Fire Door Gap Gauge Checker Tool, Small and Light, Pocket Fit

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The gaps between a Fire Door and its frame need to be 2 to 4mm in width to ensure that both the door can close smoothly and that the fire cannot spread through the gap of the fire door. Our Fire Door Gap Gauge is a handy tool designed for easy use thanks to the clearly marked dark blue "Recommended Door Gap" area. If you'd like to know more about solutions that reduce your risks, make your buildings compliant and create safer environments for your people. Get in touch today. Make an enquiry Chat with us, We supply intumescent fire and smoke stop pillows, which are made of a hard-wearing fireproof glass cloth filled with an intumescent chemical. Correct specification, installation and maintenance of fire doors are critical to ensuring your building is safe. As smoke tends to travel faster than the fire itself, fire and smoke door seals act as a barrier between smoke and the interior of a building. By preventing passive inhalation at entry points, they can help protect residents from serious injury or death caused by exposure to toxic fumes during an emergency.

Fire door holdersAlthough fire doors should ideally be shut at all times, this arrangement is not always practical. A fire door holder – or fire door hold open device – can be fitted to a fire door to keep it open during normal situations. These devices can be directly connected to the fire alarm or be acoustically activated by the sound of the fire alarm. Once the fire alarm is triggered, the fire door holder releases the door for closing.Watch the video to find out for your self that the Fire Door Gap Gauge is a simple to use, highly efficient “must have” tool that every inspector, fire marshal, commercial property/maintenance manager and fire department needs in their toolbox. Dual-marked feeler gauge for measuring narrow gaps or clearances. Individual denominations in metric and imperial. Steel blades measure from 0.04-0.88mm and 0.0015"-0.035" and the brass blade measures 0.254mm and 0.01". This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2018 at 4:23 pm and is filed under . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Grab your gauge, find the size you are looking to confirm and insert the gap gauge under the bottom of the door and take an accurate measurement. Protecting people and property through 3rd party accredited Passive Fire Protection services, nationwide.

For Wood Doors Swinging in pairs the clearance in between the leading and vertical edges of the door, the frame, and the meeting edges will not surpass 1/8 ″. Step 4– If you still require some assistance we have a couple of how to use a door gap gauge videos that you can watch. The clearance at the underside of the bottom of a door and non-combustible surface shall not exceed 3/4 ″. At All Things Inspector, we are experts at developing materials that help construction crews keep up with fire door compliance. Step 3– Verify that your door gap gauge that the gaps fall within the clearances outlined by NFPA 80 and change as required.A fire door gap can be shortened through the use of surface-mounted smoke seals and rebated drop-down smoke seals. We can close the gap on existing fire doors easily using these products. This is suitable for an existing fire door gap up to 14mm on the underside of the door.