DOORS & COMMERCIAL ENTR ANCE S
FIRE AWAY WITH NEW SHELFORCE FIREDOOR APEER
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IMPROVES RESI
DOOR SECURITY
Apeer says it has ‘significantly
improved’ the security across
the entire range of its Apeerbranded
residential
composite doors, with the
addition of steel
reinforcement to the hinge
stile together with
strengthened aluminium
mesh embedded in the core of
every door that it
manufactures at its
Ballymena, County Antrim
factory.
Included as part of the
standard specification across
the board and at no increased
cost, the reinforcements will
be screwed and bonded into
the high-density polyurethane
core of each hand-made door.
According to Apeer, the result
is a composite door that offers
the highest levels of thermal
insulation and security, with
no risk of water absorption.
Apeer adds that the
decision to make the upgrade
has been taken as part of an
overall product review, within
which it was decided to make
the fundamental change
simply for the purpose of
increasing the competitive
appeal of all Apeer composite
doors, through performance
enhancements and other
improvements.
“The composite door
market is highly competitive,
and we want to continue
making the gains in sales
volumes and market share
that we have enjoyed,
especially in the last four
years,” explained Asa
McGillian, Apeer’s managing
director.
Shelforce has launched a new compliant
-minute fire, smoke, and security
resistant door in the form of the Fireshel.
According to Shelforce, the Fireshel
has been fully EN tested third party
accredited and is compliant with
the latest MHCLG Annex A
recommendations.
Shelforce says that the new door
will be the perfect solution for local
authorities when it comes to specifying
or replacing fire door sets. And the
specialist local authority window and
door manufacturer adds that it already
has several hundred orders in the pipeline.
Howard Trotter, business manager
of the Birmingham-based company,
said: “We’re always eager to launch new
products and support our customers as
much as we can.
“We hope that the Fireshel sets the
standard for local authorities when it
comes to fire doors as it ticks every single
fire, smoke and security box.”
THE FIRESHEL
The Fireshel composite fire door utilises
the FireFrame dual fire, smoke and
security compliant fire door set solution
from Winkhaus which includes the FD
/ FD6 FireFrame outerframe, and the
Winkhaus AV auto-locking multi-point
door lock with optional access control.
It is tested to resist security and fire
including TS8 compliant letterplates,
numerals, eye viewers, door knockers
and security chains.
The door is also said to have achieved
all the new stringent recommendations
set by the MHCLG and has proven
-minute fire resistance consistency
having been fire tested from both sides
many times to EN“6” -“, achieving ”•
minutes fire resistance.
The low maintenance door, complete
with fanlight glazing panel, has also been
PAS ” Security tested for security
compliance.
“We have been working on this
for two years and it’s been wonderful
working with the likes of Winkhaus to
finally make it happen,” said Howard.
“The Fireshel is a solid and secure door
that performs exceptionally well.”
PROVIDING CONFIDENCE
It is a legal requirement for fire door
manufacturers to provide test evidence
and documentation to show their
product’s ability to resist fire and any
fire door installed must have a field of
application from the manufacturer.
The Fireshel field of application
confirms that the door has been fire
tested to EN“6” -“ from both the inside
and the outside and has proven fire
resistance performance.
Fire doors must also be third-party
audited for both fire and security
compliance and have third party
certification.
Fireshel doors are Q Mark “š
Scheme third party accredited. The
independent Q Mark audits at the
Fireshel production facility ensure
that the tested fire and smoke door
specification is consistently and
repeatedly manufactured with the
exacting same specification as the
security door specification.
Howard said: “Landlords or building
owners should reference and carefully
check the manufacturer’s test evidence/
certification and documentation for
proposed fire door sets to ensure that
it adequately demonstrates compliance
and meets the performance requirement
in the Building Regulations guidance for
fire resistance and smoke control from
both sides.”
ADDING VALUE
Shelforce is also set to add value to
its proposition too. With the latest
Government advice suggesting that it
will be a legal requirement for all new
fire doors to be routinely inspected
and maintained regularly by a suitably
qualified professional, the company is
hoping to offer a comprehensive fire
door package with its Fireshel system,
ranging from fabrication through to
installation, maintenance, and emergency
repairs.
“We want to provide the complete
fire door package for Local Authorities to
make it as easy for them as possible and
give them peace of mind that not only
will the doors perform correctly and in
line with every piece of legislation, but
they will be inspected, maintained, and
repaired in the future too.”
Howard Trotter
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