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Ensuring Fire Door Compliance with Design Hardware’s 316R Replacement Door Closer Fire door safety is a critical aspect of building management, especially in healthcare facilities, hotels, and other high-occupancy public buildings where the risk to life is significant. Ensuring that fire doors are compliant with the latest safety codes not only protects property but, more importantly, saves lives. Learn more about how Design Hardware’s 316R Replacement Door Closer can help keep your fire doors code compliant. Importance of Annual Fire Door Inspections One key element of ensuring fire door safety is the practice of regular inspections and proper maintenance of fire doors. As a fire door is designed to act as a barrier to contain smoke and flames, its most important duty is to close...

Fire Door Inspection Solutions As fire door inspections become more prevalent, facilities are looking for easy fire door inspection solutions. The clearance or gap that exists between the door and frame is one of the checklist items on a fire door inspection. According to NFPA80, Section 6.3.17 and Section 4.8.4.1, the gap between the door and frame or between two leaves of a pair of doors cannot exceed ⅛", the gap between the bottom of the door and floor cannot exceed ¾". Generally, if an opening exceeds these measurements, sometimes even by 1/16", the opening will fail the inspection and is required to be fixed within 60 days. This can be a costly and stressful situation. One possible cause of an improper gap is sagging hinges. Most commercial doors are hung on 3 or 4 butt hin...