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Pedestrian doorsets – Fire resisting and/or smoke control

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BS EN 16034: 2014

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BS EN 16034 : 2014
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DHF Best practice guide: Pedestrian doorsets – Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics

• DHF BEST PRACTICE GUIDES • PLACING ON THE MARKET

This publication is one of a series of guides addressing Under the CPR, the duty to apply the CE marking falls
the major issues that should be considered when upon manufacturers and must take place when
specifying the products it describes. It aims to provide products are “placed on the market”, meaning first
the reader with a concise document which includes a supplied1 in the EU for distribution or use. However,
summary of relevant sections from the new European “manufacturers” includes persons who have products
product standard. The reader will then be in a position made for them and who then market the products
to seek further specialist advice and to recognise under their names or trademarks. In addition, the
conformity to the new standards. duties of manufacturers can be assigned to importers
who bring products into the EU.
• BS EN 16034
BS EN 16034:2014 Pedestrian doorsets, industrial, • SCOPE OF EN 16034
commercial, garage doors and openable windows – The scope2 of a harmonised standard is particularly
Product standard, performance characteristics – Fire important, because it determines which products must
resisting and/or smoke control characteristics. be CE marked. In relation to pedestrian doors, the
standard covers fire-resisting or smoke control
NOTE: As will be clear from the title, this standard “doorsets” which are hinged or sliding and intended to
covers fire-resisting openable windows, industrial be either self-closing or permanently locked shut,
doors and shutters as well as pedestrian doorsets; defined as complete with the following components:
this best practice guide, however, covers only
pedestrian doorsets. Industrial doors and shutters with • Door leaf;
fire-resisting and/or smoke control characteristics will • Frame;
be covered by other guides in the series. • Any side panels, over panels and vision panels;
• Any seals required for fire resistance or smoke
The standard is part of a group of standards dealing control;
with doors and windows. Among the others are: • Building hardware.

EN 14351-1:2006 + A1:2010 Windows and doors – There are certain exclusions, of which two are
Product standard, performance characteristics – Part potentially important in this context:
1: Windows and external pedestrian doorsets without
resistance to fire and/or smoke leakage • Windows, side panels and overpanels which are not
characteristics: an integral part of the doorset are excluded;
• Door assemblies “produced with components from
prEN 14351-2 several sources where there is no single identified
EN 1634-1 manufacturer or legal entity who will take
EN 1634-3 responsibility for them” are excluded.
EN 15269-2
EN 15269-3 The first exception is straightforward but the second is
unusual in that it requires a knowledge of the route to
• CE MARKING market or the contractual position in order to ascertain
This standard is harmonised under the Construction whether it applies in a particular case. In reality, the
Products Regulation (CPR) 2011, the main provisions responsibility for CE marking is legally defined by the
of which came into force in July 2013. A harmonised CPR (see below), so this exclusion may not matter
standard is a product standard which is accepted as a very much in practice. It seems unlikely that any
means of demonstrating a product’s compliance with product excluded from the standard by this paragraph
a European Directive or Regulation. The CPR would be the subject of a legal duty to apply the CE
requires that anyone placing a construction product mark in any event.
on the market in the European Economic Area (EEA)
must, if the product falls within the scope of a • PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
harmonised standard, issue a Declaration of EN 16034 covers 5 performance characteristics:
Performance against the standard and apply the CE
marking. In the case of fire-resisting pedestrian • Resistance to fire
doorsets, CE marking becomes possible for doors Following pre-test conditioning, products are tested
supplied on or after 1 November 2016. There is then for integrity (E), integrity and insulation (EI1, EI2) or
a period of “coexistence” of three years during which integrity and radiation (EW) in accordance with EN
doorsets without CE marking may continue to be 1634-1 and classified to EN 13501-2.
supplied. From 1 November 2019, it will be an
offence to supply a doorset within the scope of EN
16034 without a CE mark.

1
Note that this means “supplied in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge”.
2
In this case, the scope of the standard proper in clause 1 and the scope of the harmonised part in Annex ZA are identical.
 DHF Best practice guide: Pedestrian doorsets – Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics

• Smoke control • Durability

Following pre-test conditioning, products are tested Durability of ability to release is dependent upon
for medium (S200) or ambient (Sa) temperature compliance of the hold-open device with EN 1155 or
smoke in accordance with EN 1634-3 and classified EN 14637; compliant doors are classed “release
to EN 13501-2. maintained”.
• “Ability to release”3
Performance is verified by simulating a fire signal Durability of self-closing against degradation is
three times. The test results are expressed as established by cyclic testing and expressed in the
“released”. use categories in the table 1 below:
• Self-closing
As part of the pre-test conditioning, the self-closing Durability of self-closing against ageing (corrosion) is
ability of the door is tested. Results are classified in established by the use of hardware complying with
accordance with EN 13501-2. Classification is “C”, relevant clauses of the building hardware standards
which may be followed by a category number based listed below in table 2; it is expressed as “achieved”.
on the durability test result (see table 1).
Note that, according to a note in the scope,
“requirements included in EN 14351-1, prEN 14351-
Table 1
2 and EN 16361 might be relevant for the products
Use category Cycles covered by this standard”. EN 16034 does not,
5 ≥200,000 however, specify which of these requirements are
relevant and compliance with them is not a
4 ≥100,000
requirement of EN 16034 itself.
3 ≥50,000
2 ≥10,000
1 ≥500
0

