Posted By Karen Todd
Hello All,

I had an incident where one of the bolts on the fire link on a roller shutter door broke, causing the door to fall shut.

However, the door fell down like a guillotine and had anyone been standing under it they would surely have been killed.

The door is motorised and I appreciate that in the event of a fire, the fusible fire link melts and the door falls shut - so when the bolt broke this had the same effect.

Is is meant to fall shut this fast? Should there not be some kind of speed control mechanism?

Also, through searching on the internet I have found reference to a 'drop test' that is meant to be carried out on these doors every 6 months. If anyone could provide me with more information on this I would be grateful.

The door is probably about 30+ years old, so finding any info on it has been difficult.

Regards,

Karen Todd

Posted By Paul Oliver
hi karen, with reference to the roller doors. these doors are classed as work equipment and should be subject to regular visual inspection and testing. i would also recommend that a suitable programmed maintenance regime be drawn up that is carried out by a suitably qualified competent contractor. in my previous life i worked for a large engineering company with wharehouses all over the UK and dealt with the maintenance and inspection of roller shutter doors. if your doors are over 30years old, have they been retrofitted with fail safe devices to prevent the lowering of the doors without an operator in attendance or additional equipment to stop the doors in the event of someone or something entering the door area?