Evaluation of exterior door assemblies for resistance to forced entry / prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation by Forintek Canada Corp.: NH17-361/1982E-PDF

"The increasing number of burglaries in Canadian urban centers is causing some concern among police and housing agencies on the ability of current residential exterior doors to resist forcible entry. Since the door standards of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) do not include criteria for resistance to forcible entry, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has requested Forintek Canada Corp. to conduct a series of security tests on a number of exterior swinging doors and door assemblies sold in the Canadian marketplace"--Introduction.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, issuing body.
Forintek Canada Corp. Eastern Laboratory, issuing body.
Title Evaluation of exterior door assemblies for resistance to forced entry / prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation by Forintek Canada Corp.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation].
Includes bibliographical references (page 31).
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, May 1982.
Description 1 online resource (vii, 95 pages) : photographs
Catalogue number
  • NH17-361/1982E-PDF
Subject terms Doors -- Testing.
Locks and keys -- Testing.
Burglary protection.
Portes -- Essais.
Serrures -- Essais.
Protection contre le vol avec effraction.
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