fire-rated door question

we’re doing an alt II renovation on the upper unit of a 1920′s two-story brick building (units upstairs and down). inside the entryway are two of those classic wood doors with glass panels and chintzy curtains behind them.

for some reason, we’re told we need to take these out and put in fire rated doors.

does anyone know why? i haven’t been able to get an answer from the expeditor or the snarkitect who has already gotten so many things wrong w/regulations that i don’t trust his judgment. (he’s the architect that gives architects a bad name.)

there are thousands of building in brklyn like this why does ours need fire rated doors? tx / iddelz

By iddelz | 07/15/2009 11:21 AM