If you need a good level of security or even security rated and certified steel doors then Samson Doors can offer you one of the widest ranges of made to measure, high quality steel doorsets, manufactured and totally pre assembled for the easiest on site installations.
Totally compliant for domestic, commercial or industrial applications our ranges of doors are the best in terms of quality, with almost every type of application and specification requirement covered.
The need for security with any category of door is rising more and more and the difference between a door with only a good lock and a proper security door is being better understood by buyers. Too many times the word ‘security’ is simply added as a prefix or suffix to a door but isn't qualified properly.
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The steel security doors referred to as security focussed rather than certified are manufactured with features and components to enhance security and resistance to force. Examples are:
- Heavier duty steel panels using thicker galvanised steel than lesser doors
- Astragal seals to prevent screwdrivers and crow bars gaining access to gaps between the door and the sub frame to apply force
- Deadbolt locking and multiple locking with separate locks with separate key cylinders
- Dog bolt hinges and other security hinge types to resist forced attacks on hinge side
- Anti bump locking cylinders to prevent forced cylinder snapping
- Heavy duty steel box section sub frames for giving the strongest resistance to attack
Although the doors will offer great security through their obvious enhancements they may not be security rated and tested, but they will have the other necessary compliance and often other features like insulation included as standard. Their main focus however is security and resistance to break ins and attack.
If you require certified security rated steel doors for your project then take a look at our Security Rated Steel Doors page.
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Samson Doors offer the finest range of security steel doorsets for almost any purpose, general or specific use with relevant certification. LPS1175, PAS24, STS202, LPCB, Secured by Design and so on, to provide various levels of certified security and protection. If we don't readily offer what is required, we work closely with 2 very established specialist German manufacturers who will be able to design and build to bespoke requirements.
Secured by Design
Secured by Design (SBD) is the official security initiative endorsed by the police, aiming to enhance the safety of buildings and their immediate environments, creating secure spaces for residential, commercial, and recreational use.
The Police Preferred Specification, an accreditation program offered by SBD, establishes a widely accepted benchmark for security products designed to discourage and minimize criminal activities.
At present, numerous companies are manufacturing a wide array of anti-attack and crime prevention products, spanning 30 distinct crime prevention categories, all of which have attained recognition under the Police Preferred Specification, contact us to discuss which SBD models would suit your needs.
What makes a steel door secure?
The secret to a good level of security and resistance on any door is not just one single element, but the sum of all the parts used and their integration with each other. A door with 18 point locking is no good if the door panel can be bent or pulled apart with low grade tools, or the lock cylinder broken to operate the 18 locking points easily.
Ideally any security steel door needs:
- Single rebated box section steel fixing frame made from minimum 1.5mm guage steel
- 45-65mm thick, double skinned, steel door leaf from minimum 1.5mm steel sheeting
- Proper welded construction, folded and mechanically fixed door leaf with anti jemmy flanges to the leading edges
- Minimum of 4 stainless steel hinges with security dog bolts
- Multipoint sash locking and auto deadlocking systems with recognised security brands
- 3rd Party UK test certification and ratings according to the site requirements
Reminder of the Relevance of a Doorset…
A ‘doorset’ is a door, fixing sub frame and all necessary hardware and locking, manufactured in a controlled environment to produce a final product which is totally suitable for the intended final purpose, which for security means it has to resist attack and give the longest resistance time to a forced attack. It provides a ‘compliant’ door for any commercial application where you can provide evidence of the suitability and certification…
Compliance
Compliance really ought to be simple, with products that meet the specifications for the building or persons using the doors and with certification and documentation to prove this compliance.
Any requirements are often simple for steel doors but more and more clients require enhanced levels of security, insulation, acoustic protection and so on…. Often the levels required are defined by the architect but so often they are just loose requests with no basis for a measurement or standard.
Many UK manufacturers are still catching up with the many changes since Brexit and new certification requirements. For security doors the various levels of resistance and certifications provided by various manufacturers is often very confusing. UK and European standards were getting closer but now we have BS EN categorisations and a choice of security standards depending on the 3rd party testing company. Of course, a steel doorset can actually be very secure and not have any test certification simply because the manufacturer hasn’t put the door through a third party testing process. It all depends on what you need to satisfy your own requirements and invested parties involved.
Below is an example of the testing achievements for Teckentrup steel doorsets as an example of high performance steel doorsets, which we would challenge anyone to match with almost any other steel door on the UK market right now.
- European Security Standard EN1627 achieving RC2, RC3 & RC4 ratings
- Exova Security Standard STS202 achieving BR1, BR2 & BR3 ratings
- LPS 1175 Issue 7 Security Standard achieving SR1, SR2 & SR3 ratings
- LPS 1175 Issue 8 Security Standard achieving A1 (SR1), B3 (SR2), C5 (SR3), D5 and D10 (SR4) ratings
- LPS 2081 Stealth A & B ratings
- BS EN 1522 Bullet proof rating FB4
- BS EN 179 & BS EN 1125 Panic functions
- EN1634-1 achieving 120 minutes fire integrity and 60 minutes fire insulation
- European Standards EN1628 & 1629 for static and dynamic loading
- ISO12567-1 achieving a UD value of 1.1 W/m2/K°
- EN12207 for air permeability achieving Class 2/4* for a single and Class 1/3* for a double leaf door * Single point/Multi-point locking
- EN12208 for water tightness achieving Class 7A for a single and Class 6A for a double leaf door
- EN12210 for wind resistance achieving Class 3/5 for a single and Class 1/3 for a double leaf door
- A 62mm insulated door set, fitted with heavy duty ‘KO’ hinges has been tested to EN1191 for repeated opening and closing to C5 level – 200,000 cycles
