Issue 4 2012 detailing the requirements for any fixtures and fittings used with fire doors and fire.
Fire escape door handles.
Fire doors must only be fitted with door hardware fire rated in accordance with.
The exit device is suitable for all doors aluminum hollow metal or wood where there is no projection on the face.
Door lock heights on exit doors fire doors path of travel doors and disabled access doors now have a standardised lock height of 900mm 1100mm.
The exception being locks in childcare facilities which may be 1500mm 1650mm high as necessary.
Panic hardware generally refers to hardware that is required by law to be fitted to the inside of emergency exit or fire escape doors that will allow the occupants of a building to escape easily and quickly in an emergency without hindrance keys tools or special knowledge.
Long and comes in an aluminum finish.
Like any similar exit to a door typically they are in a bar format meaning that the bar is pressed down and allows for quick unlocking of the door for a.
There is an approved document guidance available from the builders hardware industry federation bhif hardware for fire and escape doors.
Emergency exit hardware is the section of an emergency exit that allows for fast and easy escape in an emergency it can also be known as panic hardware how does emergency exit hardware work.