Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:32 am
Fire doors and door closers.
When a room with a fire door leads to a hallway, what side of the door does the closer go on?
Inside the room or in the hallway?
I was asked today by another locksmith, but we didn't find the answer.
We had a good discussion though, and I'd like to hear what you guys think.
We both agreed that it should go inside the room for several reasons.
For one, to install it on the push side; door closer tend to last longer and not take as much abuse on the push side of a door in a parallel arm config.
Second, the parallel arm config tucks itself neatly under the frame thus, less chances of something hitting the arm.
Third, typicaly, the inside of the room has more supervision than the hallway and the pull side mounted closer would have to be installed in
the standard arm or top jamb. Both of these configurations are more prone to vandalism.
opinions?
M.
Inside the room or in the hallway?
I was asked today by another locksmith, but we didn't find the answer.
We had a good discussion though, and I'd like to hear what you guys think.
We both agreed that it should go inside the room for several reasons.
For one, to install it on the push side; door closer tend to last longer and not take as much abuse on the push side of a door in a parallel arm config.
Second, the parallel arm config tucks itself neatly under the frame thus, less chances of something hitting the arm.
Third, typicaly, the inside of the room has more supervision than the hallway and the pull side mounted closer would have to be installed in
the standard arm or top jamb. Both of these configurations are more prone to vandalism.
opinions?
M.