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Some fire doors pictured below are so incompetently installed an otherwise serious topic descends into absurd comedy.
Unfortunately, having a stair-rail passing through a hole carved into the door (I kid you not) would have grave consequences were a fire to break out.
Lifted from Twitter (big thanks to Theodore Firedoor and FireDoorGuy) and Fire Door Safety Week’stoolkit) the gallery features plenty of more prosaic, typical problems too – big gaps between doors and around the perimeter, slapdash use of sealant, doors wedged open and the like.
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This one below discovered by Arnold Tarling, associate director at Hindwoods Chartered Surveyors, who said: “Southampton university Mayflower halls of residence. This fire door is the access route to the dry riser behind the open door!
“The building is only 3 years old. The architect had clearly got things wrong in the design and should also have installed magnetic releases. Clearly forgot the volume of belongings every student brings with them.
“Not too worried about the wedging as this was for students returning to uni – there were staff and student helpers to remove the wedges should the need arise.”
Careless use or poor specification? New doors ruined! Easily prevented with protection device. Cheaper in the long run to do it properly. pic.twitter.com/F0D63cmzRQ
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A rogue’s gallery of fire doors unworthy of the name (and perfectly good ones rendered useless)Our gallery features some all too common deficiencies - big gaps between doors, slapdash use of sealant, doors wedged open - as well as some truly absurd installations, such as a stair-rail passing through a hole carved into the door (we kid you not).
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Ian Malone
October 7, 2017 8:11 am
While discussing Fire doors my fear is experts and designers fail to understand why fire equipment , such as the riser shown in the first picture , are ” RED ” .
For me such a visual aid is not complicated , it should be seen not hidden behind a door , until we get the simple stuff right there will be no solution .
While discussing Fire doors my fear is experts and designers fail to understand why fire equipment , such as the riser shown in the first picture , are ” RED ” .
For me such a visual aid is not complicated , it should be seen not hidden behind a door , until we get the simple stuff right there will be no solution .