At Selo, we exist to simplify complex and bespoke building methods and only develop products that are unique to solve problems for our customers.
When the new requirements for Access Inspection and Rescue standards as detailed in EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 were launched, we launched the Quadra+ Lift Shaft as a compliant solution.
The Quadra+ Lift Shaft was the first ever concealed riser doorset designed to meet EN81-20 and EN81-50 standards for use in lift shafts for emergency escape doors, access and lift shaft inspection door applications. The access door was designed to provide customers with a compliant yet discreet solution.
We want our customers to feel confident that by choosing Selo, you are choosing compliance. Our Quadra+ Lift Shaft door meets all of the details in the excerpt below, which give you peace of mind that by choosing Quadra+ Lift Shaft, you are choosing a compliant Lift Shaft escape door.
The excerpt which details what a Lift Shaft escape door must be:
EN 81-20:2020 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts – Lifts for the transport of persons and goods – Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
5.2.3 Access and emergency doors – Access trap doors – Inspection doors
5.2.3.3 Access and emergency doors and inspection doors shall:
- a) not open towards the inside of the well or machine or pulley room;
- b) be provided with a key-operated lock, capable of being reclosed and relocked without a key;
- c) be capable of being opened from inside the well, machine or pulley room without a key, even when locked;
- d) be provided with an electric safety device in conformity with 5.11.2, checking the closed position; An electric safety device is not required in the case of access door(s) to machine and pulley rooms and in the case of access door(s) to the pit (5.2.2.4), if the pit door(s) does not give access to a hazardous zone. This is regarded to be the case if the free vertical distance between the lowest parts of car, counterweight or balancing weight including guide shoes, apron, etc. during normal operation and the bottom of the pit is at least 2 m. The presence of travelling cables, compensating ropes/chains and their equipment, tensioning pulleys for the overspeed governor and similar installations is not regarded as being hazardous;
- e) be imperforate, satisfy the same requirements for mechanical strength as the landing doors, and comply with the regulations relevant to the fire protection for the building concerned;
- f) have a mechanical strength such that when a force of 1000 N, being evenly distributed over an area of 0,30 m x 0,30 m in round or square section, is applied at right angles at any point from outside the well, it shall resist without elastic deformation greater than 15 mm.
Selo has 15+ years’ experience in the fire door industry and compliance is at the heart of what we do. Some of our team are members of the FIS and we have spent about 1,500 minutes fire testing our products in 2024.
If you have any questions on the excerpt for Lift Shaft escape doors or fire door compliance, please contact our team at Selo so we can provide you with the correct guidance.