Fire Sealing Around Door Frames

The requirements for sealing the gap between the fire door frame and surrounding wall are.

Fire sealing around door frames.

Fire acoustic seals fire door foam is a revolutionary polyurethane foam pu foam designed to seal the gaps between walls and fire door frames achieving fire protection for up to 1 hour. The door seal is waterproof and weather resistant. Include the threshold if it is not meant to have the same wood finish as the floor of the room behind the door. More product details close.

The practice of knocking up a door frame on site or in a workshop hanging a door and believing that the result constituted a valid fire door installation was never correct. Apply a layer of exterior primer to the top and sides of the inside of the door frame with a paint brush. 1 x 81 white vinyl clad foam kerf door seal features superior resistance to compression at low temperatures. Around the edges of the door will be the intumescent seal which is designed to expand when temperatures reach beyond 200 c to seal the gaps between the door and frame.

Door frames should be purchased from the door manufacture or from a company licensed to manufacture them or via a bwf approved fire door centre. This should be done all around the door frame to wall gap on both sides. 1 x 81 the thermwell products co. This video is the exclusive property of henkel limited and its licensors and is provided for general information.

The product is suitable for sealing gaps around doors and window frames using secondary fire sealing media around services such as metallic cable trays and general service penetrations. The fire door is a highly engineered construction product that when assembled and installed correctly plays a vital and integral part of the fire strategy within any building. Blue 60 is a new ish product specially for timber fire door frames but minimum and maximum gaps apply to its use and the dedicated packers supplied with the foam must be used. For a private premises it is advised to install fire doors where the risk is most imminent for example the kitchen or rooms which house lots of electrical devices.

The thermwell products co. Sound reduction capabilities of up to 60 db rw. Weatherproof and water resistant. Can be used with standard methods of fixing.