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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: SidM on February 11, 2008, 12:23:12 PM

Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: SidM on February 11, 2008, 12:23:12 PM: In a letter how would you refer to the area above a fire door that is not fire stopped to true ceiling height?
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: kurnal on February 11, 2008, 12:38:42 PM: Is this

-a panel within the door frame above the level of the door leaf or
-that part of the wall where it passes above the door or
-a partition that does not extend through the void formed by a suspended ceiling to the height of the true ceiling above?
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: SidM on February 11, 2008, 02:04:57 PM: It is the panel within the door frame above the level of the door leaf which is on a stairway enclosure. The panle stops at the height of the flase ceiling
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: Redone on February 11, 2008, 04:02:42 PM: Transom infill?
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: nearlythere on February 11, 2008, 04:49:46 PM: Quote from: SidM
It is the panel within the door frame above the level of the door leaf which is on a stairway enclosure. The panle stops at the height of the flase ceiling
You could say that the wall or partition containing the 1/2frsc door should be minimum 1/2fr to structure ceiling and capable of withstanding the passage of smoke at ambient temperatures.
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: wee brian on February 11, 2008, 09:09:14 PM: Aunti lin calls them overpanels. With glass in them they are called fanlights or borrowed lights.
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: Dinnertime Dave on February 13, 2008, 01:14:02 PM: Quote from: Redone
Transom infill?
Some of my brigades very old standard letters name them 'transom lights'.

But that`s OK if the person receiving the letter knows what is meant.
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: Redone on February 14, 2008, 02:55:55 PM: Very true DD, must add that on the follow up inspection, never came across the work not done.
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: redbadge on February 18, 2008, 10:19:22 AM: try "glazed fanlight above door" - should be pretty clear
Title: Area above the frame of the fire door?
Post by: slubberdegullion on February 18, 2008, 09:03:21 PM: Take a photo of it and include this in your document -then there can be no misunderstanding.

Stu