Wignall's Fire Doors
Wignall’s Fire Doors, when closed, are intended to resist the spread of fire and smoke.
As a licensed door processor, Wignall’s will process the entire doorset to provide you with certified door leaves, frames, essential ironmongery, edge seals and glazing that will meet a gold standard that you can depend on.
Certified by BWF
Acting as the first line of defence, fire doors are vital for protecting lives and property and only using Certified fire doors can help relieve some of this responsibility by offering proof of performance, quality and traceability.
Trained staff
From specification through to owner and facility managers, everyone is responsible and our team at Wignall's take their responsibilities and individual roles very seriously, ensuring process, procedure and quality is met every step of the way.
Short leadtime
Every door will go through a stringent set of processes to ensure procedure is followed and quality is always met, whilst ensuring our lead time is kept to a minimum* helping your project achieve and exceed deadlines and client satisfaction.
Quality you can trust
Wignall's, bespoke joinery specialists, is a family run business based in Devon. Having always been committed to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers, fire doors are no different.
The importance of fire doors in your property cannot be underestimated. The ultimate function of a fire door is to save lives and property.
Family, staff, visitors, residents, and the building that their located in all need protecting.
Wignall's Fire doors are one of the most vital elements of a building, and have a double function, to provide protection from fire and smoke whilst enabling an escape route.
Fire doors and their fittings must comply and adhere to Building Regulations and THE LAW.
“Certifire” Scheme
Wignall's are approved under the The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Certifire scheme,
Every BWF-CERTIFIRE Fire Door Assembly carries a permanent and tamper evident label.
As members of the BWF-CERTIFIRE Fire Door & Doorset Scheme we have committed to a rigorous certification programme. This commitment to quality will ensure this lifesaving product achieves its aim of protecting lives and property.
FD30 and FD60 Fire Doors
Fire doors are rated by the amount of minutes protection it gives against a fire.
Wignall's certified integrity levels are: FD30 and FD60, this means that the FD30 doorset will give at least 30 minutes protection and likewise FD60 will give protection for 60 minutes.
FD30 – 30 minutes and FD60 – 60 minutes - Click for details
Quality Management
Certification requires audits every six months of the entire process of the fire doors through the factory. From ordering materials to machining, training, assembly and finally packaging and delivery,
Ensuring traceability throughout the supply chain, and giving assurance that the door will perform as designed in the event of a fire.
How is a fire door tested?
A sample of the door / doorset is tested in a test furnace.
This includes all components.
Certification is only achieved if the door takes longer than the required protection time (30/60 mins) before failing.
When processing in the factory the same blanks and hardware must be used.
What is a Fire Doorset?
A doorset is a complete unit consisting of a door frame and a door leaf or leaves, fitted with all essential components including intumescent seals, ironmongery and glazing.
These components can only be used if they were tested together
All materials are processed in a factory under a set of stringent procedures within the BWF certifire scheme.
What is a FD30 and FD60 door?
BWF fire ratings for fire door assemblies are stated in minutes and prefixed by the letters.
FD30 refers to a 30-minute fire door or fire doorset; in other words, one that offers at least 30 minutes of protection against fires.
Likewise FD60 will give protection for 60 minutes.
