Current
Building Supplement
Best Practice Guide
Requirements for both separately mounted devices and mechanisms incorporated in door closers. There are additional requirements for devices for use on fire/smoke door assemblies.
DHF 1024/v1/06:09. Supersedes Best Practice Guide - Door co-ordinator devices to BS EN 1158 (DHF, 2009). Updates ABHM Door co-ordinator devices to BS EN 1158 - best practice guide, 2003. Rebranded in 2017.
The Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) was created from a merger of the Association of Builders' Hardware Manufacturers (ABHM) and the Door and Shutter Manufacturers' Association (DSMA) as a not-for-profit trade association for companies associated with locks and building hardware, doorsets, industrial doors and shutters, domestic garage doors and automated gates. They provide technical advice, training, knowledge and practical help.
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