Fire Exit
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Fire Exit
doubt it.
there are all sorts of problem regarding, fire exits, and emergancy exits.
they are different things apparently, and both can't be the same door (i.e emergancy doors have to 'latch open', and fire doors and fire exits have to 'latch closed').
there are all sorts of problem regarding, fire exits, and emergancy exits.
they are different things apparently, and both can't be the same door (i.e emergancy doors have to 'latch open', and fire doors and fire exits have to 'latch closed').
I know they can because a branch of our company did that recently, but I think it involved planning permission, not sure on the regs required to do it.
Yup, exactly as you say. Not sure if it had a window in before as I didn't visit before it was done, but it does now. The shop used to have just a front entrance but now also has a small side one closer to the surgery next door. As I say I know it went through planners but I wasn't involved so don't know the specifics.
seems to have changed a lot recently as well, a lot of smaller companies are expected to self certify, but looking on at least on government site, produced a 150+ page risk assessment......
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Mrs. Dave said:
The fire officer visited my place of work last week, to carry out an audit, as there are new fire regulations for the work place.
In my place of work we would not be able to change the position of a fire exit without agreement from the fire department, and if agreed I would then have to review the fire risk assessment accordingly, and change the building plans.
Contact the fire department, they will advise you further.
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I would ask the Local Fire Dept in your area.
Where I work all exit doors have a 'Push Bar to Open' bar on them. We can lock people out but cannot lock people in.
I would presume that if you converted the fire door into a normal door that another fire door would have to go in its place AND as long as there are clearly labeled exits allowing public to escape in any direction incase of an emergency there would be no problem.
Where I work all exit doors have a 'Push Bar to Open' bar on them. We can lock people out but cannot lock people in.
I would presume that if you converted the fire door into a normal door that another fire door would have to go in its place AND as long as there are clearly labeled exits allowing public to escape in any direction incase of an emergency there would be no problem.
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Trancendental said:
We want to make it into both a fire exit door and a customers entrance/exit door, let me explain we have a warehouse (workplace) with one fire exit door at the back and one at the front,(so we have the legal requirment) and 2-3 feet next to the front fire exit door (to the right) is a shutter big enought to get a luton van through it, so as Helz says it is possible without having to put in another Fire exit door, I am going to get professional (sp) advise about this but it is just an idea at the moment.
I doubt that either the fire brigade or the planning department would be interested. My first stop would be the council's building control department - I think it's them who deal with fire exits etc not the fire brigade. If you do need planning approval they will let you know, but I don't think so.
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Mrs. Dave said:
I'm not the person to authorise but as long as it can't lock people in and has a "Push Bar To Open" which is clearly indicated and signs poiting towards it as a possible exit then it should not be a problem.
The Main Doors at the front of where I work are like this and have glass panes on them.
