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Fire Doors and Fire Door Hardware_v1a.pdf - PFPA
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7<br />
What is a fire resistant doorset?<br />
Probably the most fundamental building block<br />
of understanding fire doors is to understand<br />
the concept of fire resistant doorsets. The Fire<br />
Rating Level (FRL), more commonly referred<br />
to as the “fire rating”, applies to the overall fire<br />
door assembly or system as installed, not to<br />
the individual components.<br />
Figure 1 below, shows pictorially the concept<br />
of a fire resistant doorset, which consists of a<br />
complete assembly involving all the relevant<br />
components and is of course contingent upon<br />
compliant installation.<br />
Fire resistant<br />
Wall<br />
Fire test<br />
information<br />
for assembly<br />
Inbuilt<br />
features<br />
Door frame,<br />
packing<br />
& fixing to wall<br />
Fire resistant<br />
doorset<br />
Non essential<br />
Door hardware<br />
Proprietary<br />
Door leaf or<br />
leaves<br />
Correct<br />
installation<br />
Essential door<br />
hardware<br />
Figure 1 – Pictorial representation of fire resistant doorset<br />
Version 1a—October 2005