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Doggit
Basically, yes. I suspect he'll agree to a blank with the corner cut off more easily though, then you can use architraving to achieve a 6 panel effect.
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Will it look as bad as it sounds ......
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Doggit
. I know what I could achieve which is why I suggest the method, but the finish is going to be down to the competence of you're joiner I'm afraid
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You know what a fire door blank is right?
Fine, as mentioned, if it’s done well it will look as good as if it was built that way. If not it will look like a bag of spanners ....
Depends on your joinery skills as mentioned ....
And maybe get BCO's OK before you do it. or do it after BCO has long gone.
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Doggit
You've got the idea Fran. When you cut the corner off, you'll need a new piece to make up the corner, so have a chat with a local wood yard for the replacement piece. Then it's just down to the design you want on the front.
Daft questions but what's inside firedoors ? I thought the outer section would be solid ?
AFAIK they all have a solid chipboard core now.
I believe it is still possible to have solid wood doors made which meet the test, at great expense, and I am told fire doors used to have layers of plasterboard inside.
The rating specification forbids you to cut anything off them, except (usually) trimming the sides and bottom (not the top) by 5mm or so. So you would not be allowed to saw a corner off. Possibly you could do that if you bought an unfinished blank or had it made to order. That would be non-standard certification, I think.
I believe it is still possible to have solid wood doors made which meet the test, at great expense, and I am told fire doors used to have layers of plasterboard inside.
The rating specification forbids you to cut anything off them, except (usually) trimming the sides and bottom (not the top) by 5mm or so. So you would not be allowed to saw a corner off. Possibly you could do that if you bought an unfinished blank or had it made to order. That would be non-standard certification, I think.
Thanks for all the advice so far .... One thing I don't understand is why I can cut the corner off a blank and not from a 6 panel FD ?
Because a fire door is certified and tested as a single unit without the corner chopped off. Once you cut a corner off it's no longer the same size as the tested door and hence the certificate becomes defunct. That's why to get a bespoke sized fire door is impractical because the only way to get it certified would be for them to perform their fire tests which costs £00000s per certificate.
In reality in a fire it would more than likely be fine provided the capping was adequate but it just wouldn't be legal.
In reality in a fire it would more than likely be fine provided the capping was adequate but it just wouldn't be legal.
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so are fire door blanks not tested in the same way .... I'm a bit confused in respect of the difference ?
They are but they are also tested by chopping a chunk off and recapped.
Whereas a standard 686 door for example is not chopped down and tested. It's only tested in its original off the shelf guise.
Whereas a standard 686 door for example is not chopped down and tested. It's only tested in its original off the shelf guise.
Sounds a bit daft really ......
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