What is panic hardware? (Question: Code Corner).

From: Doors and Hardware | Date: June 1, 2003 | Copyright information

PANIC HARDWARE, ALSO KNOWN AS AN EXIT DEVICE (OR fire-exit hardware when used on fire doors), is designed to provide fast and easy egress to allow building occupants to exit safely in an emergency. All of the codes researched for this article, with the exception of the UBC, define panic hardware as "a door-latching assembly incorporating a device that releases the latch upon the application of a force in the direction of egress travel." The UBC further describes panic hardware by s...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Code Corner: special egress control device -- aka, a lock!
Doors and Hardware ; ... abused sections in the code. It may take more than ... July issue of Doors and Hardware and was immediately drawn ... doors. We provide the panic hardware, and then we can't help ... fact, that is the real question here: Where are these ... high risk businesses, the code first recognized ...
Hardware & fasteners. (Product Knowledge Handbook 2002).
Do-It-Yourself Retailing ; ... braces, mending plates, triple corner braces and chair leg braces ... packaged with or without mounting hardware. CHAIN & CORDAGE Welded ... type most commonly found in hardware stores and home centers. As ... in pre-cut d-i-y packaging. Hardware Cloth Hardware cloth has numerous uses, ...
Hardware & Fasteners.
Do-It-Yourself Retailing ; ... finishes, they include t-plates, corner braces, mending plates, triple corner braces and chair leg braces ... packaged with or without mounting hardware. CHAIN & CORDAGE Welded ... type most commonly found in hardware stores and home centers. As ... in pre-cut d-i-y packaging. Hardware Cloth ...
Hardware and fasteners.(1996 Product Knowledge Handbook)
Do-It-Yourself Retailing ; ... braces, mending plates, triple corner braces and chair leg braces. Packaged with or without mounting hardware. CHAIN & CORDAGE WELDED ... type most commonly found in hardware stores and home centers. An ... in pre-cut d-i-y packaging. HARDWARE CLOTH Hardware cloth has numerous uses, ...
Hardware and fasteners. (includes related articles) (1992 Product Knowledge Handbook)
Do-It-Yourself Retailing ; ... bent back to lock the pin in place. Hardware Glossary Casement Window -- Window with ... instant exit by pushing a cross bar (panic bar) that releases a locking bolt or ... washers, cotter pins or locking wire. Wire Hardware Wire hardware includes eyebolts, U-bolts, cup hooks ...
Perfect performance. (door and hardware distributors)
Doors and Hardware ; ... job would have been completed on schedule if the hardware had been right the first time, or Why are there so many problems with doors and hardware? Most of the time the problems that raise these questions could have been avoided. Most specifiers, even though they have a basic knowledge of doors and ...
Getting started on your homestead: homesteaders are always willing to lend a hand--and advice. Questions in the last issue from the young newlyweds starting their homestead journey garnered a lot of response! Here's what's arrived in our mailbox so far ...
Countryside & Small Stock Journal ; ... and you will feel contentment. On to your specific questions. Heating: I personally do not recommend pellets because ... Kathy Bell Park Rapids, Minnesota COUNTRYSIDE: I had a panic attack when I read that they are paying $450 a month ... are the best value and the most efficient. Don't cut corners on ...
From the Practitioner's Corner: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about IPOs* *But Were Afraid to Ask
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship ; ... is accurate, it is also unfulfilling to the questioner. Not totally insensitive to my obligation to ... the general public. While both good and bad news must be disseminated to enable investors to ... place to: absorb the emotion and confusion of a panic-stricken staff; respond to requests for ...
DHI's official guide to the New & Expanded Conference and Exposition.(Cover story)
Doors and Hardware ; ... egress exit alarms, plus a new line of Power Mags locks. The Algoma Group See our ad on pg. 114 ... offering along with fabrication capabilities and hardware complete the package. Anemostat Door Products ... manufacture a complete line of quality electrified hardware products which meet the diverse needs of ...
Manufacturers.(Part 2)(Directory)
Doors and Hardware ; ... Megill, Sales/Estimating Wei Yang Hardware USA, Inc. * 4421 Moleton Court Mount ... fast service and answers to your questions. Woodharbor Doors & Cabinetry, Inc ... Sales Yale Commercial Locks and Hardware, An ASSA ABLOY Group Brand 100 Yale ... General Manager Yale Commercial Locks & Hardware provides ...