Top Reasons to Install Panic Door Hardware at Your Business
Learn How Panic Bars Save Lives and Protect Your Building
As a business owner, you understand it is essential to maintain excellent security on your property. One way to do it is with an access control system that allows you to monitor and control who enters your building. However, the ability to quickly exit a building or a room within it is just as important. In fact, safety regulations mandate proper emergency egress and ingress.
Panic bars, or crash bars, allow people in your building to open doors in a safe and quick manner. In the event of a fire or another emergency, your doors equipped with panic door hardware can save lives. Keep reading to learn the benefits of having panic bars at your business in Fort Collins, CO.
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What are Panic Bars?
In the early 1900s, businesses began to install exit doors with panic bars. A traditional door hardware setup – with a doorknob and lock – proved inefficient and even dangerous in emergencies. After several tragedies involving locked doors, the United States put laws in place that require panic door hardware in large buildings.
Panic bars are spring-loaded metal bars that unlatch and unlock a door when pressed. Now, they are a standard in commercial doors due to their ease of operation and the safety features they offer. A strong commercial door and frame paired with a panic bar make your building safer – inside and out. Beyond their effectiveness in saving lives, some of the other advantages of installing crash bars include:
Lower Insurance Rates
Anything that reduces your liability is good news for you and insurance companies. Installing panic bars has a direct and positive effect on your insurance premiums. They significantly decrease your insurance rates.
Legal Compliance
It’s not only a good idea, but it’s the law. Whether or not you need to install them depends on many factors. However, panic door hardware is generally required in buildings where the occupant load is 50 or more.
Better Building Security
For many applications, a panic bar can be integrated with an alarm system. Not only does it allow people to escape quickly in the case of a robbery or active shooter but depressing the bar sets off an alarm.
Affordable & Effective
Just one crash bar on your door can save lives. Not only that, it’s very affordable commercial door hardware. Even though Greeley Lock and Key is fully equipped to install a wide range of commercial doors, frames, and alarm systems, we are happy to retrofit your current doors with panic bars.
Full Commercial Door & Frame Services
Along with door hardware additions, we offer full door and frame installation services. Existing buildings can benefit from our retrofit services to replace old doors with new ones and repair hinges. We also do brand new installs for doors, frames and hardware. We can help with fire-rated doors, double doors, and all your commercial door needs.
Would you like to learn more about our panic door hardware and installation services? Call Greeley Lock & Key in Greeley, CO or Locktech in Loveland, CO, or fill out our online contact form to get started. We look forward to hearing from you.