www.dhfonline.org.uk .

The DHF, the voice of the UK door and hardware industry, has produced the

guide to help building professionals prepare for new CE mark legislation

being introduced in July 2013. From that date it will become a criminal

offence to place a construction product covered by a harmonised technical

specification, such as doorset, onto the market without a CE mark.

The guide spells out the standards to which any CE marked timber doorset

needs to be tested. It also details the benefits to the specifier in

choosing CE marked timber doorsets over traditional multi-supplier sourced

door assemblies.

The guide has been produced by the recently formed specialist DHF timber

doorset group. This was set up in response to the growing preference from

specifiers and contractors for complete pre-assembled doorsets, or

factory-prepared doorset kits of parts, to be delivered on-site.

in larger building projects such as schools, hospitals, public buildings and

large residential developments following the move away from the traditional

method of on-site assembly of doors from components from multiple sources.

The demand is being driven by the need for product quality and consistency

and the fact that only a tested and ready assembled doorset, or a complete

doorset kit of parts from a single source ready for assembly, can be CE

marked.

Said Jeff Leahy, chairman of the DHF timber doorset group: "By using this

new DHF guide, the specifier - and the subsequent building owner or user -

will find it easier to demonstrate compliance with the Regulatory Reform

Order (RRO) Fire Safety regulations.

"In addition, a CE mark correctly applied to a doorset in accordance with

this guide ensures compliance with the new Construction Products

Regulation."

A guide designed to help building professionals correctly specify CE marked

timber doorsets has been published by the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF).

Specifiers, architects, contractors, clients and other professionals can

download the guide, Specifying CE marked timber doorsets, from the DHF

website: