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Push Pad To Open Signs
£3.45
In stock
SKU
FE057AP*
Push Pad To Open Signs help staff, visitors and contractors understand how to operate fire exit doors fitted with push pads, reducing hesitation in corridors, stair exits and workplace escape routes.
Push Pad To Open Signs give a clear instruction on fire exit doors fitted with push pads. They help staff, visitors and contractors understand how to release the door quickly in corridors, stair exits, plant rooms and public buildings, reducing hesitation when escape routes are needed.
Best places to fit this push pad door sign
You should install this sign directly on, or immediately beside, the fire door where the push pad is used. It works best at eye level on exit doors, stairwell doors, plant room exits, school corridors and public access routes where people may hesitate or pull in the wrong place.
Viewing distance guidance
This is a close-range door instruction, not a long-corridor escape route sign. Position it where someone approaching the door can read it before reaching the push pad, allowing for lighting, door colour, crowding and any glazing or handles nearby.
| Size option | Best practical viewing range | Use decision |
|---|---|---|
| H 50 x W 250mm | Close approach, around 1–5 metres / 3–16 feet depending on sightline | Use on the door face near the push pad, not as the only long-distance escape route sign |
What should improve once it is fitted
After installation, the sign should make the correct door action obvious before someone reaches the door. That matters most during drills, evacuations, busy shift changes and visitor movement, where even a few seconds of uncertainty can slow people down.
✅ Faster recognition of how the door opens during an evacuation or drill.
✅ Fewer people pulling, waiting or pressing the wrong part of the door.
✅ More consistent instructions across staff, visitor and contractor routes.
Specifications
- Sign message: “Push pad to open”
- Purpose: explain push-pad door operation
- Where to use: fire doors and exit doors with push pads
- Sign type: fire door
- Pictogram symbols: white door-operation symbol
- EN ISO 7010 code: “E022/E023 where applicable”
- ISO/BS reference: symbols conform to ISO 7010 where applicable
- Shape: rectangle
- Orientation: landscape
- Size: H 50 x W 250mm
- Background colour: green
- Text colour: white
- Symbols colour: white
- Material options: Rigid Plastic, adhesive Rigid Plastic, Vinyl, Removable, Repositionable Vinyl
- Material thickness: various, depending on material
- Finish: glossy film surface/satin/matte
- Non-photoluminescent
- Non-reflective
- Supplied in: single
- Display area: indoors/outdoors
- Fitting method: door mount
- Fixings: Rigid Plastic fixing materials sold separately
- Fixings: Adhesive Rigid Plastic has self-adhesive backing
- Fixings: Vinyl has self-adhesive backing
- Fixings: Removable, Repositionable Vinyl can be re-positioned
- Best suited to: doors where the push pad is the opening action
- Decision check: use push bar wording instead if the door has a bar
Installation Guidance
Where installations go wrong
❌ Fitting the sign too far from the push pad, so users see the message after they have already tried the wrong action.
❌ Placing it behind handles, door furniture, glazing reflections or stacked items where the instruction is partly hidden.
❌ Using this wording on a push bar, pull handle or turn-to-open device, which creates avoidable confusion.
When this sign will not solve the issue
❌ It is not suitable as the only sign where people need to locate the escape route from further away.
❌ It should not be used where emergency lighting or visibility is poor enough to prevent close-range reading.
❌ It will not correct a faulty, stiff or obstructed fire door; the door hardware and escape route still need to work properly.
Position it so people act quickly
✅ Clean and dry the surface before applying adhesive materials, especially on painted or coated doors.
✅ Fit the sign near the operating pad, at a comfortable viewing height, before a person reaches the door.
✅ Check it during routine fire door inspections so it remains readable, secure and matched to the installed hardware.
Frequently asked questions
Are Push Pad To Open Signs suitable for fire exit doors fitted with push pads? Yes. Use this sign where the door is opened by pressing a push pad, especially on escape routes, stair exits, plant rooms and workplace fire doors.
Is this the same as a push bar sign? No. Choose this version for a push pad. If the door has a horizontal push bar, use a push bar instruction instead so the wording matches the hardware.
Can this replace a fire exit route sign? No. This sign explains how to open the door. If people also need to identify the escape route from a distance, use it alongside the correct fire exit route sign.
Which material should I choose for a door? Use self-adhesive options for smooth, clean door surfaces. Choose Rigid Plastic where you prefer a more substantial sign and separate fixing materials.
Should it be fitted on both sides of the door? Fit it wherever someone needs the instruction to operate the push pad. If only one side has the push-pad device, do not confuse the opposite side with the wrong instruction.
Features and Benefits
Features
- ✓ Green safe-condition design with white text and pictogram.
- ✓ Landscape format suited to door-face positioning.
- ✓ Supplied as a single non-photoluminescent, non-reflective sign.
- ✓ Choice of rigid, adhesive and repositionable material options.
Benefits
- ✓ People understand the door action without asking.
- ✓ You reduce hesitation at a fire exit or internal escape door.
- ✓ You can choose a fixing style to suit the door surface.
- ✓ The instruction supports a consistent escape-route system.
Compare door opening and emergency exit instructions
For doors operated by a conventional push action, compare push to open door instructions before choosing your sign. This helps you match the message to the actual opening method.
Where emergency access requires a break-glass action, consider break glass to open door signs instead. They give users a more specific instruction for that type of door.
If the door opens by sliding rather than pushing, look at left-arrow slide to open signs for a clearer operating instruction. Choosing wording that matches the door can reduce hesitation.
For related emergency, exit and safe-condition messages, browse the wider safe condition safety sign range. It gives you a practical route to compare complementary signs for the same premises.
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