Fire Doors for Schools and Campus Buildings
A school door is operated by the least careful user group in any building. Children run through it, prop it, swing on the closer arm and shut it on fingers, and the same leaf is expected to hold a compartment line for the life of the building. The safety problem is specific: a standard fire door with a strong closer and a hard closing edge is exactly the wrong assembly for a corridor of seven-year-olds. Specifying for schools usually means a controlled closing force, finger-protection on the hinge side where the design allows it, vision panels at child height, and a durable leaf that does not need repainting every second summer holiday.
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- Strong closers sized for adult traffic hit children's arms and shoulders; staff then prop the door open and defeat the compartment.
- Hinge-side gaps are the classic finger trap in a school corridor.
- Corridor leaves are kicked, trolleyed and graffitied; light-gauge skins dent permanently within a term.
- Vision panels at adult height mean a child cannot see who is on the other side.
- Summer refurbishment programmes repaint instead of repairing, and hardware failures go unreported.
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- Installation: closer force is set to the lightest setting that still latches reliably, then recorded in the O&M file.
- Documents: fire strategy should state which doors are held open on magnets and which must self-close at all times.
- Maintenance: termly inspection before each holiday; finger guards and vision panels are the first items to check.
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- Steel Fire DoorsClassroom corridors, stair lobbies and sports halls: thick skins that survive trolley and kick damage.
- Fire Rated WindowsWhere a corridor needs daylight and supervision sightlines but the wall is a compartment.
- Steel & Wood Fire DoorsAdministration and visitor areas where the finish has to look like a school, not a plant room.
- Door Accessories & Spare PartsChild-height vision kits, controlled-force closers and finger-guard sets.
Send the campus door schedule and the age group using each corridor.