Glass Fire Doors
A glass fire door keeps the compartment line intact without turning a lobby or atrium into a corridor of blank panels. Vision is the whole point: reception areas, retail frontages, stair cores and circulation spaces stay bright and legible while the opening still closes on a fire signal. The assembly is a steel or stainless frame with certified fire-rated glass, intumescent seals and hardware sized for the leaf weight. Glass is the part that decides whether the door works, so the glass type, its certification and its maximum permitted pane size are fixed together with the door rather than chosen from a glazing catalogue afterwards.
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Criterios de selección
- Fix the glass make-up together with the frame: the certified pane size limits what the elevation can do.
- For large glazed areas, ask for the maximum pane size the certificate covers before the architect fixes the grid.
- Consider privacy and glare: frosted or laminated interlayers can be specified where the room behind should not be read from the corridor.
- Weight is higher than a solid leaf. Confirm hinge, closer and floor fixing capacity early.
Preguntas frecuentes
- Is all fire glass the same?
- No. Glass types carry different rating classes and different maximum pane sizes, and they are not interchangeable between assemblies.
- Can we have a frameless glass fire door?
- Fire-rated frameless assemblies exist but are a different product family with their own certification. This range is framed in steel or stainless.
- Do glazed doors need a different closer?
- Yes, closer sizing follows leaf weight and width, so it is selected with the door rather than added from stock.
- Can glass doors be used externally?
- External use depends on the frame finish and the glass specification. It is confirmed per project rather than assumed.
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