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WHITEPAPER | Outcomes from a lively FSE event
May 7 2025
Rutland was delighted to take part in the Fire Safety Event at the NEC in Birmingham once again this year. The Fire Safety Event is part of the Safety and Security Event Series, and with over 56,000 professionals attending and over 1,200 exhibitors, it is undoubtedly Europe’s leading event for the safety of people, places, and assets…….
The Importance of Back Check on Door Closers
April 12 2024
The Importance of Back Check on Door Closers Door closers are essential safety components of a building, ensuring that fire-doors can function to protect against rapid fire or…
February 16 2024
Door Closer EPD Rutland is committed to continual improvement in reducing the environmental cost of all our activities and products. As part of this, we routinely…
January 22 2024
Handy reference guide to EN 1154 compliant door closers This guide is written as a quick reference and helpful reminder on Door Closer safety standards including BS EN 1154. It is…
January 2 2024
Download Full Whitepaper With our focus on enhancing life safety at every fire door, we follow closely all industry developments that contribute to fire safety. One of the…
August 4 2023
UKCA Certificates and DoP documents The following question was put to us by someone involved in the Fire-door supply chain: Where do I find the UKCA certificate and…
July 13 2023
Choosing a door closer Architects put a lot of design and intent into specifying door closers for new build projects, particularly where fire doors are fitted. Now known as the…
July 4 2023
What UK Standards Relate to Fire Doors? Whilst complete Fire Doorsets have their dedicated standard, their intended use can cross over into other UK and European Standards such as…
March 15 2023
Watch the webinar highlights video below: Download Full Whitepaper Without any fanfare, in December 2022 the Government made an…
January 17 2023
In her post-Grenfell report, ‘Building a Safer Future’, Dame Judith Hackett recommended the introduction of a ‘golden thread’ and the principle of Accountable…
August 5 2022
In this video, we talk about UKCA and CE marking, and how these standards are applied to external fire doorsets like balconette doors. In principle, external fire doorsets should be CE…
April 13 2022
Why are UKAS approved third-party certification schemes important? Throughout the course of our work with door manufacturers, we often provide help and support with fire…
November 18 2021
Fire doors are only effective when they are closed. Roughly 3 million new fire doors are installed per year. They are a fundamental part of a building’s safety…
November 2 2021
Why are UKAS approved third-party certification schemes important? Throughout the course of our work with door manufacturers, we often provide help and support with fire…
September 22 2021
In our recent blog post, ‘What is more deadly than fire? Smoke’, we looked at smoke and the fact that 50-80% of fire-related deaths are caused by smoke. Smoke can be a…
June 26 2021
When it comes to fire testing doorsets in the UK, there are two different standards that can be tested to. As is so often the case, one is a British Standard and the other is a…
June 7 2021
We frequently find half-leaf doors left open that should be kept shut to provide fire protection. In this paper, we look at how this problem can be addressed….
May 26 2021
The ‘dual certification’ of doors relates to the need for doors to meet certain standards of both security AND fire safety. This sounds eminently reasonable, but there…
March 18 2021
Ensuring compliance in door opening forces. As a designer and manufacturer of door closers, you might think that we’d be only concerned about the forces required…
February 19 2021
What time should fire door closers be set to close in? It’s a question that we often get asked. The answer is not a straightforward one – there are lots of…
December 10 2020
The Brexit transition period ends soon – let’s be ready for it! The final form of Brexit is yet to be settled (at early December 2020), but whatever the outcome, it…
December 10 2020
Draft Building Safety Bill Published on 20 July 2020, the Draft Building Safety Bill is the Government’s response to the Grenfell fire. The Bill is designed to prevent such…