assemblies
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2008 | 30 |
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 3 | Contents 0 Introduction 1 1 Scope 2 2 Normative references 2 3 Terms and definitions 2 4 Determination of fire resistance of doors 4 5 Marking 5 6 Specifying fire doors 6 7 Door and frames 7 8 Handling and storage of doors on site 9 9 Installation of fire doors 9 10 Glazing 12 11 Building hardware 13 12 Installation of fire or smoke seals 14 13 Maintenance 17 14 Decoration 19 Annexes Annex A (informative) Guidance on essential and non-essential building hardware 20 Bibliography 21 List of tables Table 1 – Range of colour codes giving a method of performance identification for non-metallic doors and frame 5 Table 2 – Recommendations for the joint between timber door frames and walls to provide 30 min fire resistance 11 Table 3 – Recommendations for the joint between timber door frames and walls to provide 60 min fire resistance 11 Table A.1 – Essential building hardware 20 |
| 4 | Foreword |
| 7 | 0 Introduction 0.1 Role and use of fire doors a) to maintain any compartmentation of buildings, which has been introduced to limit the size and spread of fire in order to control the perceived risk; b) to allow access to protected escape routes, both vertically and horizontally, without any loss of fire resistance, and limit smoke movement in the structure forming these routes, i.e. protected corridors and protected shafts. 0.2 Fire door rating |
| 8 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 3.1 building hardware |
| 9 | 3.2 door 3.3 door assembly 3.4 4door frame 3.5 door kit 3.6 door leaf 3.7 doorset 3.8 fire door 3.9 fire door assembly |
| 10 | 3.10 fire resistance 3.11 intumescent seal 3.12 latch 3.13 lock 3.14 seal 3.15 smoke seal 4 Determination of fire resistance of doors |
| 11 | 5 Marking Table 1 Range of colour codes giving a method of performance identification for non-metallic doors and frame |
| 12 | 6 Specifying fire doors a) overall size; b) size and number of leaves; c) mode of operation; d) size and number of any glazed openings; e) details of the building hardware; f) details of frames; g) presence of any overpanels, fanlights, side panels, etc.; h) presence of any performance seals. |
| 13 | 7 Door and frames 7.1 General 7.2 Door leaves 7.3 Door frames 7.3.1 General |
| 14 | 7.3.2 Timber door frames 7.3.3 Metal door frames 7.3.4 Composite door frames 7.4 Intumescent and smoke seals 7.5 Apertures |
| 15 | 8 Handling and storage of doors on site 9 Installation of fire doors 9.1 General 9.2 Installation of door frames |
| 16 | 9.3 Compatibility of door frames with surrounding structure 9.4 Sealing between door assembly and surrounding structure 9.5 Hanging of a timber door leaf 9.5.1 General |
| 17 | Table 2 Recommendations for the joint between timber door frames and walls to provide 30 min fire resistance Table 3 Recommendations for the joint between timber door frames and walls to provide 60 min fire resistance |
| 18 | 9.5.2 Clearance gaps 9.5.3 Under-door (threshold) gaps 9.6 Frame doorstops 10 Glazing |
| 19 | 11 Building hardware 11.1 General |
| 20 | 11.2 Fitting of building hardware 11.3 Letter plates 12 Installation of fire or smoke seals 12.1 General |
| 21 | 12.2 Concealed intumescent 12.3 Smoke seals |
| 22 | 12.4 Air transfer grilles 12.4.1 General 12.4.2 Over-panels and side panels |
| 23 | 13 Maintenance 13.1 General a) damage to the leaf or the components making up the assembly; b) wear in the building hardware, or a reduction in the effectiveness of fixings, causing the door to fail to self-close, thereby resulting in a breach of the fire barrier. 13.2 Door leaves and door frames 13.2.1 General 13.2.2 Double leaf doors 13.2.3 Doors leaves with 60 min fire resistance |
| 24 | 13.3 Replacement of intumescent seals, smoke seals, combined intumescent and smoke seals 13.4 Replacement of building hardware 13.5 Replacement of glass |
| 25 | 14 Decoration |
| 26 | Annex A (informative) Guidance on essential and non-essential building hardware A.1 Essential building hardware Table A.1 Essential building hardware A.2 Non-essential building hardware |
| 27 | Bibliography [1] GREAT BRITAIN. Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. London: The Stationery Office. [2] GREAT BRITAIN. Building Regulations 2000 and subsequent amendments. London: The Stationery Office. [3] GREAT BRITAIN. Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004. Edinburgh: The Stationery Office. [4] GREAT BRITAIN. Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000. Belfast: The Stationery Office. |
| 28 | [5] DOOR AND HARDWARE FEDERATION and GUILD OF ARCHITECTURAL IRONMONGERERS. Code of practice: hardware for fire and escape doors. Issue 2. London: DHF/GAI, 2006.) [6] STATIONERY OFFICE. The Building Regulations 2000 – Approved Document B – Fire safety. London: The Stationery Office, 2007. |
