Double Egress Door
By lori greene.
Double egress door. Suitable for pairs or single doors exterior or interior the syntegra door systems robust mechanisms and electrical functions are designed to operate in the most demanding applications. Opening each door is possible by pushing the acting leaf side almost always the right hand side. If you need a refresher on door handing here s a video and a handy dandy graphic. Double egress frames are typically used in corridors of hospitals schools and nursing homes where the control of traffic is important.
Up to 3 hours ul10b and ul10c underwriters laboratories applied only warnock hersey applied only series se step 2 shown. Double egress doors differ from double acting doors both in application and purpose. What is the rule if i have double doors leading out of a manufacturing facility into a corridor then at the end of the corridor there is an additional set of double doors that leads to a vestibule. 16 gauge steel cold rolled fire rated up to 3 hours.
Double egress series se1 or se2. What is the definition of double egress. It can comprise either a single door or a pair of doors where one is considered as the active door. The unique design of the de series frame allows for the use of swing clear hinges.
These openings are installed in cross corrid. Double egress pairs may also be called rh rh the normal swing or lh lh the abnormal swing. 16 14 gauge. While egress doors open in opposite directions double acting doors can open in both directions due to the pivot hinges also known as the double acting hinge.
Egress door sizing an egress door must be between 32 inches and 48 inches in width as measured between the face of the fully opened door 90 degrees and the stop on the door frame for double doors this measurement is from the face of the door to the edge of the other door leaf or mullion. The egress door leaking from the vestibule is a standard 36 door. A double egress hollow metal frame is for a pair of doors in which the doors can only swing in the opposite direction. The de series double egress frames meet all the design parameters of conventional fe series double egress frames and is specified when cross corridor openings have the additional requirements of maximized clear opening width.
Depth 5 1 4 14 fire label. You need to login or register to bookmark favorite this content. A double egress frame is a double door frame prepared to receive two single acting doors swinging in opposite directions both doors are the same hand. Door mounts in center of frame.
Are the two sets of double doors corridor and vestibule. Accepts existing opening metal wood stud or masonry anchors.