Solid Wood Door Fire Rating
Solid wood doors are now more often built with a frame and panel construction.
Solid wood door fire rating. Buy commercial fire rated wood doors in 20 45 60 90 minute fire ratings. A solid wood door will range from stc 35 to 49. Quality mineral core construction reduces flame spread. The heavier the door the better the sound suppression.
Solid wood doors are 100 percent natural wood except for the hardware or accessories. The doors can be heavier than steel doors. Fire doors 20 45 60 and 90 minute fire ratings we can provide fire doors in just about any design and wood species in solid wood or solid core veneer doors up to a 90 minute rating. Get a quote online.
We supply all our fire doors made to order in standard and bespoke sizes. Contact us for a quote. Fire doors are required to be self closing and positive latching. Fire doors can be made of different types of construction and materials.
Sound blockage is good to excellent depending on wood species. On the 6th april 2007 regulations relating to fire doors were modified. Flush mineral core construction is a bonded and sanded gypsum core. Metal doors must be used for 3 hour fire rating.
Few solid wood doors are single unified slabs of wood. They are subjected to the bs 476 part 22 or the european equivalent bs en 1634 test that measures the duration with which the door can resist fire spreading between areas and preventing the spread of fumes smoke and flames. Simpson offers thousands of choices for fire rated doors including 20 minute fire rated wood doors and mdf doors with fire ratings up to 90 minute. Before the rule change all doors of habitual rooms leading to the staircase in 3 storey dwellings.
Go above and beyond the natural beauty and draw of wood doors by adding an acoustical element. We can supply fd30 1 2 hour fire doors and fd60 1 hour fire doors. Measured by laboratory testing of the door per astm e 90 the results are reported as stc sound transmission class rating affirming the doors ability to meet specific project requirements. Door frame and hardware must also carry the appropriate fire label.
Quite simply doors are grouped by the duration they can endure the test so an fd30 is a door. Mineral core fire rated wood door for commercial applications.