Our Commitment to Fire Safety
Fire safety is at the core of our business. We control every stage of manufacturing, ensuring our doors exceed required standards. Because we manufacture all our own doors, we can ensure that every single component surpasses the required standards. We invest heavily in research and development. This allows us to provide you with the safest, most reliable fire door products on the market.
Our Commitment to Sustainability
It is our responsibility to ensure that we use timber from forests that adhere to best practices and recognized schemes. These practices maintain forest biodiversity, productivity, and ecological processes while also protecting the rights of local people.
The Benefits of using Accredited 3rd party certification
All of the leading fire door manufacturers are part of these schemes and are vigorously audited on a ongoing basis
Who Benefits from CERTIFIRE & QMARK
The end user most importantly, knowing the product you are purchasing is audited by the leading 3rd party schemes for the fire door industry, it also instills confidence to Architects and specifiers that the goods they choose will add value to the developers project managers and adds reassurance that what is being supplied has the backing of these schemes
The Benefits of DEANTA Certifire and Q mark
Credibility
With over 100 plus fire tests backing the validity of our fire doors since 2007 ensuring constant and consistent performance in the goods we manufacture and supply.
Safety
Both CERTIFIRE AND QMARK guarantees the highest standards in manufacturing, it is not legally required to have 3rd party certification but as a responsible manufacturer supplier we are looking to set standards in the industry and wish further suppliers would join these schemes.
Transparency
With over 100 tests backing up the FIRE DOORS we supply ensuring that all hardware and other components are tested to ensure they are tested to verify the integrity, just because hardware is Fire Tested does not mean it is compatible with fire doors to versify that you must test all of our test evidence is listed on our fire documents Certs, check that other companies offering fir doors have the evidence as a lot of companies do not.
Compliance
As we are constantly testing, we are updating our certification to ensure we are leaders in our marketplace, the testing is also ensuring the goods we manufactured are constantly tested to ensure the consistency. As a buyer you need to ensure the products exceed the standards you require, with over 100 plus tests to date on our EN Standard fire doors as opposed to a lot of companies with 1-2 tests on limited scope.
Reliability
By choosing companies who opt to use 3rd party schemes such as CERTIFIRE & Q MARK you are ensuing the highest standards and creditability, they offer constant auditing and companies who do not comply risk being delisted, Specifying these Schemes will ensure that only the premier suppliers will be allowed and ensuing the safety as fire doors are designed to save lives.
Be Certain Be Certified
What is involved in a 3rd Party Audit Certification
Consistency
The manufacturer has to show traceability on all the materials that are used in the manufacture and make up of the fire doors in Question the doors must be made from the same material from same suppliers as was tested day 1, All hardware and other elements must be only what there is test evidence for, A fire Hinge that has not been tested with the door leaf is not Certified only goods tested are covered by the Certification or FOA
Manufacturing
The process is audited to ensure no deviation in manufacturing is allowed and full calibration on all machinery ISO9001 management certification is adhered too at all times to ensure the products supplied are the same as what has been Certified. Should there be any inconsistency’s in the audit the sponsor will lose accreditation of either scheme and this will be published on website register.
Traceability
The person assembling or fitting the door must check that the certification supplied has test evidence for all elements, used in the door set, just because it may be listed it must have actual Fire test Evidence for the fire test conducted showing date test was conducted and by whom showing the results for Integrity and Insulation. Without out this evidence then you are not permitted to use these elements.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Fire Doors are designed to save lives and their certification has to be taken very seriously, they are used in Public buildings like schools hospitals, Hotels and with the demand for housing they are extensively being used in Apartments and 3 story housing, Deanta is leading the market and setting standards in Fire Door safety with the most comprehensive testing and test evidence on the Irish market today
About EN 1634.1
Unlike BS standard EN is more difficult to pass and requires comprehensive testing covering all elements, unless its been tested it cannot be certified. With a far greater heat in testing and higher air pressure making the EN Standard a welcome standard. However many companies still claim elements with fire testing can be used with EN doors, this is totally untrue it requires successful testing to be in compliance.
Acoustics
All our fire doors are Acoustically tested and hold certification for up to 31dB,working closely with LORIENT acoustic systems to achieve the standard test evidence available upon request. We take our certification very seriously and DEANTA are the only company who Designs Manufactures and Certifies their own goods not relying on others to supply them with potentially substandard certified Fire Doors.
Installation
As a business we only deal with leading suppliers and door specialist who have many years in the Door Industry, Our technical documentation contains the complete fitting parameters and to ensure the correct presentation of fire doors following the test evidence and ensuring the doors are presented the same way as they have been tested .
