The practice of knocking up a door frame on site or in a workshop hanging a door and believing that the result constituted a valid fire door installation was never correct.
Fire door frame with threshold.
For external front or back doors and door pairs.
Door frames should be purchased from the door manufacture or from a company licensed to manufacture them or via a bwf approved fire door centre.
Suitable for inward or outward opening doors this frame provides an excellent colour match across the components compared to cheaper options.
Thresholds should be provided under the door and between the frame to allow for a smooth transition between floor coverings of different heights or materials.
Thresholds are rarely mandated by the codes and standards for fire doors or smoke doors but when they are used in these applications thresholds must be listed to ul 10c or nfpa 252.
Simpson offers thousands of choices for fire rated doors including 20 minute fire rated wood doors and mdf doors with fire ratings up to 90 minute.
Bs9999 2008 recommends for fire doors with cold smoke control that the threshold gap should be either less than 3mm in height or should be fitted with a threshold seal.
Special consideration should be given to threshold designs used in means of egress or in handicap accessible situations.
And since simpson fire doors have been designed to match other interior doors your fire rated doors will blend seamlessly with all doors in your home.