What are fire door assemblies?

A fire door assembly is made up of the door leaf, flat packed lining, intumescent seals and ironmongery. Components can be sourced from different Builders Merchants and manufacturers such as Tayco who compete on price and who may allow for negotiation. Fire door assemblies are cost effective as they allow each component to be ordered separately, at different times, enabling the purchase cost to be staggered. Lead times are short and quotations are quick and easy to obtain.

What are fire door sets?

With a factory assembled fire door set, all the components are delivered at the same time, assembled as a set, from the same manufacturer. Ease of installation might be achieved but delays between fitting the lining, door, intumescent seals and ironmongery can result in components being lost, stolen or damaged.

Only fire door sets or assemblies comply with building regulations.
A certified fire door on it’s own will not do.

Building Regulations

2000 edition of approved document B encouraged the use of third party certified passive fire resistant products to provide confidence in appropriate standards of workmanship.

CERTIFIRE

In 1996 the British Woodworking Federation appointed Certifire, which is the certification arm of Warrington Fire Research Ltd, as an independent organisation for the certifying of passive fire resisting products. The first stage of the scheme covered door leaves and factory assembled door sets and by 1998 ninety per cent of all door leaves sold (two million) were Certifire accredited.

There has been successful marketing and promotion of the scheme’s aims of eliminating the specification, supply, purchase and use of non-certificated fire doors and linings.

The BWF Certifire scheme has now been extended to include manufacturers of fire door linings, intumescent seals and ironmongery. You can now procure a fire door assembly, using components from different sources, all of which will be covered by the BWF Certifire scheme. Tayco can supply certified fire door linings for use in propriety fire door assemblies. Many specifiers and builders are not aware that a more cost competitive alternative to factory assembled fire door sets is available and that it will satisfy Local Authority Building Control and Fire Officers. Certification can also affect building insurance premiums, reducing the service costs of buildings.