Free swinging doors for school

[Guest elburt]

fire risk assessment in a special needs sleeping risk school for people with severe autism and behavioural issues.

staff want to have doors that swing inside and out as kids sometimes barricade themselves in. where can I find whether we can do this and what the standards are please?

this is for the bedroom doors

 

[Tom Sutton]

These type of doors are known as double swing doors and you can get them to a FD30s standard but they do not come cheap. Nevertheless  they do have uses in various situations but as bedroom doors I do not think they are suitable because when they are opened outwards they would create an obstruction in the corridor. Also there is a health and safety situation when the doors are opened outwards it could hit somebody walking in the corridor.