As you know, we take fire safety and life safety codes very seriously. Total Door Systems is the only integrated assembly that exceeds the testing and rating requirements for elevator, hoistway, and elevator lobby codes. To demonstrate this, we showed a group of architects at ARC/US last November a virtual reality hotel fire emergency simulation.
It all relates back to making sure we meet the standards for code UL 1784 and making sure you #KnowYourCode when it comes to the testing of air leakage through door assemblies and other opening protectives installed in wall openings where air leakage is intended to be controlled.
In this virtual reality demonstration, the person is transported into a hotel hallway near the elevator door. As a fire burned on another floor, smoke moves through the elevator shaft and starts pouring into the hallway. Soon you can’t see through all the smoke.
Then, we show the scene again, but now the elevator door had a Total Door System fire door. Once the smoke starts to enter the hallway through the elevator shaft, our fire door closes and shuts off the flow of smoke. It was a very real difference the architects saw in this virtual reality simulation.
It is a good demonstration that Total Door Systems meet all life safety and compartmentalization requirements without sacrificing the architect’s vision. Our doors meet all fire codes and ADA guidelines, are BHMA-certified, and are sustainably manufactured with a UL EPD.
We recorded a video of someone experiencing this demonstration. It will give you a glimpse into what happens.
