Glass Emergency Exit Doors
Fire rated steel doors play a vital role in keeping people safe and minimizing property damage during a fire.
Glass emergency exit doors. Cdf carries the largest selection of commercial fire rated doors in the industry. Heavy duty concealed hinge. Sometimes panic hardware is called fire exit hardware or they may be referred to as egress doors. If that seemed like a lot of information that s because it is.
Entrance door comes ready to be installed with a welded steel frame. Path of travel door. Heavy duty spring hinges and one 4 1 2 in. Entrance door the 36 in.
Also known as panic doors or emergency exits these doors are equipped with horizontal panic devices that function as the emergency push bar. An exit door is a door that allows an emergency exit from a building. Prl s panic devices serve the dual purpose of meeting fire safety codes and acting as. Making sure your emergency exit doors are nfpa compliant.
Fire exit doors are exterior doors that allow free unhindered exits from a building in the event of an emergency. Labeled fire doors control the spread of fire and smoke for up to 3 hours. After the rhode island station nightclub fire killed 100 people in 2003 code changes lowered the capacity threshold for exit requirements. After 2004 the ibc prohibited traditional wired glass in fire doors in exit enclosures and other hazardous locations because it fails to meet the minimum safety glazing impact resistance requirements.
A path of travel door is a door in the egress pathway leading to or between a fire door or exit door. Metal fire doors are an economical alternative to wood fire doors when more than a 20 minute rating is required. Panic hardware cannot be used on a fire door because of the danger of trapping people inside during a fire. Dependant on its location it need not necessarily be fire rated or steel framed.
We keep the most popular sizes of both fire rated hollow metal doors and fire rated wood doors in our warehouse available for super rush shipping to your job site. Subsequently place these exit signs only on emergency exit doors and doors leading to an exit. It comes complete with a commercial grade exit lever and entrance trim set two 4 1 2 in. A steel fire resistant door frame is also used.
The idea behind panic hardware is to allow a way out of the building in the case of an emergency. A building s emergency exit doors are some of the most important parts of their emergency system. Steel is the sole door material to deliver a 3. Cdf also has fire rated glass and louver options to meet any firewall requirement.