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What constitutes a fire door?

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  • 04-02-2007 12:33am
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    Yorky
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    With an interconnecting door between the house and an integral garage, what should the door be made of? Mine is a panelled pine door with chipboard betwen both faces - I always thought it was plasterboard within the door.


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    crosstownk
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    Send a PM to teddyhandsome, he'll know all there is to know about fire rated doors.
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    Teddyhandsome
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    Hi! A Fire door can quite often have its core of a high density material other than a plasterboard type. The door between your garage and house should have a 1 hour fire rating, as your garage would be considered a higher risk area due to the nature of products that you might store there. A 1 Hr. fire door is usually nominally 55mm thick so you could measure this and check. However there are many different cores that can be used so I wouldnt be overly concerned. Another way you can tell is that the door should have a colour coded stamp on its edge!!!
    Hope this helps....thanks for the mention CrosstownK! Rock On Dudes!!!!!

    RockSkool Rule.:)


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    Yorky
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    Mine is 45mm thick and there is a number on the top which has been routered through when the intumescent strips were being fitted. From what I can see it states 'Mod 2040 F30'.


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