Fire Damper Access Door Size

Over the years we discovered many deficiencies with small damper access openings.

Fire damper access door size. Leminar range of duct access doors has been designed to allow easy and convenient access to the equipments within hvac ductwork while providing a secure positive seal when closed. 1 inch thick insulation. Double skinned 24 g galvanised door panel. O where fire dampers are too large to allow them to be reset and the fusible link replaced from outside the duct the access doors should be increased to at least 24 inches x 16 inches in size to allow a person to enter the duct.

Ruskin has a wide variety of doors to meet different duct styles and application needs. O where the size of the duct permits access doors should be at least 18 inches x 16 inches in size. Ruskin access doors enable access into ducts without compromising safety or ventilation. The minimum access door should be 18 by 16 inches 457 by 406 mm when duct size permits.

The non fire rated doors come hinged or double cammed galvanized or stainless steel and can be made square rectangular or round. Access doors are designed to provide entry to ductwork to access fire products. With over 50 years of experience in the hvac industry we have inspected thousands of fire and smoke dampers. They were always way too small to perform meaningful inspections maintenance was next to impossible and the edges were often sharp and unsafe.