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Category Archives: door closers
HELP! My elderly mother is a prisoner of her door closer!
We received this plea from a correspondent: “My mother is 92 years old & living in sheltered accommodation. They have fitted a door closer to her flat & she is now unable to get out or get back in alone. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cam action guide rail door closer, closing forces, DDA, Disability Discrimination Act, Electromagnetic free swing door closer, Fire Regulation Legislation, sheltered accommodation, soft close device, The Equalities Act
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Coroner rules on safety failures including the fire door closer as cause of tragic death
23 year old Architect Sophie Rosser died from burns in the Royal London Hospital after entering a blazing block of flats in an ill-fated attempt to save her boyfriend, who she feared was trapped inside. Coroner Mary Hassell criticised a … Continue reading
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Tagged coroner, door closure, fire door, fire door closer, fire door hinges, maintenance, safety, self-closing fire door
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HOPPE AR226 double door selector
The HOPPE AR226 door selector enables a pair of self-closing doors with rebated meeting stiles to close in the correct sequence automatically, no matter which door is opened first, thereby maintaining the fire resistant seal. For use with power size … Continue reading
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Tagged AR226, BS EN 1158, door closers, door selector, hoppe
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Is the GEZE TS3000 BC successfully fitted in this situation?
A correspondent has a double glazed aluminium outward opening front porch door which gets taken by wind. The standard stay fitted there breaks and is therefore in danger of damage. He asked therefore if the GEZE TS3000 BC can be … Continue reading
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Tagged 120° opening, aluminium door, back check, Figure 61 fitting, GEZE TS3000 BC, guide rail door closer, mounting plate, porch door
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GEZE door hold open magnet
Wall mounted electromagnetic door hold open devices are used for holding open fire doors which have mechanical door closers fitted. They must be connected to a smoke detection system or fire alarm panel which, in the case of fire, interrupts … Continue reading
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Tagged electromagnetic, geze, hold open device
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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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Tagged 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize, cardboard tubes, Delivery, reinforced with timber, Shigeru Ban, sliding door gear
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Fitting a door closer to an outward opening upvc door
Must be fitted in the Fig 61 position – with the door closer body on the frame and the arm on the door – so check that there’s room for it there. An additional mounting plate is definitely recommended for … Continue reading
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Tagged back check, flat washers, guide rail, mounting plate, uPVC door
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EXIDOR 4900 door closers, a Great British product
Made by Exidor in the UK, the EXIDOR 4900 are in stock at Doorstuff. The Exidor overhead door closer range (4900, 4930, 4910, 4940, 4700, 4730, 4800, 4830 and 4820) are direct replacements for the old Jebron door closers and … Continue reading
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Tagged 4700, 4730, 4800, 4820, 4830, 4900, 4910, 4930, 4940, cam action, cam and roller action, DDA, door closer, Equality Act 2010, exidor, jebron
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Building Regulations Part E on the transmission of sound in a building
We have been asked by a customer about the communal exit/entrance door to his apartment block which closes with a loud bang. He had been told by the on site maintenance person that after he reduced the noise to an … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Regulations Part E, door closer, door slamming, Geze TS4000, transmission of sound
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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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Tagged Certifire, FD30, fire and smoke, fire door, fire test, hinges, intumescent, lorient, strip
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