Table 2
EN 1935:2002 Single axis hinges

EN 1154:1996 + A1:2002 Controlled door closing devices

EN 1155:1997 + A1:2002 Electrically-powered hold-open devices

EN 1158:1997 + A1:2002 Door coordinating devices

EN 12209:2003 Mechanical locks and latches

EN 179:2008 Emergency exit devices

EN 1125:2008 Panic exit devices

prEN 15887 Uncontrolled door closing devices

EN 14846:2008 Electromechanically-operated locks and strikes

prEN 13637 Electrically-controlled exit systems

prEN 15685 Multi-point locks, latches and locking plates

EN 1670:2007 Corrosion resistance (for any items of hardware

not listed above)

3
For this standard, ability to release is confusingly defined as the ability to release a hold-open device, which is really part of self-
closing. Not to be confused with the ability to release a locked door on an escape route, which applies to an emergency exit door,
not a fire door.
 DHF Best practice guide: Pedestrian doorsets – Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics

• MARKING • DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE

To comply with the standard, the doorset must have a AND CE MARKING
label or marking giving at least the following The person responsible for placing the doorset on the
information: market in the EEA must provide a Declaration of
• Manufacturer (name or contact details); Performance and apply the CE marking. The
• Type and/or name of the product; information required is specified in Regulation (EU)
• Series number or unique reference number of the No 305/2011 and in the Annex Z to the standard.
product; Because fire and smoke-resisting doorsets have a
• Fire resistance, self-closing and/or self-closing critical safety function the process requires the
classification. involvement of a notified product certification body to
verify the compliance claimed. This body will be
However, where this information has been provided in referenced on both the DoP and the CE marking.
order to comply with regulations (such as the CPR), Nevertheless, the manufacturer remains responsible
the marking requirement in the standard is deemed to for designing and producing the product, for preparing
have been satisfied. the DoP and affixing the CE marking and for ensuring
that the product meets the requirements of the
Regulation. The DoP may be sent as a hard copy, via
e-mail or as a web link.

• DOP EXAMPLE
Construction Products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011
DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE
No: DSG-0054

1. Unique identification of the product-type: DSG-005

2. Intended use/es: fire and/or smoke compartmentation and/or escape routes
3. Manufacturer: Whitwick door services, Priory lane, Whitwick, LE67 4AZ, UK
4. Authorised representative: N/A
5. System of AVCP: System 1
6. Notified product certification body No. 9913 performed determination of the product type on the basis of type testing
(including sampling), initial inspection of the manufacturing plant and of the factory production control (FPC) and
continuous surveillance, assessment and evaluation of the FPC and issued the certificate of constancy of
performance of the product.
7. Declared performance:

Essential characteristic Declared performance Harmonised standard

Resistance to fire EN 16034:2014
E 60
EI1 NPD5
EI2 NPD
EW NPD
Smoke control S200
Ability to release released
Self-closing C
Durability of ability to release release maintained

Durability of self-closing: 5
Against degradation (cycle achieved
test) Against ageing (corrosion)

8. The performance of the product identified in point 1 is in conformity with the declared performance in point 7. This
declaration of performance is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer identified in point 3.
Signed for and on behalf of the manufacturer by: Ian Somebody – (Managing Director)
At Whitwick on 10 December 2015 Signature I AM Somebody

4 This document number is assigned by the manufacturer and can be the same as the product identification on point 1
5 No Performance Determined
DHF Best practice guide: Pedestrian doorsets – Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics

• CE LABEL EXAMPLE

9913 4-digit number of notified body

Whitwick door services, Priory lane, Whitwick, LE67 4AZ, UK

16 Last two digits of year in which marking was first affixed

DSG-005 Reference number of DoP

EN 16034:2014 European standard
DSG-005 Identification of product-type
Fire and/or smoke compartmentation and/or escape routes Intended use
Resistance to fire: E 60
Smoke control: S200
Ability to release: released
Self-closing: C Performance (other than NPD)
Durability of ability to release: release maintained
Durability of self-closing
• Against degradation (cycle test): 5
• Against ageing (corrosion): achieved
 Additional important considerations

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