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Door Closers: Criteria for Functionality

It’s always a very disrupting occurrence when your doors unexpectedly slam in your home. Hopefully, those weak of heart in your home might not have an untimely heart attack especially when your doors bang all of a sudden. With door closers, the door’s slamming is hampered and this would simply mean less slams! Door closers are commonly placed on fire doors which need to be closed in fire emergencies to help prevent the spread of fire and smoke. For this end, choosing a door closer can involve the consideration of a variety of criteria. But in addition to the closer’s performance in fire situations, other criteria may include resistance to opening forces (for use by disabled) as well as health, safety, durability and risk measures; as well as vandalism/ligature and aesthetics factor. Buying one that won’t suit your door way is as worse as having never bought one at all! Generally, the purpose of door closers, are not only for convenience but for safety as well.