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Doorfit has an enviable reputation for specifying and supplying high quality products in the areas of architectural ironmongery, timber doorsets, entrance doors and garage doors. Doorfit’s deep and extensive experience with architectural ironmongery has been wrapped into a new product ...

Today (23 January 2023) the Fire Safety (England) Regulation 2022 comes into effect, putting greater emphasis on the importance of fire doors and fire safety instructions for multi-occupied high-rise buildings. The Hackitt Review, responsible for changing the regulatory landscape of ...

Bureau Veritas is urging landlords and facilities managers – particularly those responsible for large multi-occupancy buildings – to create a culture of fire door safety education and reporting to ensure utmost security for tenants. The call for action by the ...

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland and fire door manufacturer JELD-WEN have both released guidance to mark the start of Fire Door Safety Week (31 October – 4 November). Fire Door Guide ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland is ...

The Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) is warning of a “tragedy waiting to happen” after it found that three quarters of the fire doors inspected in the UK by its approved inspectors did not meet the required standard. The data, ...

Andrew Shankland, Managing Director, Linear Building Compliance In recent years, fire safety has taken centre stage in the construction industry for all the wrong reasons. Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, and the subsequent Hackett Review, the focus ...

ASSA ABLOY Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is encouraging landlords and building managers to take a more proactive role towards fire door inspections, in support of the draft Building Safety Bill. Following on ...

Conor Logan, Technical Director at Colt International provides an overview of the latest changes to fire safety in residential buildings On the 2nd April, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced ambitious steps, initiated by the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower ...

Iain McIlwee, CEO of the British Woodworking Federation, explores the importance of fire door maintenance and how everyone can help ensure they remain fit for purpose The final report from Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review of the Building Regulations and ...

Fred Williams, Service and Repair Manager for ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, explains why correct installation, regular maintenance and certified inspection of fire doors within shared buildings is crucial Fire doors play an effective role in a building’s passive fire protection ...