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Fire Door Retainer - Dorgard Fire Door Closer

Safelincs provides a number of fire safety products for your safety including the Dorgard Fire Door Retainer.

Wedging open fire doors is dangerous, illegal and opens employers to the risk of personal prosecution. A closed fire door can stop fire in its tracks, but wedged open, the fire door provides no protection and the fire can spread throughout the building. Dorgard is a safe and legal solution that allows you to hold your fire doors open safely and automatically shut them in the event of a fire. This allows for better wheelchair access, ventilation and all-round convenience without jeopardising safety or breaking the law.

Dorgard has been installed in many types of buildings including schools, theatres, hospitals and stately homes and is the ideal solution to getting rid of the dangerous culture of wedging fire doors open with fire extinguishers or wooden blocks. Dorgard has been accepted by the fire brigade because it can save lives.

Dorgard Fire Door Retainers

• Installs in under five minutes
• Battery operated, wire-free solution
• Automatically releases when fire alarm sounds
• Proven in thousands of buildings across the UK
• Tested to BS EN 1155 and accepted by the Fire Brigade
• Smart, unobtrusive design in several colours
• Easy foot-operated setting and release
• Automatic night-time release facility possible
• Improves access for wheelchair users in line with DDA

Colours

Dorgard is available in a range of colours. Any colour can be supplied to match your corporate identity (subject to a minimum order quantity).

How does Dorgard Work

The unit's rubber plunger/stopper is in contact with the floor and, unlike magnetic retainers, can hold the door open in any selected position. When a fire alarm sounds, Dorgard's integral audio-electronic device signals the plunger to retract and releases the door to close.

Dorgard is battery operated, so there is no need for complex and expensive wiring. Please note that your alarm's sound level has to be higher than 65dB at the location of the door. This is also the required alarm sound level for populated areas according to BS5839-1:2002 (Clause 16.2).