THE DANGERS OF CUTTING CORNERS WITH YOUR FIRE DOORS

OK - you've heard us say it before. You've heard many people say it before. And we're going to keep saying it - Fire Doors play a vital part in life safety and fire containment within a building.
There are many examples of how effective Fire Doors are should a fire occur, including the recent fire at Gower College in Swansea. South Wales Fire & Rescue Service credit the effective Fire Doors for minimising the spread of the fire. Deputy chief fire officer Mick Crennell said, "I would urge everyone to keep their fire doors closed, they really are there for a reason and they really do work."
But many times the little details are overlooked. Corners are cut, and expensive Fire Doors are rendered useless due to incorrect installation or non-fire-rated ancillaries fitted. The weak spots on a Fire Door are the edges, and any hole or aperture cut into the door, for example vision panels, locks and latches, letterplates and ventilation grilles. If these aren't properly fire rated, tested and certified there can be lethal consequences in a fire.
BWF Certifire put together this amazing and enlightening video (if a little scary) to show just how dangerous a compromised Fire Door can be. Sit back, enjoy, and remember - NEVER CUT CORNERS WHEN WORKING WITH FIRE DOORS!
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[@urbansnipe]

Just do what they do at kettering general hospital. The hallways are so packed with beds the automatic closing firedoors are blocked by the bed

[@tomalex4806]

That needs to be reported if not already

[@brendanwong4140]

My electrical and utility cupboard does not have these strips. It's a 2022 new build for £450k and I thought they were regulation to be fitted?

[@theinspiringengineer-railw153]

And remember, all doors in such buildings need to be soul destroying ugly with looks only the council can like! ;)

[@krissteele2661]

Contractor s still cut corner s as long as the money comes in lives don't matter🤔👍

[@Onkarr]

I guess the only time to tell if they cut corners is if a fire actually occurs ...e.g Glenfell towers

[@mgabrielle2343]

I rather trust an Early warning Fire detection system and ignore instructions to stay in and close all doors, thats what happened in Grenfell Tower, if there was an early warning Fire detection system, it would have gone off the minute the Fridge caught fire, and Alarm Sounders throughout the building would have gone into Evacuation mode or tone, so people would be told when they hear such tone, leave the building at once, no lives would have been lost, Fire doors and Intumescent strips do not provide 100% safety, how long does an Intumescent seal take to react to heat, when it is firstly embedded in the center groove of 3 edges of the door, the wood is a heat insulator, the door will have to burn for a good few minutes for the heat to transfer through it to the intumescent strip in order for it to expand, just try this on a flam, you will see it takes ages for it to start expanding so until the door is half burnt, for the heat to reach the strip, by this time enough smoke has penetrated the room, the smoke furring material would have melted , so in my opinion for optimum safety, occupants of any building should not trust any advice from anyone but upon hearing a fire alarm, leave the damn building at once and save your own life, do not trust carpenters, fire doors or seals. Trust a Fire Alarm, and your instincts.

[@cristimoldovan4369]

And this experiment has been done in closed build 🤣🤣🤭