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Why Maintain Your Fire Doors?

Everything that we use that helps our lives is very important and needed to be taken care of. The best fire door is something that we use in case there is fire danger in our house or business building. These kinds of doors are designed and created to help people and the owners to save their lives if there is fire danger that occurred. This is one of the things that have been made by geniuses and experts in order to be utilized by people for their safety.  
Having a fire door is very important especially if having a building construction. It is now mandatory for building owners to install this kind of fixture to ensure the safety and security of the people that will use the building. The engineers or building construction experts will advise the owners on what kind of fire door that they need to install in their building. If it is just a small structure, then the usual 30-minutes standard fire door is needed to be installed. In the case that the building is a huge one, then a 45-minutes up to 2 hours’ standard fire door is advised to be setup.
As time goes by, there are also other door issues that needed to be dealt with like defective doors, no certificates, the lack of intumescent strips or smoke seals, inappropriate fire rating of installed door, the painting of fire protective door and no self-closing device. It would be a good advantage for the building owners if these matters will be resolved by the endorsement of the inspectors to change the worn out parts by the supplier who first installed them.
Aside from the right door that needs to be installed, the experts will also advise people where to buy legally and professionally the doors and parts that they need to purchase. There are some dealers who are not recognized in the market and could make the lives of the owner much harder for they are just fly by night vendors. If you purchase the fire door from the legally approved distributor, then you will have a big chance that you will get good quality fire doors. They are selling doors which are highly approved by the government and it is assuring the public that a guaranteed functional product is all they can get.
Assuming that you have already purchased and installed the fire door, it is now important to know the proper fire door maintenance which is needed in order for this door to be fully effective. There are some dealers that include in their package a maintenance service of the door. This is very beneficial once acquired because the owner will no longer be having a hard time looking for certified fire door maintenance experts. In order to fully maintain the fire door, an inspector is needed once every quarter. They will check and inspect all the existing fire doors and log down the needed actions and parts that might need repair or replacement. 

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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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