John Danes of Allegion sent me today’s Fixed-it Friday photo…I’m sure someone thought they were solving a problem with this “fix.”  Fire exit hardware is not available with mechanical dogging, because fire doors are required to have hardware with an active latch bolt.  This helps to ensure that the door will stay closed and latched during a fire.

In the photo below, someone has modified the hardware to have mechanical dogging via the hex key – this is not permitted – not to mention the wood wedge propping open the fire door.  If a fire occurs, the fire door assembly designed to help contain the fire and protect the means of egress will instead create a big hole in the fire protective barrier.  The modification also voids the listing of the hardware.

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