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Commercial Doors
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1. Must be self-closing
2. Must be Self-latching
3. Must have a Label attached
4. Door Frame must have an attached or embossed Label
5. Fire Door must have Steel Bearing Hinges
6. Fire Door must have “Listed” Hardware
7. If a Fire Door is held open, it must have a “UL-listed”, heat fusible link
or smoke detection device ( or be tied into the fire alarm system)
8. Pairs of Fire Doors with astragals which require astragals that overlap
(A Coordinator or open back strike should be used for proper closing )
9. On pairs of Fire Doors required to meet Egress shall not be equipped
with an astragal that inhibits the free use of either leaf.
10. Fire Doors with Safe-Wire glass Lite kits
a. The glass frame and glazing bead must be metal
b. The glass must be Safe-Wire not less then 1/4” thick
c. Maximum glass size allowed:
20 Minute = 1296 sq. in. per lite
45 Minute = 1296 sq. in. per lite ( E label )
45 Minute = 1296 sq. in. per lite ( C label )
60 Minute = 100 sq. in. per lite ( B label )
90 Minute = 100 sq. in. per lite ( B label )
90 Minute = ( D label ) - No glass permitted
3 Hour = ( A label ) No glass permitted
11. A Fire Door with a Louver, must have a Fusible Link Louver
12. No Louvers allowed in 20 Minute Doors (typically Smoke doors)
13. No Louvers allowed in fire-rated doors with lite kits
14. No Louvers allowed in doors with Panic Exit Hardware or Stairwells
15. Maximum Fire-Rated louver size is 24x24
Basic Fire Door Requirements:
A. What is the application? (Commercial or Residential)?
If Residential, check the “ Light Commercial” section TAB
B. Verify the appropriate building code.
C. Does the door require a Fire Label as determined by local building code?
Commercial Fire Door Requirements
Wall
Door and
Rating
Frame Rating
These openings are in walls that separate buildings or
3 Hour
divide a single building into designated fire areas.
(180 Minutes)
Openings of this type are used in enclosures of vertical
communication or egress through buildings. Examples
1-1/2 Hour
of these types of openings include stairwells and
(90 Minutes)
elevator shafts.
These door and frame assemblies divide occupancies
1 Hour
in a building.
(60 Minutes)
For use where there are openings in corridors or
3/4 Hour
room partitions.
(45 Minutes)
This opening is in a wall where there the potential for
1-1/2 Hour
severe fire exposure from the exterior of the building.
(90 Minutes)
This opening is an exterior wall that has the potential
to be exposed to moderate to light fire from the exterior
3/4 Hour
of the building.
(45 Minutes)
These openings are in corridors where smoke and draft
1/3 Hour
control is required. The minimum wall rating is 1 hour.
(20 Minutes)
Opening
2 Hour
1 Hour
1 Hour
Description and Use
4 Hour
2 Hour
1 Hour
1 Hour
Prices Effective 04/18/2016 to 07/10/2016
