Description
Martin Fennell presents a comprehensive overview of bespoke fire doors, emphasising their vital role in fire safety, compartmentation, and compliance, and the need for certified manufacturing, installation, and maintenance to ensure performance and occupant protection.
Key Points
- Holistic Fire Door Performance Depends on Every Component and Installation Quality
Fire doors must be treated as integrated systems—failures often result not from the door leaf but from gaps, seals, hardware, or poor installation, making third-party certification and proper fitting essential. - Bespoke, Certified Solutions Outperform Off-the-Shelf Doors
Amara Door Solutions provides custom-made, fully certified door sets designed for specific openings, ensuring better fire performance, easier compliance, and reduced risk of on-site modification errors. - Sustainability, Accessibility, and Smoke Control Are Integral to Modern Fire Door Design
Fire doors must meet environmental standards (e.g., FSC, ISO 14001), accessibility regulations (Part M), and smoke control requirements, with features like drop seals and contrasting finishes playing critical roles in usability and safety.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of bespoke fire doors in maintaining compartmentation and life safety during a fire.
- Recognise the importance of certified manufacturing, proper installation, and ongoing maintenance in ensuring fire door effectiveness.
- Evaluate how accessibility, sustainability, and smoke control considerations must be integrated into fire door design and specification.
