ASDMA’s guide to understanding the complexity of specialist custom-made fire doors and the importance of door design covers the function, aesthetics, certification, specification and configurations of doors.
This Intumescent Fire Seals Association (IFSA) fact sheet is a useful guide to replacing fire door seals correctly.
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This Intumescent Fire Seals Association (IFSA) fact sheet is a useful guide to smoke controls in fire doors.
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Acoustics are becoming an ever increasing issue. This guide simplifies what is a complex subject through exploring acoustic issues in relation to testing, application of test data and the structure of a sound attenuating doorset. This document is for guidance purposes, where acoustic considerations are critical, reference should be made to qualified Acoustic Engineers.
ASDMA's Best Practice Guide to Timber Fire Doors can be used to provide a basis for reaching a contractual agreement on the specification and performance of timber fire doors, as well as for avoiding the anomalies that exist in regulations and standards at the time of publication.
ASDMA's guide to fire door installation is designed to be of assistance during the planning and execution stages of contracts that involve installation of custom-made doors.
ASDMA's Timber Door Maintenance, Damage & Troubleshooting Guide is intended to assist in maintaining a trouble free door installation for the lifetime of the building. An additional guidance paper is available which deals with the installation of bespoke doors.
ASDMA's guide to Risk Assessment Considerations for Timber Fire Doors provides advice and guidance to take into account in the care, maintenance and risk assessment of timber fire and smoke control doors.
It gives a brief background to regulations and testing procedures and sets out to identify main factors that can potentially affect aspects of performance in fire conditions. It draws attention to considerations and required knowledge when undertaking care and maintenance work or when carrying out risk assessments.
The actions to be taken by those with responsibilities and duties under the provisions of fire safety legislation including risk assessments will vary according to conditions that apply in each particular case. The function of timber fire doors is important in securing protected escape. This document therefore seeks to help by providing pointers to a number of key considerations which may well need to be followed up by further specialist support if initial inspections raise questions regarding door condition.
The primary purpose of a doorset is to provide a means for traffic to pass from one side of a wall to the other; however doorsets are often expected to provide additional performance functions such as fire resistance, security and sound attenuation. This guidance document looks at the practical issues of fire doors to ensure that they function safely and effectively in all performance areas.
This guide covers reference points generally used within the industry for the purpose of communicating dimensional information and common language for use by all parties concerned with the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke doorsets.
