Door Industry Journal - Winter 2019

107 THE door industry journal winter 2019 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Fire & Security ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Launches Fire Door Safety Guide ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland has continued to support Fire Door Safety Week (23 – 29 September 2019) by launching a Fire Door Guide to help guide specifiers, building owners and facilities managers in the best practices when it comes to fire door safety. Its Fire Door Guide is based on documentation from various third-party accreditation bodies such as the British Woodworking Federation and the Door Hardware Federation. It aims to be a simple reference document suitable to help steer persons who work with fire doors within both residential and commercial buildings. Using first hand industry knowledge from ASSA ABLOY Door Group and ASSA ABLOY Door Hardware & Access Control Group, the guide filters and clarifies some of the complex jargon associated with fire doorsets. The aim of the guide is to increase knowledge in order to help keep fire doors compliant and regularly maintained. With so much confusion surrounding the “responsible person” in fire door safety, the guide aims to break down any barriers between those living and working in residential, commercial and public buildings, and maintaining compliance. The guide covers a wide range of processes that are vital to ensuring a fire door’s compliancy and durability. Beginning by simplifying fire door regulations in understandable terms, the guide then goes on to cover the following topics: design and specification; ordering and procurement; delivery and storage; installation and usage; and concludes with management and inspection. To download a copy of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions’ Fire Door Guide, please visit: http://bit.ly/AA-FDG . New Hardware Kits Take the Confusion Out of Fire Door Specification A new range of fire door kits are available for installers looking to fit fire doors in commercial buildings, but are unsure about which door hardware they should use. HOPPE (UK) has worked alongside Doras Distributors and Norma Doors Technologies, to create a fully compliant fire door solution for non-specialist installers. Installers will be able to simply choose from a selection of Norma FD30 doors, find the corresponding architectural ironmongery kit, and then they will have everything they need for a fully compliant fire door. There are five fire door hardware kits available to buy off the shelf from builders’ merchants. Installers can purchase kits for use on corridor doors (both locking and non-locking), bathroom doors, office doors and deadlocking doors. Ged Ryan, CEO of HOPPE (UK), said: “We know that choosing products for fire doors can be very confusing. With various test sheets, symbols and quality marks it is difficult to know which products work together, or where they can and can’t be used. Our aim is to make the process as quick and easy as possible, so that installers can get on with the job with complete confidence that the fire door assembly is compliant.” As standard, the kit contains a sash lock; a lever handle on a sprung rose; a pull handle; a euro profile cylinder with turn; stainless steel hinges; escutcheons; cylinder pull; disabled bathroom turn and release; fire door keep locked or keep shut sign; overhead door closer; single cylinder and two intumescent packs, but some kits may contain additional items depending on where the door will be fitted. The fire door kit has been tested specifically for use on Norma FD30 fire doors to both European and British standards and is third-party certificated by Certifire and Ensatec. For more information on the fire door kit, please contact Glen Butler on 01902 484418 or Glen.Butler@hoppe.com . www.hoppe.com