Hardware / Locks & Hinges
EN1634.1 can only be achieved once the hardware has been tested, fire rated hardware is not compliant unless it has been tested, all test evidence for the hardware we cover is listed in our FOA, Classification reports and EXAPS where we list test number and dates along with results .Unless the test evidence is listed then listed hardware is not acceptable. All CERTIFIRE hardware is covered under our certification as being part of the 3rd party scheme. Each lock or hinge has to be tested so if you list 5 locks you must have 5 tests, one test will not cover, BS standard allowed you to test the most onerous and gave you coverage for smaller hardware EN Standard does not allow this and requires test evidence Hence the withdrawal of BS Standard in 2028
Hinges
Appropriate hinges are CE Marked hinges that have been tested on the doors, 3 hinges per door and DEANTA does not require Intumescent pads for doors under 2.4m, Doors over 2.4m require 4 hinges and Pads, The confidence in the doors we supply has allowed not to place pads in hinges and locks and we have tested successfully in all of our tests with no Pads.
Fire Door Requirements
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Door Hinges CERTIFIRE or BSEN1935 No Interdens required.
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Door Closers Depending on the weight and width various closers may apply again CERTIFIRE or BSE 1935
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Locks and Latches Certifire or EN1935 NO interdens required in the fitting.
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Drop down Seals for Acoustic and Passage of Smoke, Lorient.
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Intumescent Strips and Cold smoke seals to be fitted to the frames EN1935 3 and EN135 1 TO BE CERTIFIRE approved.
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Door signage is covered in FOA no EN STANDARD REQUIRED.
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Concealed door closers Certifire Concealed closers and please follow instructions on fitting and installation.
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Door HingesOnly hinges listed and with test evidence can be used 4 hinge types potentially 4 tests as evidence required, no evidence from others are allowed, CERTIFIRE hinges are acceptable on DEANTA doors as we are CERTIFIRE APPROVED |
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Door ClosersOnly Closers tested can be used and test evidence is required CERTIFRIE Closers are acceptable with Deanta Doors as we are CERTIFIRE APPROVED, 4 Closers listed equals 4 tests. |
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Door HandlesVarious door handles have been tested on our doors however door handles are not vital in fire testing and normally fall off very shortly in a fire test. |
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Door Hardware & SignageTest evidence is required and must be listed on FOA to be allowed to fit to the FIRE DOOR, without evidence it is not permitted to attach these items to the door, please refer to FOA for evidence. |
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Door FramesOnly tested frames are allowed and listed in FOA again check fort the evidence, if you have 4 types of frames listed you must have 4 tests showing positive results from relevant fire tests. |
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Intumescent SealsOnly Seals that were tested can be used or CERTIFIRE seals if used with a CERTIFIRE Door |
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Drop Down SealsThese have 2 uses one for acoustic and for smoke prevention only doors with test evidence of drop seals fitted are permitted. |
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Concealed ClosersOnly Concealed closers that have been tested are permitted apart from CERTIFIRE approved as doors are CERTIFRE also by Deanta |
Deanta Vision Panels
Vision Panels, so many choices.
7mm Pyrogard glass and many more options listed in the FOA report AND also suitable for double door options.
For further clarity and design solutions please contact us.
Vision Panels
All of our fire doors can be supplied with vison Panels to be compliant with PART M of the technical guidance document, Various glass options from major suppliers are covered and again proof of testing is to be available, Installation details are listed and outline in the FOA.
Sealing Around Frames
The gap between the wall and the frame must be as tight as possible and packed with fire retardant material, please refer to the FOA for further details.
Adjustment of the Door leaf
All Deante fire doors have been tested with lipping’s from 3mm to 18mm in both soft and hardwood, pre installation it is possible to reduce the door leaf to minimum of 3mm lipping’s, we use a 18mm lipping as standard, so 30mm can be cut of width (15mm both sides )and height in all DEANTA Doors, only door that have been tested can be adjusted so check other manufacturers documents and always insist on the test evidence ,once the door is fitted it is not possible to adjust then.
FAQ
All major manufactures use these 3rd party certification, it ensures the goods are made to the highest standards, by insisting on all one standard it ensures that the good you are using have all been tested in conjunction and have proven testing backing the goods used.
Continuous Audits and extensive testing to ensure the goods are setting standards as opposed to following.
Companies that use these schemes are open to extensive scrutiny, the goods are strenuously tested and all manufacturing procedures making these difficult standards to achieve, Fire doors are designed to save lives so safety and standards are paramount, it is not mandatory to be join these schemes but being accountable to standards by 3rd parties is a excellent way to ensure companies are doing the right thing.
Being the only credible 3rd Party Certification Scheme in the Fire door industry, with all major manufactures of fire doors being members. It ensures that the highest standards are adhered to at all times and adds confidence that the goods being supplied are of the highest standard and hold UpToDate certification.
Its shows the commitment of the manufacturer and supplier that they are leaders in their field, they set standards as opposed to follow, by specifying these suppliers and goods to ensure that substandard goods are kept out of the market place and keep the standards at a premium at all times.
• True independent Auditing for both the manufacturing and supply of fire doors
• Assurance that the goods supplied are supplied as was tested.
• Continuous audits and sample testing externally
• Annual Audits at manufacturing source and FIRE Tests
• Auditing is totally independent of Deanta
• CERTIFIRE and Q Mark Leaders in fire Testing services and part of the ELEMENT group who are the world leaders in fire testing.