External Fire Escape Door Regulations

Any door on an escape route must be readily openable.

External fire escape door regulations. Accordingly any such doors should either not be fitted with a lock latch or bolt or alternatively any such fitting must be readily operable without the use of a key in the direction of escape and without requiring more than one mechanism to be manipulated. Building regulations advise that the height of external doors be 80 inches with a width of at least 36 inches. So in apartment buildings where tenants will have to use the same stairwell to get to safety in case of a fire. External fire doors and windows have been talked about a lot this year.

Current building regulations contain guidance on the widths of escape routes and exits for new build non domestic properties and the communal areas in purpose built blocks of flats in the building regulations 2010 fire safety approved document b volume 2 buildings other than dwellinghouses 2006 edition incorporating amendments up. The requirement for fire doors is also applicable to any residential property over two storeys under the building regulations 2010. It is vital that all the properties have fire doors with smoke seals leading to that common area. This includes fitting a fire door to the entrance of each individual living area so that fire and smoke can be contained within the source area and not encroach onto communal escape routes.

Building regulations for external fire doors. The glazed glass will need to be less than 400mm in width between the frames. The official regulations recommend smoke seals on fire doors that lead to escape routes. We haven t talked about external fire doors so far in 2017 so here is a brief reminder of the key facts that you need to know and it all starts with the term fire exit which has a very specific meaning and is covered by important regulations.

An external fire door at the end i e. And osha directive cpl 2 1 037 compliance policy for emergency action plans and fire prevention plans. Building regulations fire safety procedural guidance 2015 5th edition. An internal fire door is designed to compartmentalise a section of a building in the event of a fire and protect an escape route through it for a minimum length of time as we saw last week starting at 30 minutes and going right through to 240 minutes.

The regulations apply to thermal performance and other areas such as safety air supply means of escape and ventilation. Plans and fire prevention plans in title 29 of the code of federal regulations cfr 1910 33 39. An external window or door is a controlled fitting under the building regulations and as a result of this classification these regulations set out certain standards to be met when such a window or door is replaced.