FIRE TESTING

Testing to the appropriate Fire Standard e.g. BS EN 1634 is a pre-requisite for products intended for use on Fire Doors and an essential element in attaining CE marked status.

CERTIFIRE

This is a scheme for the independent third party certification of passive fire protection products.

Having established the performance requirements under the appropriate EN, a full appraisal of the product is undertaken to determine the field of application, this analysis is often more stringent than the tests applied in gaining CE marking although one may contribute to the other. The Certifire test results information is contained in the certificate and specifies on which types of door the product is approved for, together with any limitations.

Manufacturers are required to label or identify the product with the certificate number and to supply fixing instructions to ensure that it is used in the correct way.

Below are links to our Certifire Certificates, please paste these into your web browser.

Certificate CF 209 Hi Load Hinges - Traditional Series

http://www.wfrc.co.uk/downloads/CF209_Royde%20%20Tucker.pdf

Certificate CF 215 Hi Load Hinges - Concealed Bearing Series

http://www.wfrc.co.uk/downloads/CF215_Royde%20%20Tucker.pdf

Certificate CF230 K9 Stainless Steel

http://www.wfrc.co.uk/downloads/CF230_Royde%20&%20Tucker.pdf

Approved Document B to the Building Regulations (England and Wales) recognises the importance of independent product conformity certification. It states:

‘Third party conformity certification schemes not only provide a means of identifying materials and designs of systems, products or structures which have demonstrated that they have the requisite performance in fire, but additionally provide confidence that the systems, materials, products or structures actually supplied are provided to the same specification or design as that tested/assessed.’ Full details of Certifire certificates are contained in a register, which is regularly updated and freely available to architects, specifiers and regulatory enforcement authorities. HI-LOAD hinges were the first to have Certifire approval and one of the very few ranges to have that approval. HI-LOAD hinges have exceeded 30 and 60 minutes testing on fire-rated timber doors and doorsets - without integrity failure.