Internal door closing habits in domestic premises: Results of a survey and the potential implications on fire safety

It is generally accepted that keeping doors closed provides a means of protection by limiting smoke and fire spread. In the design of domestic buildings, it is therefore often assumed that occupants maintain a habit of keeping internal doors closed. The paper presents the results of an online survey to determine respondents’ internal door closing habits for their domestic premises. This attracted 304 responses (250 of which were from the UK) and...