Fire rated doors and frames play a vital role in keeping people safe and minimizing property damage during fire. Finished wood doors are excellent at limiting the danger and damage of fires. In fact, hollow metal is the only material widely available with a 2-hour rating.
Professionals also offer temperature rise doors, which minimize the transfer of heat to cooler side of the door. These doors are commonly found in stairwells of high-rise buildings because they allow people to safely pass below the floors with fire.
Professionals members are committed to providing technical information in varying detail on fire rated doors and frames. The recourses below are ordered form broadest to most technical.
