New Door Installation Tools Hold Doors for You Jim Newenhouse, Founder / CEO of The Door Stud® specialty tool company, selected Anderson Lock as its Chicagoland partner / distributor. Last December, Jim visited our Door Division where he led the creation of a video (see YouTube link below) which features Anderson Lock technician Todd Paluch. During a recent Zoom meeting, Jim thanked Todd, calling him “Mr. Hollywood!” The Door Stud specialty tool ...
...f the key factors affecting door closer selection: Weight and width of the door: Doors vary in weight from a light hollow core wood door to a heavy metal door. Door sizes given in tables are based on doors of standard weight and height. Compensation must be made for extra-heavy doors and doors of unusual width. Draft and wind conditions: Draft and wind conditions are perhaps the most important factors to consider in determining door closer size. S...
...r Guidelines The American Disability Act also lists clear requirements for doors and door closers. The ADA states that interior doors should require no more than 5 lbs. of force to operate and exterior doors should have the minimum force possible. The ADA also states that the closing or swing speed shall not be faster than 5 seconds and the latching speed should be quick enough to latch the door, but not slam it. Energy efficiency and aesthetics s...
...and testing requirements of either NFPA 80 or NFPA 105. However, non-rated doors should be routinely inspected as part of the facility maintenance program, and must be maintained in proper working order. When non-rated doors are removed from an FDAI Fire Door Inspection report, the number of deficiencies that “must be repaired without delay” is reduced. It has been observed by Jim Didier, and documented in recent industry magazine articles, that t...
.... They may be specified as fire doors, acoustic-rated doors, radiation-shielded doors, and more. Classrooms and office interiors are the most common applications for commercial wood doors. Anderson Lock stocks wood doors in several sizes and types, and is a distributor for all the leading wood door manufacturers. Tornado and Hurricane Doors Tornado and Hurricane doors are not interchangeable. Tornado doors are designed to protect people in a desig...
...t the high school campus, school administrators are looking to add similar door controls to fieldhouse entrances, and possibly on other school doors. When asked about other door hardware installed particularly due to COVID concerns, he answered, “Yes, we added foot and elbow pulls to restroom doors.” Foot pulls, like Trimco’s UFP (Ultimate Foot Pull) allows the opening of restroom doors without the use of hands. The UFP includes rubber bumpers for...
... and to accommodate any wall condition, including masonry, steel, and wood stud. Although I could write on and on about our Door Division’s frame fabricating capabilities, this blog simply shows frames as art. Here are some examples: Our featured frame photo was enhanced with an Adobe Photoshop filter for creative effect. This framed photo of fabricated frames imitates geometric art with its straight lines and angles forming shapes, patterns and d...
... integrity. They validated that latching hardware operated and secured the door when the door was in the closed position. If the door was not securely latching, they evaluated whether it was the result of a faulty latch or door misalignment. Todd and Jim also checked to see if any auxiliary hardware, like kick-down door stops, had been installed which would interfere with, or prohibit, the fire door’s operation. They confirmed that labels and sign...