No More Door Closers - Yippee

Already I can feel my eyelids getting heavy at the thought of trying to digest any of this. But, I had been alerted in the press that there was an interesting nugget in here and, after a bit of digging around, I found it on p203.
"The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is minded to remove the need for self-closing devices within
dwellings. This is because they can present a hazard to children; they can
interfere with the day-to-day convenience of the occupants and many of
our stakeholders tell us they are often disabled soon after occupation. The
fire safety benefits of closing doors, particularly at night, remain and it is
proposed to reinforce this message through national and local Community
Fire Safety programmes (see www.firekills.gov.uk) and other fire safety
initiatives. We would therefore particularly welcome consultees’ views on this particular proposal."
No more door closers! Yippee! That’s my view, ODPM.
What a pain in the arse they have been. I well remember back in my loft-converting days in the 1980s that we carried Perko door closers (pictured at the top of this blog) in our tool kits. They were a complete bugger to fit and, if adjusted over-strongly, they would snap your hand off when they door slammed shut. They would be fitted into the designated fire doors until the building inspector finalled; and then they were whipped off, by order of the client. My guess is that I fitted the same Perkos about six times before some Muppet decided they actually wanted to keep them.
What the other 235.5 pages have in them, I have no idea. But this one proposal certainly meets with my approval. Mark Brinkley
Labels: Windows and doors
8 Comments:
brilliant- haven’t laughed so much since I heard that brick work cavities are soon to be 2 ft wide.
HMO seven bedrooms seven percos seven students slam slam slam................
I have a house with these things fitted (built 2003) - does anyone know if this became law ? Can I legally remove these devices ? (they've injured my daughter this weekend - required hospital & Gen. Anasthetic).
I cut the chains off all of them apart from the main one as that uses overhead. The bedroom ones are cut and i always prop the living room one open.
Just use a little saw to cut it off or unscrew the plate thing.
If you still like the door to close auto, buy an adjustable overhead one (you see them alot in places)
Or, if you dont want to cut the chains off, get an over head one and set it on a low speed.
I am building a beauty salon. I have fire doors for all required areas like hall etc 4 in total. I will do overhead closers on them but am now told each treatment room need them. A further 20!!!! Is this true??????? Help.
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