Fire Door Holders

Fire Door Holders

Designed for convenience, accessibility, or for air flow, our range of Fire Door Holders supports safety needs across buildings. Suitable for all types of businesses, this safety hardware keeps fire doors open when required. Under the Fire Safety Act 2021, fire doors must remain closed at all times as a fire safety measure. This ensures that when fires occur, fire doors will effectively contain and compartmentalise flames, preventing the spread of fire.

However, you might sometimes need to hold open fire doors, so ensure you’re doing so legally with a fire door holder. When you opt to use a door wedge or heavy object to keep your doors open, you’re putting lives at risk and breaking the law. When a fire door is not able to shut in a fire emergency, it is not able to stop fire and smoke spread.

What Are the Benefits of Fire Door Holders?

Fire door holders will allow fire doors to shut at the first sign of trouble, whilst keeping the door open in the meantime. Wirelessly activated by the sound of your fire alarm, or with a hard-wired connection to your fire alarm system, once activated, holders will release fire doors automatically when used in conjunction with a suitable door closer. 

Our popular Electromagnetic Door Closer, commonly installed in hospitals and care homes, allows heavy fire doors to remain open. During emergencies, this closer will shut the fire door to counteract fire damage and spread. Our DoorSense Fire Door Retainer also promotes similar functions, offering improved wheelchair access and convenience. Available in black or red, the DoorSense Fire Door Retainer requires no additional wiring and offers up to 2 hours of fire-resistance on timber doors.

Other safety hardware, such as Press to Exit switches, keeps doors closed at all times yet offers a safe way to exit a building. Requiring manual release, these switches ensure the correct use of doors whilst improving safety measures.

In fact, as you can see from our range of fire door hardware, you can integrate two devices into one.  Best paired with a door closer which is also capable of compliantly holding a door open.

Made to satisfy Building Control Officers, these building upgrades support your fire safety needs and protect occupants. Always priced low, these top-quality products cover business and property needs.