Fire Door Identification Plugs

In the event of a fire knowing that you can count on a minimum of 30 minutes of fire resistance delivers peace of mind and allows you to put together a fire escape plan.

Fire door identification plugs. Timber doors that have achieved third party certification from bm trada feature colour coded fire door plugs giving specifiers and building owners a way of identifying that the door is certified. Identification labels are usually fitted on the top edge of the door and plugs inserted in the jamb of the door. There is an improved scheme which uses barcodes normally affixed to the upper edge. For hospitals fire doors display a disc at the top of each face of the door showing the designated fire performance as per health technical memoranda htm 58.

A colour coded plug may be inserted into the door instead of or in addition to the label. This identification label is usually affixed to the top edge of the door. Period of fire resistance i e. The system of using coloured plugs was discredited some time ago due to cowboy firms inserting similar coloured plugs into ordinary doors and then selling them as fire doors.

Fortunately a fire door is relatively easy to identify thanks to certain tell tale signs. The fire door identification plugs signify. As part of the. Scheme for identification of fire resisting door le aves in accordance with bs 476 part 8 1972 fire resisting rating intumescent.

Knowing how to identify and check internal fire doors might just save your life. For hospitals fire doors display a disc at the top of each face of the door showing the design fire performance see htm58. I assume it means additional intumescent is required for the door to fully meet the standard.