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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: michael on March 23, 2006, 08:47:00 AM

Title: Fire door in a mansion block, basement flat
Post by: michael on March 23, 2006, 08:47:00 AM

Hi, I am about to put new doors throught by basement flat.
I have heard that maybe i need a firedoor/doors some where?

There is a door that sepeartes the bedrooms from the main room, is this the only door that needs to be a firedoor? or do all doors need to be firedoors?  or am I worrying about nothing and should just get normal doors?

Thank you

Title: Fire door in a mansion block, basement flat
Post by: Martin Burford on March 23, 2006, 09:29:11 AM

Michael

Without more information about the internal layout of your flat, I would not like to advise you, at this time.
Conqueror

Title: Fire door in a mansion block, basement flat
Post by: kurnal on March 24, 2006, 07:38:07 AM

Hi Michael
If a fire ocurred at night in the living rooms of your flat how could persons escape?
Is there a corridor outside the bedroom leading to your entrance door?
Do you have one or more entrance doors?
Or do the bedrooms have decent sized ( say 650mmx 450 mm), easily opened  windows  through which you could escape?
Are you and your guests reasonably ambulant if you rely on window exits?
Once outside the window could you easily move away from the building?
Or is your only way out of the bedrooms via the other living rooms?
Do you have any smoke detectors?

These are the sort of questions we would need answers to before advising you.

It looks to me like your best bet would be to contact your local fire and rescue service and ask for a free home fire risk assessment. They will be pleased to visit you and give you advice, and many will fit you free smoke alarms if you don't currently have any.

Title: Fire door in a mansion block, basement flat
Post by: Martin Burford on March 24, 2006, 09:15:28 AM

blimey Kurnal
Are you asking Michael to enter Mastermind ?
Conqueror.

Title: Fire door in a mansion block, basement flat
Post by: kurnal on March 24, 2006, 09:32:15 AM

No. Who wants to be a millionaire.
And I have advised him to phone a friend

Title: Fire door in a mansion block, basement flat
Post by: Martin Burford on March 24, 2006, 02:47:27 PM

Kurnal

Phoning a friend seldom is successful.
Conqueror

Title: Fire door in a mansion block, basement flat
Post by: kurnal on March 24, 2006, 04:23:46 PM

Depends who you choose as your friends.