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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Technical Advice => Topic started by: Tadees on November 20, 2015, 11:08:36 AM

Title: 'Built in' door mats in outside flat front doors
Post by: Tadees on November 20, 2015, 11:08:36 AM

See links below.  If the local authority wanted to fit these, is there really a problem?  What standard would they have to meet for the purpose of fire safety, if any?

http://c-sgroup.co.uk/products/pedisystems-entrance-flooring/pedimat-ultra/
http://www.ronick.com/aluminum-entrance-mat-longevity

Title: Re: 'Built in' door mats in outside flat front doors
Post by: Dinnertime Dave on November 20, 2015, 12:36:48 PM

Personally I don't see a problem at all from a fire safety point of view.

Title: Re: 'Built in' door mats in outside flat front doors
Post by: Mike Buckley on November 20, 2015, 02:59:14 PM

If you are feeling penicity ask how it stands with:

EN ISO 9239-1:2002 ? 'Reaction to fire tests for floorings. Part 1: Determination of the burning behaviour using a radiant heat source'.

Title: Re: 'Built in' door mats in outside flat front doors
Post by: Phoenix on November 21, 2015, 10:51:42 AM

Not a problem.

Title: Re: 'Built in' door mats in outside flat front doors
Post by: Fishy on November 24, 2015, 08:20:47 AM

In the UK we don't tend to control the reaction-to-fire performance of flooring materials (with the exception of fire-fighting stairs).  No issue provided that they don't run under any F/R doorsets.