Fire doors are a key element to guarantee fire safety within a building. These types of doors not only restrict the initial development of a fire and the spread of a fire but also protect escape routes to allow people to safely evacuate the building and for firefighters to enter the building to extinguish the fire.

Types of fire doors.

Fire doors can feature a 30-minute or 60-minute fire resistance and should be fitted with fire-rated hardware, including fire-rated door handles, door hinges and locks or latches. There are three main types of fire doors and these should be clearly identified with signs on both sides of the door.

Fire door keep shut.

Self-closing fire doors that are used for passage of people.

Fire door keep locked.

Fire doors that are only used occasionally and should be locked shut at all times.

Automatic fire door keep clear.

This type of fire door is held open or swing-free, but as soon as the fire alarm sounds, the fire door will automatically close.

In addition to these, we also have available fire door keep clear signs, fire door keep closed signs and fire door keep locked shut signs.

Door furniture.

Fire door handles.

We have available matte black knurled lever handles, matte black rectangular lever handles, satin brass lever handles, copper and white lever handles on square rose, polished nickel lever handles and many others.

Fire door hinges.

Our fire-rated door hinges include stainless steel concealed hinges and matte black concealed hinges.

Fire door locks.

Some of our fire-rated door locks include satin nickel mortice door locks, 64mm stainless steel fire rated door locks, brass mortice fire door locks and satin stainless steel mortice fire door locks.

Door control.

Door closers are also an essential element of a fire door as these automatically close doors after they’ve been opened, thus, preventing the spread of fire and smoke. At Ironmongery Experts, we supply a comprehensive collection of door closers, including heavy-duty door closers, medium-duty door closers, light-duty door closers, electromagnetic door closers, concealed door closers and floor springs.

Related: How to choose door closers.

In addition to door closers, fire doors can be further equipped with fire door retainers and door coordinators.

Fire door retainers are a safe and secure way to open fire doors open. These are designed to hold fire doors open and will automatically close them in the event of a fire. While, fire door coordinators are designed to guarantee correct shutting of self-closing fire doors, avoiding incorrect overlapping of double fire doors.

Intumescent products.

We supply a wide selection of intumescent products suitable to be fitted onto fire-rated doors, including drop down seals, intumescent letter plates, intumescent lock packs, intumescent hinge packs and other intumescent products.

These products are designed to expand when exposed to extreme heat in order to create a tight seal and to reduce the spread of smoke and fire. Some of our best-selling intumescent products include 30 minute intumescent hinge pads, 30 minute intumescent latch fire seal kits and 30 minute intumescent square hinge pads.

In addition to all of our fire-rated products, we also have available complete fire door hardware packs that include everything you’ll require to ensure the safety and function of your fire doors.

If you require any further information regarding our ironmongery and fire safety products, feel free to contact our team at info@ironmongeryexperts.co.uk or on 01376 557 561.