Door Industry Journal - Summer 2018

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 106 THE door industry journal summer 2018 Timber & Metal Doorsets The Teckentrup 62 Steel Doorset Achieves SR3 Certification On the surface, the announcement may be considered unremarkable – a door passed a test. Look a little deeper, though, and it’s a rather remarkable moment for both Teckentrup and the door industry as a whole. A Modular Platform The Teckentrup 62 steel doorset is a modular platform product. This means that the SR3 certification sits alongside certification for performance characteristics such as fire, smoke, acoustics, thermal, pressure and cycleage. One product that can be configured to multiple uses with multiple performance characteristics. An example? Many Teckentrup doors currently specified on the CrossRail project at Whitechapel & Liverpool Street stations are SR3 doors with 120 minutes fire integrity, 60 minutes fire insulation, 40dB sound attenuation, 5kPa pressure and 200,000 cycles – the Teckentrup 62. Versatility Brings Total Confidence Teckentrup 62’s versatility means that specifiers can have total confidence that specification is backed with certification. No grey areas where certification is supplied that applies to different products, just one product tested and certified to meet specification. What About CE Marking And Other Standards? Teckentrup has been pragmatic in its approach to certification, adapting its products that are certified for the pan- European volume market to “local” UK practices without losing the leverage on price that volume brings. There are three distinct and separate strands of certification that envelop the Teckentrup 62: 1. LPS 1175: Issue 7. Teckentrup 62 is Security Rating 3, (A performance characteristic that is not part of the EN14351-1 CE mark or accompanying Declaration of Performance). 2. EN14351-1 and its “family” of sub-norms. Teckentrup 62 can be specified to achieve EN1627-1 RC4 resulting in an EN14351-1 CE marked door that is fully compliant with CPR and will carry a Declaration of Performance covering essential characteristics and sub-norms such as security, fire, acoustics, and so on, as required, to confirm the desired specification. 3. Certifire. Teckentrup 62 is approved to FD120. (A performance characteristic that is not part of the EN14351-1 CE mark or accompanying Declaration of Performance). Whilst it is essential not to mix standards, it is clear that as a result of Teckentrup’s pragmatic approach, Teckentrup 62 is a multi-functional and multi-system product - the pragmatic door! BRE’s Craig Devine (centre) presents Teckentrup with their first LPS 1175 certificate to SR 3 for their Teckentrup 62 hinged Security Doorset