This information is intended for general reference only.
1 hr rated glass door.
45 minute fire protective windows are permitted in a 1 hour exit corridor up to a maximum of 25 of the wall area.
Check with frame manufacturer for maximum tested glass sizes and required stop height.
45 200 60 101 60 201 90 102 120 104 supply form.
100 0 69 12 33 note.
The door must be self closing and positive latching push pull plates cannot be used on a fire rated door and ul approved hinges must be used.
Fire rated doors and frames.
A 3 hour door 180 min is typically required in 4 hour rated walls that separate buildings or divide a building into separate fire rated areas.
Exposed area shown above.
The wall door frame door and hardware must all be fire rated.
Most 1 hour fire doors can be yours within a couple of days but some doors do take 5 working days on the uk mainland and our deanta bespoke range with at least 16 different sizes are on an 8 10 week schedule.
Note many code are outlawing the use of wire glass due to the hazards of injury from glass breakage.
90 minute doors are also used in exterior openings where there is a.
Maximum glass light size for a 90 minute 1 1 2 hour door depends on the type of glass being installed.
These doors are most commonly used on the exteriors of a commercial building and on fire rated openings as they are inexpensive and can handle ratings up to 3 hours.
90 minute doors 1 1 2 hr are required in 2 hour rated wall openings to stairwells elevator rooms or egress through a building.
Individual lite sizes cannot exceed max.
Sidelites and transoms around a 20 minute fire door in a 1 hour exit require a 45 minute fire rating with hose stream.
Wire glass 100 square inches is max exposed glass when wire glass is used.
Where the code permits a fire rated window opening in a 1 hour exterior wall the required fire rating for the window and glazing is 45 minutes with the caveat that there are 25 width and length limits.
Most steel doors outlast their wood counterparts by over 10 years are better insulated vandal resistant and longer lasting than wood doors or fiberglass doors.
Simpson offers thousands of choices for fire rated doors including 20 minute fire rated wood doors and mdf doors with fire ratings up to 90 minute.
Fire rated glass ceramic used with specific application window sprinklers.
If the designer wants to exceed those limits then the required rating for the window wall assembly is 60.