Hello!
I am currently in the middle of building a garage and have just become concerned about whether the door to the house meets fire safety requirements. I have already searched the forum but haven't found an answer to my question.
When I ordered the garage, we (mostly the seller) concluded that it was fine to have a door without fire protection because the door on the house is fire-rated. The seller googled this, and all I remember is that it was fire-rated, and it was okay that one of the doors either on the house wall or the garage wall was fire-rated.
But now I am the construction manager myself and responsible for this, so I started searching for everything to have some basis behind it, and I can't find anything supporting that this is correctly thought as above. The door on the house has CE marking, and under that, it says "EN 14351-1:2006+A1:2010."
Question one:
What does the marking on my entrance door mean (CE EN 14351-1:2006+A1:2010)?
Question two:
Is it a combination of the garage wall and the house wall that should have a certain fire protection? That is, my garage wall meets the requirements for EI30 in all areas except for the door, which does not have fire protection, however, the door on the house probably does (Question one).
https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kuns...egler/brandskydd/brandskydd-mellan-byggnader/
All windows and doors on the garage side facing the house fall under the category 2-5m in the list in the link.
I'm not trying to blame any seller here; the reason is probably that I wanted what the seller said to be true and "it will probably work out"
Grateful for answers!
I am currently in the middle of building a garage and have just become concerned about whether the door to the house meets fire safety requirements. I have already searched the forum but haven't found an answer to my question.
When I ordered the garage, we (mostly the seller) concluded that it was fine to have a door without fire protection because the door on the house is fire-rated. The seller googled this, and all I remember is that it was fire-rated, and it was okay that one of the doors either on the house wall or the garage wall was fire-rated.
But now I am the construction manager myself and responsible for this, so I started searching for everything to have some basis behind it, and I can't find anything supporting that this is correctly thought as above. The door on the house has CE marking, and under that, it says "EN 14351-1:2006+A1:2010."
Question one:
What does the marking on my entrance door mean (CE EN 14351-1:2006+A1:2010)?
Question two:
Is it a combination of the garage wall and the house wall that should have a certain fire protection? That is, my garage wall meets the requirements for EI30 in all areas except for the door, which does not have fire protection, however, the door on the house probably does (Question one).
https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kuns...egler/brandskydd/brandskydd-mellan-byggnader/
All windows and doors on the garage side facing the house fall under the category 2-5m in the list in the link.
I'm not trying to blame any seller here; the reason is probably that I wanted what the seller said to be true and "it will probably work out"
Grateful for answers!
Hello!
I want to be a bit cautious here, but the marking you mentioned has nothing to do with fire classification. Is there anything else on the marking on the door? Maybe this is a bit new for your front door if it's a few years old, but the fire protection marking should be 16034, not 14351-1 (Only a standard approval for a regular front door).
The wall of the garage that faces the house, is that not fire-rated either? Do you know if the house's wall is fire-rated? Hopefully, it's enough to just replace the door to the garage. If you don't have any fire protection in the garage wall or the house wall, you have a bigger problem.
To quote you/the seller: "one of the doors on either the house wall or the garage wall was fire-rated." The entire wall + door must be fire-rated on one of the buildings. The idea of fire protection is to prevent the spread, which it won't do very well if it's only partially fire-protected.
Hope it works out!
I want to be a bit cautious here, but the marking you mentioned has nothing to do with fire classification. Is there anything else on the marking on the door? Maybe this is a bit new for your front door if it's a few years old, but the fire protection marking should be 16034, not 14351-1 (Only a standard approval for a regular front door).
The wall of the garage that faces the house, is that not fire-rated either? Do you know if the house's wall is fire-rated? Hopefully, it's enough to just replace the door to the garage. If you don't have any fire protection in the garage wall or the house wall, you have a bigger problem.
To quote you/the seller: "one of the doors on either the house wall or the garage wall was fire-rated." The entire wall + door must be fire-rated on one of the buildings. The idea of fire protection is to prevent the spread, which it won't do very well if it's only partially fire-protected.
Hope it works out!