This article discusses whether trimming a fire-rated door is permitted and outlines the correct procedures to maintain certification under fire door trimming compliance rules.
Question: Are you permitted to shave off a section of a fire-rated door? If so, what procedures do we need to take to ensure the door is Fire Safety compliant?
We are installing flooring over a tiled entrance which is accessed through a fire door. To enable the door to open and close the fire door would need to be shaved. Is this permitted? If so, what procedures do we need to take to ensure the door is Fire Safety compliance?
Answer: If you need to remove more than a 10mm threshold, the manufacture should be able to alter the door to suit.
On average manufacturers have a 10mm threshold (lip) around the outside edges of a fire door that should not be compromised. Should more than 10mm be required to allow for the floor covering the manufacture should be able to alter the door to suit by removing the lip and reinstating it once the door has been cut to size?
This post appears in the October 2021 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine.
Stefan Bauer
Fire Matters
E: sbauer@firematters.com.au
P: 07 3071 9088
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