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January 27, 2021

What is a 20-minute fire-rated door?

A 20-minute fire-rated door is one that isolates a room during 20 minutes whilst exposed to fire. This kind of door is known as fire-rated EI2-20, and it is useful for places where you want extra protection even though a fire-rating is not demanded.
January 13, 2021

How to open a fire-rated door?

There are different options of accessories that can be used to open a fire door. Here are some options that we find useful
January 11, 2021

How to improve fire safety in nursing houses?

The recent fire in a nursing house in Sevilla has motivated us to write down some actions, that we would recommend to put into practice in order to improve the fire safety in nursing houses or any other places where the residents
December 2, 2020

Watch how we install a fire-rated door with screws

Not sure how to install a fire door with screws? Asturmadi explains how to do it step by step with this video
October 16, 2020

Watch how we install a fire-rated door with anchors

Not sure how to install a fire door? Asturmadi explains how to do it step by step with this video
February 25, 2020

How to adjust the self-closing hinge spring

We explain how to adjust a self-closing hinge and how to stop the middle pin from falling on non-self closing hinges.
February 11, 2020

How to install a fire door with fixing anchors

here are different ways to install a fire rated door. In this post, we explain how to do it with fixing anchors
January 3, 2020

Where to install fire-rated doors

Generally, fire doors are required on exits, entrances to the staircase or to the building, hallways, emergency exits, etc. They are also often installed on fire and temperature resistant walls,
November 22, 2019

How to fit a cable passage on a steel door

A cable passage is used to allow the electric power to get from the frame through to the door. It consists of a spring to pass the cable through and of a base that allows to secure it to the door.