Double Acting Egress Door

1 3 8 face frame 2 face optional.

Double acting egress door.

Read on to discover the differences in application and purpose and contact laforce with any additional questions. Fire rated up to 3 hours. Up to 3 hours ul10b and ul10c underwriters laboratories applied only warnock hersey applied only series se step 2 shown. Double egress series se1 or se2.

Double egress frames are typically used in corridors of hospitals schools and nursing homes where the control of traffic is important. While egress doors open in opposite directions double acting doors can open in both directions due to the pivot hinges also known as the double acting hinge. A door frame prepared to receive two single acting doors swinging in opposite directions without a center mullion. I recently received a question regarding a location where a double acting door would be serving as part of the means of egress for more than 50 people in both directions.

Opening each door is possible by pushing the acting leaf side almost always the right hand side. A double egress hollow metal frame is for a pair of doors in which the doors can only swing in the opposite direction. Accepts existing opening metal wood stud or masonry anchors. 16 gauge steel cold rolled.

These openings are installed in cross corrid. Depth 5 1 4 14 fire label. A double egress door system has two doors that swing in opposite directions from each other one side for people going out and one side for people going in. It can comprise either a single door or a pair of doors where one is considered as the active door.

Double egress doors differ from double acting doors both in application and purpose. 16 14 gauge. A pair of swinging doors each leaf which swings in the opposite direction of the other. Door mounts in center of frame.

Both single and double egress doors use double acting hinges so your door can swing both inwards and outwards. A pair of doors swinging in opposite directions without a vertical mullion. Double egress doors and double acting doors are commonly confused. We also encourage you to save our door frame and hardware glossary for handy reference.

A double egress frame is a double door frame prepared to receive two single acting doors swinging in opposite directions both doors are the same hand.