Fire door ironmongery
Premium ironmongery, specified your way
With RW Joinery, you are assisted from the earliest stages of the project to ensure your doorsets and ironmongery combine the very best in design, fire safety and function.
Your creative design will be championed by our team of experts throughout the manufacturing process.
Specify your desired designs and finishes whilst we work alongside our suppliers to ensure it remains compliant and certified, without compromising on aesthetic or function.
If your request negates the doorset fire certification we will work with you to amend your specification.
Essential doorset ironmongery
The role of essential ironmongery is to hold the fire door in place in the event of a fire, until the intumescent strip is activated, expanding and sealing the door leaf into the frame.
RW Joinery’s Essential Ironmongery includes:
- Pivots
- Hinges
- Door Closing Devices
- Latches
- Locks
All essential ironmongery installed within a doorsets must be CE marked and approved by the doorset manufacturer to ensure the Doorset Fire Certificate is not compromised.
Non-essential doorset ironmongery
Whilst essential ironmongery is used to ensure the performance of the doorset works correctly in a fire, non-essential ironmongery (because it doesn’t form part of the fire certification process) is used for either aesthetic or practical reasons.
RW Joinery’s Non-Essential Ironmongery includes:
Pull Handles
Push Plates
Security Viewers
Kick Plates
Escutcheons
Name Plates
Buffer Rails
All non-essential ironmongery must be approved by the doorset manufacturer in order to ensure the Doorset Fire Certificate is not compromised.
Self-closing doorset devices
Unless a door is designated as ‘permanently locked with authorised access only’ your fire doorset must include a self-closing device, or door closer.
RW Joinery supplies a wide range of self-closing devices, including options which are not visible whilst the doorset is closed.
RW Joinery’s self-closing device range includes:
Face-Fixed Fire Door Closers
Concealed Fire Door Closers
Floor Mounted Closers
Transom Mounted Closers
Self-closing fire door retainers
Whilst fire doors are required to be self-closing, it can cause difficulty for the young, elderly or disabled. Fire door retainers allow the door to be kept in the open position – automatically releasing the door in the event of a fire.
Types of Fire Door Retainer:
Fire door retainers must be linked to the fire alarm system in your building.
RW Joinery offer two types of door leaf retainers:
Détente – A magnetic device linked to the building fire alarm that releases the door leaf when activated. The door leaf must be fitted with normal door closers to allow the leaf to close.
Electromagnetic Door Closers – Usually forming part of an overhead door closer or used within a floor mounted device, this retainer is linked to the building fire alarm and releases the door leaf when activated. The unit then closes the door into the frame.
Fire door hinges
RW Joinery supplies and installs brushed, stainless steel, Grade 13, fire-rated, power load, lift off hinges as standard. For security doorsets or extremely heavy doorsets, you will be supplied with specialist butt hinges.
Other RW Joinery hinges include:
Concealed Hinges
Pivot Hinges
Floor Springs
Locks & latches
Your fire doorset must be specified and certified in its entirety to remain industry compliant. This includes locks and latches, which form part of the fire control and certification system.
You can select from single or multi-point locking systems, allowing you to adhere to PAS 24 standards.
The PAS 24 British Standards are a set of tests designed to assess the security of a door against the effects of an opportunistic burglar. They are a minimum standard by which all new buildings must adhere in order to comply with current Building Regulations.
As industry regulations are so stringent, RW Joinery will always ensure adequate security and fire protection as part of the manufacturing process, so you don’t have to worry.