Intumescent Seals

Fire doors and intumescent seals

There are a few different types of building that need fires doors and intumescent seals, some of these include:

* Apartments/Flats
* Houses under multiple occupation
* Some student house/accommodation
* Offices/most places of work

The basic rule of thumb is most buildings which require a high volume of people to escape all at once require the use of fire doors. These doors can be life or death in certain situations.

Benefits of fire doors and intumescent seals

The main benefit is straightforward and that is to make sure that the fire is not able to spread quickly, this is why it is important that fire doors are kept closed at all times. You must never leave a fire door wedged open as this can lead to the fire door becoming redundant and allowing a potential fire to spread fast and fierce. Do you really want to have this on your conscience, especially if your actions hurt somebody? Fire doors prevent fires spreading quick by containing the fire in rooms for longer this is also true for intumescent seals. They do this simply as they are very strong and heavy. They prevent the fire from burning them down quickly. More importantly than this, they also prevent looks of smoke from being released which means you have more time to evacuate a building. Smoke is the most common cause of injury when people are trying to evacuate a building. These fire doors can give you more time which allows you to evacuate a building safely and securely and prevent you from getting smoke inhalation.

Intumescent seals – to conclude

There are many benefits to why you need to have fire doors in your property; if you are in doubt there are many places where you can gather more information on fire doors and the benefits of fire doors to your home and/or your office. If you want further information why not enter ‘intumescent seals’ into a search engine, you will then be able to make up your own mind on all of the reasons why fire doors can help you out you are ever caught (and hopefully you never will) in a fire.

Norseal are the Intumescent Seals specialists! These are used to make a fire door seal and we have one in just about every size, shape, brand and colour you’d need to complete your project.