General
Buying Time
Parts is Parts
Dampers
Inspection & Testing
100
Used to protect openings in fire-rated partitions and walls.
What is a fire door?
100
The hourly ratings for doors used to protect openings in corridor walls in specified circumstances and doors used for smoke control. (lowest ratings)
What is 1/2 hour (30 min) and/or 1/3 hour (20 min)?
100
Two components required on all fire-protection-rated doors in order to keep the door closed.
What is a closer and a latch?
100
Installed in an air-distributions system to close automatically upon the detection of heat, to interrupt airflow, and to restrict the passage of flame.
What is a fire damper?
100
Two operations the door should complete by itself. This is check by opening the door completely and then releasing it.
What is self-closing and self-latching?
200
The position most fire doors must be kept in at all times in order to protect the opening.
What is closed?
200
The hourly rating for fire doors used to protect openings in 1-hour walls and partitions and openings in exterior walls subject to moderate or light fire exposure from outside.
What is a 3/4 hour (45 min)?
200
When provided, they must be installed in labeled frames or other tested frames in accordance with the fire door listing.
What is a glazing panel (window)?
200
Special dampers designed to resist the passage of smoke. They are controlled by duct-mounted or area smoke detectors and arranged to operate automatically.
What is a smoke damper?
200
A test used to determine the clearance between the door and frame, and between meeting edges of doors installed in pairs.
What is a key test?
300
The Standard for Fire Doors and Fire Windows.
What is NFPA 80?
300
The rating for fire doors used to protect one-hour walls.
What is 1 hour?
300
An optional feature found on some doors, these are allowed up to 16" high. If they are higher than 16' on fire-protection-rated doors, they must be listed with the door.
What is a kickplate?
300
A specialized from of heat-stop damper. They are installed where a duct terminates at a ceiling diffuser installed in the ceiling of a fire-rated floor/ceiling or roof ceiling assembly. The sole purpose of the damper is to help maintain the fire resistance rating of the ceiling assembly.
What is a ceiling damper?
300
Make sure the total area does not exceed 5% of the area of the face of the door; attached with adhesive; not located on glazing materials, and do not interfere with hardware or proper operation of the door.
What are informational signs?
400
The typical location for the label that indicates the fire protection rating of a door.
What is the hinge stile of the door?
400
The rating of fire doors used to protect openings in 2-hour walls such as vertical enclosures. These doors can also be used to protect openings in walls having a 2-hour fire resistance.
What is a 1 1/2 hours?
400
A requirement for doors installed in pairs with a fire protection rating of more than 1 1/2 hours, it overlaps the gap between the two doors.
What is an astragal?
400
What fire dampers are marked with to indicate the direction of airflow.
What is an arrow?
400
These must be securely attached and adjusted properly to allow the first leaf (inactive leaf) to close before the second leaf (active leaf). To check it, open both doors completely and release them.
What is the coordinator?
500
These doors are required to be equipped with a releasing device to automatically disconnect the power operator at time of fire, allowing the closing device to close the door regardless of power failure or manual operation.
What is a power-operated fire door?
500
The rating for fire doors used to protect openings in walls separating buildings or dividing a building into separate fire areas (fire separation walls).
What is 3 hours?
500
A form of heat detection generally employed to hold open sliding doors used to protect openings in fire walls concerned primarily with property protection. They are not permitted on doors to exit stairs and other doors in the means of egress.
What is a fusible link?
500
The only two hourly fire protection ratings used for dampers.
What is 3 hours and 1 1/2 hours?
500
How often fire doors must be inspected and maintained.
What is every three months (or quarterly)?
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