How fire rated wood doors work?

Fire rated wood doors are mainly used for the safety purposes. There are many places where the need of the fire rated doors are more, the reason behind that is the components implemented to develop the door. These doors have materials like that which prevents the entry of the fire through the door. This is the first step to stop or protect the place from fire.In addition to this chemical treatment, fire rated wood doors also undergo high pressure vacuum impregnation to add strength to the wood. We know that more than the fire, it is the smoke that leads to causalities during a fire accident. That’s where the fire rated door frames come into play. When both the fire rated wood door frames and the fire rated wooden panel expands, they block the flow of smoke from one compartment to another and thereby significantly reducing the chaos that play out in a fire accident scene. 

Fire Rated Wood Doors in Dubai : Ideal

Types of fire rated wood doors

Based on their time taken by the wood to resist fire, fire rated wood doors are graded into four categories 

      A) FD30 –which stops fire for 30minutes and generally of 45mm of thickness

      B) FD60 - which stops fire for 60minutes and generally of 54mm of thickness

     C) FD90 - which stops fire for 90minutes 

     D) FD120 - which stops fire for 90minutes 

Working Procedure:

Fire rated wood doors by themselves are not the sole fire prevention tools installed in premises. Generally they are used to complement the existing fire prevention mechanism deployed in the premises. Like, they are used on either side of the fire evacuation route to provide safe exit to people when a fire breaks out. These doors also come with automatic sealing mechanism which locks the door when a fire breaks out. Designs of fire rated wood works can be made suitable for different office spaces as per their interior designs.

A fire door must be fitted with endorsed intumescent strips which have an essential impact in accomplishing the fire entryway rating. At the point when subjected to warm, the intumescent strips extend and seal the hole between the entryway edge and the edge. Intumescent seals can be fitted inside the door jamb or furrowed into the entryway edge. Exhortation on the intumescent strips can be gotten from the test confirm report, which we can give. 

With these benefits, fire rated wood doors are efficient and better equipped to prevent, restrain and control lot of fire accidents. If these are in implemented in major social and common places, they can act as cheap and aesthetically appealing alternatives for fire accident preventions. Ideal Doors is one of the leading brands in UAE deal with fire rated wood doors in an efficient manner.