EN 16034: Pedestrian doorsets, industrial, commercial, garage doors and openable windows - Product standard, performance characteristics - Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics
Standard: EN 16034: Pedestrian doorsets, industrial, commercial, garage doors and openable windows - Product standard, performance characteristics - Fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics.
Certification: CE Marking: A fire door should meet the requirements as described in the standard EN 16034, which is a harmonized standard under the Construction Products Regulation (EU) 305/2011.
Scope: This European Standard identifies material independent, safety and performance requirements applicable to all fire resisting and/or smoke control products intended to be used in fire and/or smoke compartmentation and/or escape routes.
This standard covers only fire resisting and/or smoke control characteristics including the ability to release and self-closing, further product characteristics are covered in the relevant harmonized European Product Standards EN 14351-1, EN 13241 and EN 16361.
Applicable Products:
- industrial, commercial and/or garage doorsets, rolling shutters or operable fabric curtains intended for the installation in areas in the reach of persons and for which the main intended uses are giving safe access for goods and vehicles accompanied or driven by persons, or
- rolling shutters or operable fabric curtains used in retail premises which are mainly provided for the access of persons rather than vehicles or goods, or
- pedestrian doorsets and/or openable windows and/or inspection hatches which are hinged or sliding, intended for the installation in areas in the reach of persons, and for which the main intended uses are giving safe access for persons
and which are manually or power operated and:
- opening and self closing as a normal mode of operation, or
- normally held open but self closing in case of fire or smoke, or
- normally maintained locked in the closed position (e. g. service access/inspection doorsets)
and completed:
- with building hardware,
- with or without any side panel(s), flush over panel(s) and/or transom panel(s) (with or without glazing) and contained within a single perimeter frame for inclusion in a single aperture,
- with or without any vision panel(s) in the door leaf or leave(s),
- with or without any seals (e.g. for smoke control, fire resistance, draught, acoustic or weather characteristics).
Related Standards: This EN 16034 standard only extends the basic requirements for building openings protection and can only be used in conjunction with the basic product standards.
- EN 13241: Industrial, commercial, garage doors and gates - Product standard, performance characteristics
- EN 14351-1: Windows and doors - Product standard, performance characteristics - Part 1: Windows and external pedestrian doorsets
- EN 14351-2: Windows and doors - Product standard, performance characteristics - Part 2: Internal pedestrian doorsets. (NOT published in the EU Official Journal)
- EN 16361: Power operated pedestrian doors - Product standard, performance characteristics - Pedestrian doorsets, other than swing type, initially designed for installation with power operation
- EN 1634-1: Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware - Part 1: Fire resistance test for door and shutter assemblies and openable windows.
- EN 1634-3: Fire resistance and smoke control tests for door and shutter assemblies, openable windows and elements of building hardware - Part 3: Smoke control test for door and shutter assemblies.
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