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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Mr Pounder wrote:
"Adam Funk" wrote in message
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Some relatives & I went on holiday in a self-catering townhouse in
Yorkshire earlier this summer. I think the house was about 10 years
old.

All the internal doors except the ones for the bathrooms had
self-closing gadgets built in (installed in the frame between the
hinges, pulling a chain attached to the hinge side of the door). The
visitors' book had several previous comments requesting doorstops
because the self-closing doors were a nuisance, followed by a comment
from the owners to the effect that they weren't allowed to provide
doorstops because of fire regulations.

Comments?

The owners are quite correct.
A fire door is useless if it is wedged open - usually by a fire
extinguisher.


not sure if this is relevant but a LOT of companies have spring loaded
fire doors that stay open because a magnet sticks to a bit of material
that loses its magnetism at high temps. So they can be left permanently
open unless they get hit: Then they close.

more likely the magnet is an electromagnet which loses its power when then
fire alarm goes off. I suspect the High temp ones would be far too late -
the door itself could well be on fire by then.

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