Dorgard Fire Door Retainer - Black

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A fire door retainer is a legal solution to holding open fire doors, improving ventilation and ease of movement around a building, which is particularly important for disabled access.

The Dorgard is a safe and legal solution that allows you to hold your fire doors open for improved ventilation, wheelchair access, and general convenience. Free Swing also requires the door to be opened a certain amount before it activates, but from then on, the door can be used freely without occupants feeling any weight. This is a high risk and life threatening situation and the Deafgard 1329-A01 is considered to be an excellent solution. Check that Dorgard is on the side of the door that closes into the door frame and that Dorgard will release if the door is pushed in the direction of opening.Greater Access throughout the Building: Door retainers enable improved accessibility within your premises. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Fire doors are an important part of any building's fire safety strategy as they enable movement throughout a building while stopping the spread of fire to allow occupants enough time to evacuate safely. A Dorgard fire door retainer operates on a wireless platform, eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming installations. Because fitting most door locks involves removing wood, the weakened door or frame will split open around the locks and hinges during a forced attack or 'kick-in' burglary unless extra measures are taken to strengthen it by also fitting a London Bar or StapleGuard and FrameGuard, a Birmingham Bar or HingeGuard, and a LockGuard.

You can print out our Dorgard pages if you want to have proof of the 5-year warranty in the future, however, proof of purchase from us is enough. The night time release ensures that fire doors are closed and secured when the building is unoccupied. Closers should be adjusted carefully to ensure all fire rated doors close correctly before installation of the Dorgard product commences. One notable feature is its contact with the floor, which enables the retainer to detect obstacles and avoid accidental closures.It has a built in audio-electronic device which will cause the plunger to retract when the fire alarm is activated, thus closing the door and ensuring fire safety is maintained. These door holders should be installed with a CE marked door closer that is fitted at a minimum power size of EN 3. Should the noise level in your premises exceed 80 decibels it is unlikely that you would hear a 65 decibel alarm; therefore the Dorgard releases the fire door to close. Dorgard does release every 7 days as part of its self-testing routine so this may be why the door closed. In under five minutes, you can securely attach a Dorgard to the bottom of the fire door, ready to provide reliable fire safety release.

Our products include a variety of different extinguisher types such as water fire extinguishers and our carbon dioxide fire extinguisher range. In the event of fire, a deaf or hard of hearing person will not be able to hear the fire alarm - especially when they are asleep in hotels, sheltered housing, care homes etc. The correct position is when, with the plunger fully retracted, the door can swing free and with the Dorgard plunger depressed, contact with the floor or floorplate holds the door open. Push the plunger down and manually release it by pushing the plunger towards the door 5 times within a minute. Should the noise level in your premises exceed 80 decibels it is unlikely that you would hear a 65 decibel alarm, therefore the Dorgard releases the fire door to close.The Dorgard has several safety features built in; the unit will detect when the battery voltage is dropping, and will then emit a warning sound and release the plunger. Both models require power to work, either wired into a power supply or fitted with batteries, and will "fail safe" during a power failure – meaning that electricity is used to disengage the closing force and by default they will try to keep the door closed when no power is supplied.

Dorgard listens for a continuous sound and will verify the alarm over a 20 second period and then release the fire door. Instead of installing additional components to fire doors, there are door closers available which have retainer features built-in for convenience, such as Freedor They may have the ability to hold a door open at certain angles (Hold Open models) or to temporarily disengage their mechanical components so that fire doors feel as light as normal doors (Free Swing models). The Dorgard listens for the Fire Alarm sound, once it hears the alarm sound, the Dorgard then releases the plunger and the door will then close. When equipped with a Dorgard, fire doors can be held open at any angle by simply pressing the plunger down with your foot, and nudging the top of the plunger is all that’s required to release the door manually.In these environments, Dorgard SmartSound knows it would not hear the alarm and will close the doors. Check that the plunger is depressed while standing side on; also check that the battery compartment is closed and that the batteries are working.