Locking fire doors

[freddiemercurystwin]

Alarm is wrong, a fire escape door can have a deadlock but must have a thumbturn. Building Control or a fire officer will never allow a managed approach whereby the deadlock is to be unlocked every morning. If it has a thumbturn this is adequate without a thumbturn and you've now said it has a thumbturn now anyway!

Like getting blood out of a stone this thread.

 

[Harry2434]

Alarm is wrong, a fire escape door can have a deadlock but must have a thumbturn. Building Control or a fire officer will never allow a managed approach whereby the deadlock is to be unlocked every morning. If it has a thumbturn this is adequate without a thumbturn and you've now said it has a thumbturn now anyway!

Like getting blood out of a stone this thread.

Thanks for everyones input but I think this is a one I need to take up with the HSC directly.

Regards
Harry

 

[peter87]

bang a grievance in H, and next time he does it phone a fireman to come and beat him up

it is an offence under the The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
part 1 subsection 5 explains the legal duty of employers and escape routes
and part 4 subsection 32 labels it as an offence not to comply with it

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1541/contents/made

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Yes the regulations specifically state:

(f)emergency doors must not be so locked or fastened that they cannot be easily and immediately opened by any person who may require to use them in an emergency;

yet

It dose not require a key it is fitted with a TT lock

read the whole thread peter87!

The OP seems to have forgotten he mentioned the thumbturn!

 

[foxhole]

If it had a thumb turn the no problem as anyone exiting could open it.