{"id":3209,"date":"2019-11-26T06:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T06:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/what-are-access-hatches-and-what-are-they-used-for\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:26:27","slug":"what-is-an-access-panel-and-where-to-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/blog\/what-is-an-access-panel-and-where-to-use-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an access panel and where to use it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Access panels<\/strong> are used to cover openings for inspecting, maintaining, or repairing underground systems or those embedded in a wall, floor, etc. In other words, they are used to provide access to compartments containing water, electricity, gas, telecommunications, electrical panels, and other systems. If they are <strong>fire-rated<\/strong>, they also provide fire protection and isolate the compartment to prevent the fire from spreading.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manholes are manufactured in <strong>a wide variety of sizes<\/strong>, with one or two panels, ranging from small sizes for telecommunications manholes to doors over 2 meters tall to allow the passage of people, tools, and machinery.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How are they different from regular doors?<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike standard swing doors, access doors are manufactured with a <strong>wraparound frame<\/strong>. They typically feature a triangular keyway opening system that allows access using<strong> a<\/strong> generic<strong> triangular key<\/strong>, although they can also be equipped with a lock and cylinder that use a standard key to prevent access by unauthorized personnel. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Registro-con-cilindro-triangulo-o-cuadrado-1022x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Registro-con-cilindro-triangulo-o-cuadrado-1022x1024.webp 1022w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Registro-con-cilindro-triangulo-o-cuadrado-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Registro-con-cilindro-triangulo-o-cuadrado-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Registro-con-cilindro-triangulo-o-cuadrado-768x769.webp 768w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Registro-con-cilindro-triangulo-o-cuadrado-1534x1536.webp 1534w, https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Registro-con-cilindro-triangulo-o-cuadrado.webp 1917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Asturmadi Doors, we manufacture access doors with or without fire resistance (<strong>Multi-purpose, EI2-60, or EI2-90<\/strong>), available with either <strong>concealed hinges<\/strong> or standard hinges.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to learn more?<br\/>Send us an email at info@asturmadi.com<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/contacto\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access panels are used to cover openings for inspecting, maintaining, or repairing underground systems or those embedded in a wall, floor, etc. In other words, they are used to provide access to compartments containing water, electricity, gas, telecommunications, electrical panels, and other systems. If they are fire-rated, they also provide fire protection and isolate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instalacion-puertas-cortafuegoprofesional","category-how-it-works"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}