must conform to BS 476 part 22 1987 (BS 476 part 22 1987 - Fire tests on
building ... BS8214:2008 and accredited by a certified fire scheme such as UKAS
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FACTSHEET
Materials and Installation The materials from which your premises are constructed may determine the speed with which a fire may spread, affecting the escape routes that people will use. To be effective and perform the function for which they were specified, fire doors and screens must conform to BS 476 part 22 1987 (BS 476 part 22 1987 - Fire tests on building materials and structures). Fire doors alllow access to protected escape routes, both vertically and horizontally, without any loss of fire resistance. Every fire door is required to act as a barrier to the passage of smoke and/or fire to varying degrees dependent upon its location in a building and the fire hazard associated with the building. •
A fire door is to provide resistance to the passage of a well developed fire and consequently requires intumescent strips to be installed.
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Secondly to prevent excessive quantities of cold smoke to pass in the early stages of a fire and then to provide a barrier to a well-developed fire. They need to be fitted with intumescent strips and cold smoke seals to achieve this aim.
The principles of fire safety and firefighting in the UK are based on containment of the fire within a compartment. Compartmentalization of buildings to limit the spread of fire is only effective with correctly installed fire doors. The reliability and performance of correctly specified fire-resisting doors can be undermined by inadequate installation. A correct installation must comply with BS8214:2008 and accredited by a certified fire scheme such as UKAS (The United Kingdom Accreditation Service)
Diamond Fire Safety Services deliver: A competent installer who is accredited through a recognised body to ensure compliance with BS 8214:2008. All materials used will be tested in their composite state (i.e. fully installed) not just as individual components and will have Independent 3rd party certification e.g. BM TRADA Q-Mark product certification scheme, Chiltern International Fire, NAPFIS (Nationwide Association of Passive Fire Installers and Specifiers). Diamond Fire Safety offers the most cost effective fully compliant fire doors available on the market. Budget, Standard and Premium fire rated high security doors and screens. All components are compliant to both BS 476 (Fire) and BS 3621 (Security) and installed as a composite unit compliant to BS 8214:2008. The application of intumescent coatings to existing installations when replacement is not appropriate, in historic buildings for example. Fire stopping and fire lining services. Installations are all completed by BM TRADA UKAS accredited teams. Our compartmentalisation teams are all trained and approved by NAPFIS.
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