Fire Door Maintenance

Part 17 — Protecting Fire Doors During Installation

Fitting a lock or latch into a fire door is one of those jobs where the quality of the finished

Once the door has been correctly aligned in the frame, the next stage is to fit the stop lath. This

The frame is now installed. This is where we hang the door and find out what the installation is actually

You’ve checked the opening. You’ve measured it at multiple points. You’ve checked the wall depth, the floor, the structure and

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