Meeting the standard EN 1634-1: 2000 fire resistance & CE marking help DDA compliance doors windows
BS EN 1634-1:2000 'Fire resistance tests for doors and shutter Assemblies - Part 1: Fire doors and shutters'
Two specimens of single-acting, single leaf doorsets incorporating the Tigris® Accessible lock, Tigris® cylinders and other various items of building hardware were tested against EN 1634-1:2000. The Tigris® Accessible lock and Tigris® cylinders were successful for the test duration of 4 hours (steel uninsulated doorsets) and 1 hour (timber doorsets).
The following Tigris® Accessible items were included:
222 mortice sashlock, 212 mortice deadlock, 303 mortice latch, 393 emergency nightlatch, 353 & 372 double nightlatch and 323 & 383 deadlocking nightlatch.
CE marking
CE marking is set out in the Construction Products Directive and is placed onto the UK market by the Government through the Construction Product Regulations 1991. CE is also endorsed by the Building Regulations Part M.
It is of significance for hardware products in relation to Fire and Escape situations.
For a product to be CE marked (where compliance has to be demonstrated on the product or the packaging) the product has met the following requirements:
BS EN 1634-1:2000 'Fire resistance tests for doors and shutter Assemblies - Part 1: Fire doors and shutters'
Two specimens of single-acting, single leaf doorsets incorporating the Tigris® Accessible lock, Tigris® cylinders and other various items of building hardware were tested against EN 1634-1:2000. The Tigris® Accessible lock and Tigris® cylinders were successful for the test duration of 4 hours (steel uninsulated doorsets) and 1 hour (timber doorsets).
The following Tigris® Accessible items were included:
222 mortice sashlock, 212 mortice deadlock, 303 mortice latch, 393 emergency nightlatch, 353 & 372 double nightlatch and 323 & 383 deadlocking nightlatch.
CE marking
CE marking is set out in the Construction Products Directive and is placed onto the UK market by the Government through the Construction Product Regulations 1991. CE is also endorsed by the Building Regulations Part M.
It is of significance for hardware products in relation to Fire and Escape situations.
For a product to be CE marked (where compliance has to be demonstrated on the product or the packaging) the product has met the following requirements:
- Successfully tested to the relevant EN performance standard i.e. BS EN 12209:2003
- Has been successful in a fire resistance test to BS EN 1634-1:2000
- The factory in which the product is produced has been approved by a regulatory authority
- The manufacturer satisfactorily maintains a programme of audit testing
Whilst the preceding details describe the most appropriate method of achieving CE marking, other routes may be used including self-certification.
The Construction Products Directive mandated that by the end of 2004 that locks could be CE marked and further mandated that products in Escape and Fire situations must be CE marked by December 2005.
The following Tigris® Accessible items are CE marked:
222 mortice sashlock, 212 mortice deadlock and 303 mortice latch.
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