SAFETY , SECURITY & FIRE PROTECTION
’ IS YOUR FIRESCREEN CE MARKED ?’
by Wojciech Brozyna - MD of Aluprof UK
Just to confirm , the ‘ CE mark ’ is a certification mark that is widely used throughout the EU . It is a declaration from a manufacturer that the product supplied is tested and meets the minimum health , safety and environmental requirements that allow it to be sold in any European member state . The product ‘ kit ’ refers to all the components that make up the product from various nominated manufacturers such as the framing system , glazing and hardware , there can be no part substitutions . The product , such as supplied in a firescreen , including doors and glazing is supplied to site complete in a fabricated form . It is the manufacture of the installed product that carries the responsibility for the CE marking by ensuring that the installer follows detailed installation instructions .
From the 1st November 2019 ALL external fire rated doorsets MUST be CE marked to both BS EN 14351-1:2006 + A2:2016 - ‘ Windows and doors . Product standard , performance characteristics . Windows and external pedestrian doorsets ’. and BS EN 16034:2014 - ‘ Pedestrian doorsets , industrial , commercial , garage doors and openable windows .
Product standard , performance characteristics . Fire resisting and / or smoke control characteristics .’ This is now compulsory for all external fire rated doorsets and screens .
BS EN 16034 tests External Pedestrian Doorsets for fire resistance and / or smoke control , this cannot be used on its own for CE marking purposes as it must be used in conjunction with BS EN 14351-1 . External Pedestrian Doorsets can include sidescreens and opening windows if required . The specified performance is then declared on the DoP ( Declaration of Performance ) and CE Label which is attached to the doorset . As a result of these imposed regulations , BS 476 : Parts 20 & 22 can no longer be used as fire test evidence to CE mark an external fire rated doorset .
Whilst BS EN 16034 was first published in October 2014 , it didn ' t become a harmonised standard available for use as CE mark evidence until 1st November 2016 . As with all new standards , there is a co-existence period in which current standards run alongside the new standard which lasted for three years ending on the 1st November 2019 .
As for internal fire rated doorsets and screens we still wait for the BS EN 14351-2 ‘ Product standard , performance characteristics . Internal pedestrian doorsets .’ To be cited in the Official Journal of European Union ( OJEU ) which was expected to be published in November / December 2019 .
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