Voluntary recall of potentially asbestos impacted fire doors sold by Pacific Door Systems Limited

Installed doors are considered safe if undamaged and unaltered, and the presence of asbestos will not detract from the fire resistance and performance of the door.

PDS recently became aware of a contamination issue involving asbestos fibres impacting one of the categories of fire-rated door ‘cores’, known as ‘FRB board’ or ‘FRB core’, which were previously used by PDS in production of Pyropanel fire-rated doors. FRB board is a crucial component of fire rated doors, which are used in commercial buildings, apartment blocks, public buildings, hotels and industrial facilities, to slow the spread of fire in an event.

PDS wishes to stress that the FRB board does not contain asbestos by design and is seeking an explanation and further information from the overseas based manufacturer.

Information on recalled fire rated doors

Certain Pyropanel-brand fire-rated doors manufactured by PDS that may be impacted by a contamination issue and for which fire tags (labels) have not been issued, which it’s understood would consist of:

• Category A – fire-rated doors with an FRB core for which impact of the contamination issue cannot be ruled out, and which doors are already installed but with further ‘invasive’ type works such as in the nature of hardware install pending.
• Category B – fire-rated doors with an FRB core for which impact of the contamination issue cannot be ruled out that have been supplied but not yet installed.

Although not being recalled, the guidance from WorkSafe New Zealand is that for Category C doors (i.e, potentially impacted doors for which installation works are complete and thus the fire tag (label) has been issued), the relevant PCBU/s having control over the premises must:

• adopt a blanket asbestos presence presumption for asbestos risk management purposes; and
• update their asbestos registers and asbestos management plans accordingly (or create these for premises that previously had no asbestos present).

Product identifiers

Sold or supplied by PDS from 1 March 2021 to 11 August 2025 (but with the precise timeframes of the contamination issue remaining under investigation).

Subject to being in the categorisation described above, doors with the following product codes/identifiers:

• VP120 - Pacific VP120 Premium Fire Door -/120/60sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP120DA - Pacific VP120DA Double Action Door Set -/120/60sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP120S - Pacific VP120-S Premium Sliding Fire Door Set -/120/30(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP240S - Pacific VP240-S Premium Sliding Fire Door Set -/240/30(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP30 - Pacific VP30 Premium Fire Door(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP30DA - Pacific VP30DA Premium Double Action Fire Door -/30/30 sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP30HR - Pacific VP30HR Door Set -/30/30sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP60 - Pacific VP60 Premium Fire Door -/60/60sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP60DA - Pacific VP60DA Premium Double Action Fire Door -/60/60 sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP60HR - Pacific VP60HR Door Set -/60/60sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP60S - Pacific VP60-S Premium Sliding Fire Door Set -/60/30(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP90 - Pacific VP90 Premium Fire Door -/90/60sm(external link) — Pacific Doors
• VP90S - Pacific VP90-S Premium Sliding Fire Door Set -/90/30(external link) — Pacific Doors

Further information

Further information on the voluntary recall and information on the suppliers can be found on the Product Safety website.

Potentially Asbestos Impacted Fire Doors sold by Pacific Door Systems Limited (PDS)(external link) — Product Safety New Zealand

Although a recall has now been published, MBIE’s investigation is ongoing and we are continuing to work with PDS and other agencies on the issue.

MBIE will develop a resource to support affected parties on what's needed when replacing the doors.

Information on the health impacts of asbestos and how to deal with it can also be found on The Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora website.

Asbestos(external link) — Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora