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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Suttonfire on April 15, 2021, 06:36:55 PM

Title: BS 476-22 - No longer acceptable for external fire rated doors?
Post by: Suttonfire on April 15, 2021, 06:36:55 PM

The following indicates that a fire door tested to BS 476-22 can no longer be accepted for an external fire door, i.e. a door which opens onto a balcony with a single direction of travel in a block of flats: https://www.robust-uk.com/new-ce-marking-regulations-for-external-fire-rated-doors/?utm_content=buffer85944&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Is this correct? I can see no mention in the MHCLG guidance issued in 2020 of BS 476-22 not being a suitable standard for fire doors which open externally.

Title: Re: BS 476-22 - No longer acceptable for external fire rated doors?
Post by: AnthonyB on April 15, 2021, 07:28:47 PM

It means nothing long term unless the UKCA system maintains the status quo after CE ceases to apply in a few months - although it looks like this should have been enforced for over a year on new installations. It doesn't appear retrospective.

Title: Re: BS 476-22 - No longer acceptable for external fire rated doors?
Post by: Suttonfire on April 16, 2021, 08:31:20 PM

Thanks, could I clarify - would a new fire rated door be permissible to a flat which opened on to a balcony (single direction of travel) if it complies to BS 476-22?

Would it just be the case that the door could not be CE marked, but would still considered to be suitably fire resisting based on compliance to the BS? Thanks