Upgrading non fire rated doors to achieve 30 minutes compliance

[Auntie LIn]

Well, here's a granny-brain answer!  BS459 Part 3 certainly called for asbestos board to be used in the door construction.   I can't find my copy of 459 Part 3 to be able to say whether or not the edges were all lipped, so I can't comment on the likelihood of asbestos being a danger.   I guess if the edges were all lipped, there was no visible damage to the leaf and no-one was looking to change any hardware, then you might take the view that you should leave well alone.   I agree that it was sometime in the 70s when asbestos started to be banned, but we do need to remember that certain messages take quite a long time to get through.   

[Davo]

Auntie Lin


I remember we fitted loads in the 70s after FPA came out, none were lipped but were heavily painted in Constabulary dark blue!
The asbestos disposal rules changed last year in regard to such low grade composition

http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/information.htm#general

davo