Closing fire doors

Didn't read through all posts in detail just yet, but wouldn't you also have to take into consideration not just fire, but unexpected explosives/detonation/rapid fire development as well (bad wiring + accidental scenario for explosive outcome) that would leave a fire? Which means you wouldn't have time to escape and close the door behind you (you could all be dead) and the door is open, allowing it to spread much more quickly to other areas.

Agree with most of what I've read on getting a magnetic door, or indeed adding own air-con/cooling in place of needing the door open.
 
Russinating said:
It has one of those things at the top that makes it close automatically if that's what you mean?
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Yes you can get expensive flashy ones also, but the door needs to close automatically.

FD 120 is the best as it will give you 2 hours, but if its open its useless.
 
Fire doors are designed to be always closed, they are effectively weak points in fire seperated compartments, propping them open means the fire escape strategy for the building is seriously compromised, they wouldn't be specified as fire doors unless they were completely necessary.
 
Russinating said:
Think people have overlooked the size of our room. As some have alluded to, it's very similar to a classroom: a bit bigger than a double bedroom in an average house with a few desks and one door.

Totally get the fire regs, just seems a bit OTT in this situation. If there's a fire in the hallway, we'd close the door and have to leave via the third floor windows somehow. If there was a fire in our room, it would be nowhere near the door (unless the door itself combusted) in which case we'd leave and close the door behind us.

Nevermind. Sweaty bums it is.
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Eh? You said it was 400sq/ft. That's the size of most modern 1 bed apartments including hallway, kitchen/living and a bathroom and or en-suite....
 
My local club replaced some fire doors between rooms that were knackered with some uPVC doors. Beat that fire regulations!
 
Hi, Firefighter of 13 years here. I can't quote the regulations off the top of my head to you for number of exits for room size etc as it's not my department (I'm Ops, this would fall under Fire Safety) but it's to do with distance you have to travel to an exit from the furthest point of a room (year of construction would also count). I would highly recommend giving your local fire service a call and asking for a contact number/name for their Fire Safety department. They'll be happy to advise you on the regulations and solutions and it wont cost you anything. Delvis has given you a good solution with a magnetic closer that is linked to the alarm system.

If you can't get anywhere with your local Fire Safety I can try to find out for you :)
 
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