Life Safety (LS) (Nursing Care Center / Nursing Care Center)
Doors - Protective Plates
Publish | January 01, 0001
What are the requirements addressing protection plates on fire rated doors?
The Joint Commission uses NFPA 80 (1999 edition) where 2-4.5 Protection Plates states that: Factory-installed protection plates shall be installed in accordance with the listing of the door. Field-installed protection plates shall be labeled and installed in accordance with their listing. Exception: Labeling is not required where the top of the protection plate is not more than 16 in. (406 mm) above the bottom of the door. No labeling is required if the plate is factory installed. And labeling is required for field installed protective plates higher 16 in. from the bottom of the door. Per NFPA 80 (1999), Door Protection Plate is defined as: Protective material applied to the face of a door and generally made of approximately 0.05-in. (1.2-mm) thick brass, bronze, aluminum, or stainless steel or 1/8-in. (3.2-mm) thick laminated plastic. [LS.02.01.10, LS.03.01.10]
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