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Architects' Journal|

Building with timber. AJ 14.07.93|

AJ Focus Doors, grills and shutters. AJ Focus 11.90

AJ Focus Doors. AJ Focus 1.92

BRE|

Defect Action Sheet 11 Wood windows and door frames: care on site during storage and installation

Defect Action Sheet 87 Wood entrance doors: discouraging illegal entry - specification

Digest 476 Guide to machine strength grading of timber
Machine strength grading of timber has been used commercially for at least 30 years, but, for many people involved with the process, it has remained a specialised subject. Without knowing the theory and practice of grading, misunderstandings are likely to arise. The main aim of this Digest is to improve knowledge of the process of machine strength grading and to highlight the benefits.

Information Paper 8/82 Increasing the fire resistance of existing timber doors

British Standards Institution|

BS 459:1988 Specification for matchboarded wooden door leaves for external use (AMD 8737)
Document History - Confirmed October 2005
Size limitations, materials, workmanship and construction for ledged and braced doors, framed and ledged doors and framed, ledged and braced doors for external use.

BS 4787-1:1980 Internal and external wood doorsets, door leaves and frames. Specification for dimensional requirements (AMD 4737) (AMD 8721) (AMD 8963)
Specifies metric sizes for dimensionally co-ordinated internal and external wood doorsets, door leaves and frames.

British Woodworking Federation|

Guide to specifying wood doors
There are a formidable number of different types of wood or wood based doors on the market, some have a specific end use but others can satisfy several different uses. The purpose of this guide is to identify the different types and provide guidance in their correct specification.

Guide 9 Moulded skin wood fibre doors
Good practice advice on the storage, installation and finishing of moulded skin wood fibre doors.

Guide 11 Care of timber doors on site. 2001 revision
Document History - First published - 1996
Good practice advice on the delivery and storage, installation and finishing of timber doors.

Door and Hardware Federation|

Technical Specification 003 Selectively applied door opening restrictors for security purposes
In the absence of existing official guidance, this document recommends the level of performance door opening restrictors should achieve in order to ensure the safety of users. Encompasses restrictors designed to be used on wooden doors (or door-height windows) in buildings permitting sufficient opening to assist identification and allow conversation, but not able to withstand excessive damage. Suggests normative references, definitions, classification, requirements, test methods, and marking.

English Heritage|

Timber panelled doors and fire - upgrading the fire resistance performance of timber panelled doors and frames
This guidance note is designed to help those who own, manage, or are professionally concerned with modifying existing joinery doorsets in historic buildings, to achieve acceptable levels of fire and cold smoke resistance.

Guild of Architectural Ironmongers|

Technical Manual 1.8 Timber, joinery, doors and frames
Document History - Supersedes - Timber, joinery, doors and window construction, 1998
This manual sets out the door types generally in use and provides details of the materials used and their construction.

TRADA Technology|

Wood Information Sheet 1/47 Timber external doors
Covers legislative and performance requirements, timber selection, design considerations, finishing treatments, together with guidance on storage and installation, which can often be critical in the overall performance of the doorset in use.

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