Category Archives: digital locks

Get creative with Doorstuff!

Send us your photos for a chance to win a 7” 8GB Kindle Fire HD   All you need to do is send in a photo a door hardware product you have purchased from us, either being fitted or once … Continue reading

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The ERA Fortress 5 lever British Standard High Security Mortice Lock satisfies police

The ERA Fortress 5 lever British Standard High Security Mortice Lock satisfies police Continue reading

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Cue the music…door signage…

Can I include this photo under door signage? – Ed.

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Gridlock tubular latch

Tubular latches are easy to fit with a standard tool kit, no complex morticing is required.  They are perfect for using on contemporary designs of internal household doors where you are using lever handles on round roses where you can … Continue reading

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Anne Marie Morris MP visits Doorstuff

Doorstuff today welcomed Member of Parliament for Newton Abbot Anne Marie Morris for a visit and tour, meeting some of our team and then sharing coffee and doughnuts with invited neighbouring business owners Roger of HBD Flooring and Mark of … Continue reading

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Temporary Dwellings in Disaster Zones Built From Cardboard Tubes

A Japanese architect has won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize for designing a range of buildings for refugees of natural disasters.  Shigeru Ban uses long cardboard tubes to construct “low-cost but dignified housing” which he first proposed in 1994 in … Continue reading

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Parts of a door for forensic scientists & barristers

Day 8 of the trial of Oscar Pistorius, charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, included the testimony and cross examination of Forensic investigator Colonel Johannes Vermeulen (pictured above).  Vermeulen’s investigation centres around the condition of the bathroom … Continue reading

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A fire door test at Lorient

Members of the Institute of Architectural Ironmongers were treated to a fire test at Lorient UK‘s headquarters in Newton Abbot today.  The furnace was fitted with two miniature hinged 30 minute fire doors (FD30s) each with reinforced vision panels.  The … Continue reading

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An outside access device which re-locks itself on closure of the fire escape door

The EXIDOR CL1 outside access device is a code entry lock which automatically locks when the door latches shut with the compatible EXIDOR panic hardware unit (296, 297, 501 etc).  The CL2 has the optional setting of “passage function” which … Continue reading

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CE Marked Doorsets – Business as usual for Door Assemblies in 2014

Door assemblies are still legal after 1 July 2013.   And they will stay legal for the foreseeable future.  Door assemblies are NOT doorsets – so CE marking doesn’t apply to them. You can’t tell the difference between doorsets and door … Continue reading

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