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Homes With A Fire Proof Door: Ensuring Safety Above All Else

Make your home fire proof. With the help of fire proof doors, you can do everything that’s needed to protect your place from any danger coming from fire attacks.

As a homeowner, you may be perplexed by fears of your house engulfed in flames. This is especially true if you have invested a lot of money in building your dream home.  What's even worse is that when the occupants of your house will be injured, trapped or will unfortunately die because of the absence of fire prevention measures in your house. This is where reliable fire proof door come in.

So what does a fire proof door do to protect your house?

•             Mainly, it is an installation that will isolate the rapid spreading of fire in certain areas of your house. When the garage has caught fire for instance, the whole house is in danger of being burned.  But with the fire door in between, you do not have to worry about the rest of the house being burned.

•             Secondly, fire doors can save lives. There are certain materials that are fire retardant and thus, they do not catch fire.

In a nutshell, fire doors serve as both a barrier against fire as well as it provides a safe passage for evacuation.



The reality is that it is not easy to gain your life back when you have been a fire victim especially when the one and only house you have has been ravaged by fire simply because there was no fire prevention measures implemented. The thing is that no one is ever truly prepared for this situation. This is the primary reason why fire rated doors are being required. Basically, a fire can start practically in any area of the house-especially in the kitchen. It is highly suggested to install a fire door to a passage that leads to the kitchen, a fireplace if there is any and entertainment rooms. It can also be installed in a room with flammable items or any electrical equipment.

There is actually a building regulation that a two-story house that has a door to an integral garage should have a fire door installed. In the same manner, for three-story buildings, as well as converting a loft, the stairwell leading to these areas should have fire doors installed too. If you happened to be on the process of renovating your home, there are now new guidelines that will require a homeowner to not use an extravagant door but only a fire proof door. Building regulations are very stern these days so that everyone in homes or commercial spaces is kept safe during a fire. Commonly, it is the older folks who are always at risk from being fire victims due to their restricted movement. Thus, installing a fire door isn't really a luxury but on the contrary, a necessity.


Depending on the design of your home, certified fire door suppliers and inspectors are able to give you the proper excellent door product and they can also authenticate if the door labels and gaps from the floor and above the floor are of proper dimensions and have gone through quality control.

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Scanline Fire Doors is fully licensed and insured to perform fire door inspections which are compulsory in Queensland. They must be inspected and maintained in accordance with AS1851, Part 17-2005 and therefore the Queensland Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008.

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