A fire door certification label is the manufacturer's or scheme's marking on the leaf, usually on the top edge, that identifies the door and points to its certification. Reading it is the first line of a check and the first field of the certification record, and the record is where the label's limits are made up: the label cannot say whether the frame, seals and hardware are the certified set, whether the installation followed the instructions, or whether the door still works. The fire door certification record on this site holds all of that per door, free.
Reading the label
The scheme or manufacturer, the reference, and any rating claimed, read with the door open and written into the record against the door reference and its location. A photograph of the label is the record's evidence that it was read, and the thing a surveyor asks for when the label has since been painted over.
What the record adds
The components: leaf, frame, seals, hinges, closer, glazing, as certified. The installation: installer, scheme, date, evidence. The checks: the frequency and the last date. A label is one line of that; the record is the certificate the responsible person can actually produce.
When the label disagrees with the door
A labelled leaf hung in a frame from another doorset, or on hinges not in the certification, is a certified leaf in an uncertified doorset. The record's component list is what makes that visible. The installation record on this site is where the mismatch is found; the repairs log is where it is put right.
Labels, plugs and marks
Some doorsets carry a plug in the edge rather than a label, some a stamp, some a mark under paint. The record does not care which; it carries the reference and the photograph. DoorsetBook Pro keeps the record per door beside the checks.
Questions people ask about fire door certification label
Can a label be replaced?
Only by the scheme or manufacturer that issued it. The record and the survey are the evidence for a door whose label is gone.
Does a label prove the door is compliant?
It proves the leaf was made as a fire door. Compliance is the four records: certification, installation, maintenance and checks.
Is the record free?
Yes, without an account.