Fire Door Standards & Regulations

This page contains an extensive list of the current Irish, British, and European standards and technical guidance documents that are applicable to fire doors.

BS 8214:2016

Timber-based fire door assemblies. Code of practice

BS 9999:2017

Fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings. Code of practice

BS 9991:2015

Fire safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings. Code of practice

IS EN 1935:2002

Building hardware. Single-axis hinges. Requirements and test methods.

IS EN 1125:2008

Building hardware. Panic exit devices operated by a horizontal bar, for use on escape routes. Requirements and test methods.

BS EN 179:2008

Building hardware. Emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad, for use on escape routes. Requirements and test methods.

IS EN 1155:1997

Building hardware. Electrically powered hold-open devices for swing doors. Requirements and test methods.

IS EN 1154:1997

Building hardware. Controlled door closing devices. Requirements and test methods.

BS EN 1158:1997

Building hardware. Door coordinator devices. Requirements and test methods.

BS 476-22:1987

Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method for determination of the fire resistance of non-loadbearing elements of construction.

BS 8300-2:2018

Design of an accessible and inclusive built environment. Buildings - code of practice.

BS 8313:1997

Code of practice for accommodation of building services in ducts

IS EN 15269-3:2012

Extended application of test results for fire resistance and/or smoke control for door, shutter and openable window assemblies, including their elements of building hardware. Fire resistance of hinged and pivoted timber doorsets and openable timber framed windows.

IS EN 15269-20:2009

Extended application of test results for fire resistance and/ or smoke control for door, shutter and openable window assemblies, including their elements of building hardware. Smoke control for hinged and pivoted steel, timber and metal framed glazed doorsets.

IS EN 1634-1:2014

Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware. Fire resistance test for door and shutter assemblies and openable windows.

IS EN 1634-2:2008

Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door, shutter and openable window assemblies and elements of building hardware. Fire resistance characterisation test for elements of building hardware.

IS EN 1634-3:2004

Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware. Smoke control test for door and shutter assemblies

BS EN 13501-2:2016

Fire classification of construction products and building elements. Classification using data from fire resistance tests, excluding ventilation services

BS EN 16763:2017

Services for fire safety systems and security systems

BS 9997:2019

Fire risk management systems. Requirements with guidance for use

TGD B

Appendix A: Performance of materials and structures.

TGD B

Appendix B: Fire doors.

HTM 05-02

Appendix B – Doors and doorsets (HTM 05-02 supersedes HTM 81)