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  1. LGreene

    Fire Door Latching - During/After the Fire

    Sorry - 2 questions in one day that I need help with. I recently received a question about why doors with fire exit hardware don't open during the hose-stream portion of a fire test (or when hit by a hose stream in an actual fire). The reason is because the latching hardware basically fuses in...
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