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Fire-Rated Doors: Will Yours Pass Inspection?

Fire-rated doors will increase the safety of your facility in a pretty big way, and they’re fairly easy to install. However, what most people don’t realize is there are several things that can easily cause your door to lose its fire-rating. Instead of having you search all over the internet and Google phrases such as, […]

Hurricane-Rated & Fire-Rated Doors – A Basic Overview

When it comes to any sort of hardware, the ability to stand up against particular elements is vital, especially when you’re talking about exterior access. That’s why hurricane and fire-rated doors are so important in our industry. Both types are judged on certain aspects as they’re put through various tests that allow them to earn […]

How to Pass Inspection on Your Fire-Rated Door

  Fire-rated doors are excellent options when it comes to increasing the safety of your facility. Their purpose is pretty obvious – to keep fire and smoke from spreading throughout your facility. However, there are quite a few factors that come into play to guarantee that your door doesn’t lose its fire rating. Over time […]

In The Know: Door Ratings

I’ve previously discussed fire-rated doors and hurricane-rated doors here on the blog. Those are the most well known and loved door ratings , but did you know there are more ratings than those? In fact, even within those ratings there’s quite a bit of differentiation that’s actually pretty detailed. If you’re new to the door […]

It’s Hurricane Season: Are Your Hurricane-Rated Doors Prepared?

While living in the great state of Kentucky doesn’t put us in the line of fire for hurricanes, we have many clients who are, and earlier today I was reading that weather experts are expecting the 2016 hurricane season to be especially active. Just like fire-rated doors, there are certain things you can do that […]