Door Industry Journal - Summer 2015

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk THE door industry journal summer 2015 industry news feature 8 Doorsets and Doorkits are the way forward The last decade has seen a shift for housebuilders from the traditional method of purchasing and building internal doors to buying them as doorsets or doorkits. Traditionally a builder would be using three or more suppliers to provide the items required and a skilled joiner would cut the linings to size, mortice for hardware, trim the doorleaf if required, and hang the door. The advent of doorsets and kits meant there could be just one supplier and all the components would be ready machined and fitted for putting together on site with simple tools, no cutting or trimming required. Later this year we shall see the full suite of pedestrian doorset European standards available and products can be CE marked. EN14351-1 has been around for a few years now and we have already seen external non-fire doorsets CE marked on the UK market. But we shall soon see internal non-fire doorsets CE marked to EN14351-2 and fire doorsets CE marked to EN16034. CE marking of doorsets will be mandatory, so if a door is supplied as a doorset or in kit form then it should be CE marked. There are those who will try to find the loop- holes and omit an essential component, or not machine for something which would mean it is classed as a door assembly and cannot be CE marked. However the DHF strongly recommend CE marked doorsets/kits are specified by customers as it gives them many advantages over the traditional route. Builders are already realising the benefits of doorsets/kits without even considering the CE marking aspect, as they basically saves time and ultimately cost. The obvious benefit is that fitting doorsets/kits is more accurate and much quicker than the traditional