Archive for October, 2010
Ellen DeGeneres cracks me up – even though she never talks about doors and I never have time to watch her show any more. Recently, Ellen and I became Facebook friends, so I get random status updates from her show which often include videos. I happened upon a video of when she sent one of her writers through [...]
Questions about frame labels have come up several times this week, so I guess it’s time for a post. I’ve pulled together some information from various sources and I hope some of you will chime in with your input. The most common questions on this topic are: Can a label on a fire-rated frame be [...]
I’ve been to Nashville a few times, but somehow I missed seeing the replica of the Parthenon while I was there. Luckily I received some reader photos of the gigantic doors there, and I also found some photos on Flickr and obtained permission to share them here. Nashville’s replica of the Parthenon was originally built for Tennessee’s 1897 Centennial [...]
Here are some more reader photos that have recently hit my (e)mailbox… To continue our cruise ship theme, these photos were taken by Bill Negron of Lotspeich. This is an automatic operator on a cruise ship that opens the door of an accessible bathroom stall. The operator is concealed in the ceiling, and the arm [...]
I have received SO MANY reader photos lately – THANK YOU! Jim White of Doornorth & Millwork Specialties sent me a whole bunch of door photos from a recent cruise that he went on. I think I need to go do some research! Does anyone know what the little hinged panel is at the bottom [...]
Kidzilla and I went to New Haven yesterday for what will hopefully be our last trip to Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. Thank you to everyone who has inquired about her…she’s doing great and is back to her old tricks. I saw this set of gates near the hospital and I immediately recognized that the *interesting* [...]
If you missed the New England Chapter DHI meeting last week…a Q&A presentation on codes, the question/answer document and the handout are now available on the chapter website. You can download them here: Q&A Document / Handout You also missed out on some great examples of why fire doors and egress doors should be inspected annually! [...]
I just got home from the Boston Chapter CSI meeting (that’s the Construction Specifications Institute – I’m not cool enough to go to the Crime Scene Investigators’ meetings). As I was leaving the parking garage I saw this door on the 4th floor. I know some of you will be dying to know what is [...]
As promised, I found quite a few interesting applications during our stay at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, which I will post here in the next few weeks. I also received some reader photos in response to my plea for help in keeping this site supplied with posts that weren’t too time-consuming for me while my [...]
I have been amazed and touched by the number of people who actually read my Good News/Bad News post all the way to the end and took the time to call or email me about my daughter’s surgery. Thank you so much for your care and concern. It has been a tough week and an [...]
You may have already noticed that I added a new tab at the top of the page that says “FDAI.” On this page I’ve collected some resources on Fire Door Assembly Inspection (FDAI). If you have comments about any of the documents or links there, or if you have ideas for other resources that should [...]
First the good news. When the annual DHI conference was held in Boston, I conducted a 3-hour code class for architects (I later conducted the class for our DHI chapter.). Public speaking isn’t my favorite thing to do, so when one of the attendees approached me before class started and said, “You’re not REALLY going [...]
