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Live Fire Test Experience 2025 highlights
Rutland Door Controls recently hosted a Live Fire Test Experience at Warringtonfire Birchwood. Here are the main highlights from the day...
The Rutland relief valve
When it comes to effective fire safety, small engineering details make a difference. Door closers are not all made equal. In busy environments, force-closing doors will cause some closers to fail. Forcing a door shut in an emergency is the last time you want it to fail....
Concealed door closer adjustment: ITS.11204
This video guide demonstrates how the Rutland ITS-11204 concealed door closer is used to demonstrate how to rectify the most frequent door closer installation and adjustment problems....
What happens during a fire test?
Neil Smith, Technical and Compliance Director at Rutland, takes us behind the scenes of an EN1634-1 test of a fire-resisting doorset....
‘Hold open’ and ‘swing free’ explained: Electromagnetic door closers
In this short video, we explain the differences between ‘hold open’ and ‘swing free’ modes, when used with electromagnetic door closers such as the Responder24....
Which door closer should I choose for fire doors?
Lyle McCreadie takes us through the different door closers available and how they work. We take a look at some typical applications where the various door closers may be installed, the types of doors they would be fitted to, and the legislation that outlines the requirements for safe door closer installation on fire doors....
