Fire Door & Frame Repair plus Installation

Here’s the technical stuff for those that need specs:

Standard frames as well as drywall frames have been tested in accordance with UL10B, UL10C and UBC 7-2 and listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Warnock Hersey (WH). They are available with labels from 20 minutes to three hours.

Three sided labeled frames can be furnished K.D. (knocked down) or set up (welded) with various loose (“T” Masonry, wire masonry, existing wall or UNA twist in stud) anchors. Stock frames come with embossed UL label on each hinge jamb.

All frames can be furnished with 6″ Hospital stops. Labeled three sided frames are available for the following applications:

• Single Opening
• Double Opening – Pairs swinging in same direction
• Double Opening with a mullion (stationary or removable)
• Double Egress – use in corridor applications
• Communicating – two doors swinging from the same hinge jamb
• Multiple opening – combination of hinge and/or strike jamb and vertical mullions
  
  Labeled frame assemblies for use as borrowed lights (windows). Transform / side panels and transform / side lights are available in a variety of configurations and must be of welded construction. Glass for assemblies can be wire glass or laminated or solid ceramic glazing.

Fire rated doors have been tested in accordance with UL10B, UL10C and UBC 7-2 and listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Warnock Hersey (WH). They are available with labels from twenty minutes to three hours.

The size of the glass lites is dictated by the required hourly rating. All glass used in fire rated doors must be listed glass and be either 1/4″ [6mm] wire, laminated or solid ceramic material.

Basic guidelines on glass are as follows:

• 3 Hour – 100 sq. inch [.065m2] per door leaf (where permitted by the authority having jurisdiction) special glazing.
• <p”>1 1/2 Hour – 100 sq. inch [.065m2] per door (wire glass) or 138 sq. inch [.086m2] (4) vision panels max. (special glazing)
• 45 Min – 1296 sq. inch [0.84m2] per light neither dimension exceeding 54 inch [132mm] (2856 sq. inch [1.84 m2] with special glazing).
• 20 Min – 1296 sq. inch [0.84m2] per light neither dimension exceeding 54 inch [132mm]
• 20 Min – without hose stream. 2971 sq. inch [1.93m2] per light (width 35 3/4″ [908mm] x height 83 1/2″ [2111mm]).

Fire rated doors can be prepared for listed fusible link louvers. Maximum louver 24″ x 24″ [610mm x 610mm], maximum rating 1 1/2 hours. Doors with louvers shall not be provided with glass lights, vision panels or fire exit hardware.