Fire Door Stop Thickness

The door panel and frame are both made from galvanneal steel to secure and protect your home or building.

Fire door stop thickness.

Door stops which assist the door in latching can be cut out of the solid frame a rebate is produced to form a stop for the door or planted. And can be used with new masonry and drywall construction when the wall is being built. How thick should my fire door frame or lining be. The door and frame assembly is fire rated with a 1 1 2 hours fire rating.

The planted section should be fixed by pinning or gluing and pinning the stop to the frame. Intumescent strips are materials which when subjected to heat swell up and close the gaps between door and frame. To suit doors 2 6 78 x 30 1981 x 762mm and 2 9 78 x 33 1981 x 838mm pre routed to accept wickes intumescent strips for added security during a fire complete with 14 5 x 32mm door stop. This could be achieved by fixing an addition 1 2 inch 12mm glued and screwed to the existing door stop.

Fire doors were tested early seventies to bs 476 part 8 and the frame door stops was 1 inch 25mm with no intumescent seal. There are many door sizes on the market but our fire doors can from time to time include 1981x610mm 1981x686mm 1981x762mm 1981x838mm and 2032x813mm all of which are 45mm thick if 30 minute rated we then have true metric sizes these are door sizes that are all 2040mm high and are 40mm thick they include 2040x626mm 2040x726mm 2040x826mm. Intumescent filling materials are. The frame is compatible with walls that have a thickness of 4 7 8 in.

Fire rated door and frame. To suit door thickness to suit door thickness 1 5 8 min 4 5 8 max 5 8 min 1 min 2 or 3 min 13 max 1 4 min 1. The door stop so that the fire door closes onto the seals. Door thickness 32mm 57mm.

Frame or lining thickness would usually be tested. These requirements apply to all fire rated doors frames and windows.