Archive for May, 2011
Still plagued by problems: Nearly a year after new ownership, troubled city apartment buildings remain in bad state NJ.com – 5/29/11 “TRENTON — Block lettering on the emergency exits at the tops of the four stairwells in the Carteret Arms apartment building warns: ‘Tenants and guests are not permitted on roof.’ One of the doors, [...]
OMG – I LOVE this video. Maybe I’ll get inspired to do a series of “Hardware Gal” videos. Here’s a link to Bill’s blog, where you can find more videos and information about the products sold by Access Hardware Supply. Thanks to Hal Kelton of DoorData Solutions for bringing it to my attention!
Jon Dudley of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies sent me these photos of a school in West Virginia, where apparently this was not a mistake – it’s the way the school wanted them. For the life of me I can’t figure out why. Any ideas? Maybe the outside of the school looks like this building that [...]
I’d love to know who did this, so I can give them a good talking-to (maybe they’ll read this and track me down like the semi-concealed closer installer). This photo was taken in a restaurant by one of my coworkers. The tables and chairs are blocking the door, and someone trying to exit would have [...]
AccessibilityOnline’s next webinar is on June 2nd from 2:30 – 4:00 Eastern Time, and the topic is Accessible Doors & Maneuvering Clearance. If you can’t attend the webinar, there should be an archive recording available sometime after the 2nd. UPDATE: Here’s a link to the archived recording. From the AccessibilityOnline website: June 2nd, 2011 » [...]
Scott Foley of JC Ryan EBCO sent me this photo he took in Rome and wondered what the decorative metal components in the corners are. Anybody know? What’s their purpose and what are they called? Here’s another version, from Sam Stearman: And one with a bonus wicket door from Melanie B:
Can you believe I’m STILL attending town meeting 3 nights per week for 3 hours each? This was our 10th night and it will take a few more to get through all of our warrant articles. I’m sorry if I’ve been less productive than usual – I’m spending my blogging hours doing my civic duty. [...]
These photos were taken by Wally Gobetz, at the Grace Chapel in the Nob Hill section of San Francisco. You can see more photos and read about the doors in Wally’s Flickr photostream, and here’s a story about the original Ghiberti doors in Smithsonian Magazine.
How many more fires is it going to take before people understand that closed and latched doors save lives, code-compliant fire doors are self-closing and self-latching, and annual fire door inspections will make sure they stay that way? It’s simple, really. But the message is not getting through, and people continue to die – this [...]
I’m still spending my Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday nights at town meeting, so I REALLY appreciate all of the great photos that have been sent in lately. Here are a couple of Schlage keypad locks, sent in by Steve Hornyak of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. I love these locks and I have one on my front door, but [...]
I had a great time at the New York DHI Chapter meeting tonight! I was so impressed with the attendance, the food, and the engagement at their chapter meeting, and they are very excited about the upcoming DHI conference in NYC in October. Public speaking isn’t my favorite thing to do, but they were a [...]
This post was printed in the May 2011 issue of: I started studying code requirements related to hardware in the mid-90′s, and I decided to conduct a little “survey” to see if my fellow hardware consultants could benefit from having a resource for code information. The survey question was, “When is panic hardware required by [...]
I’m getting ready to head to NYC to do a presentation for the DHI chapter there, so here are some quick photos of a cross-corridor fire-rated pair sent in by Andy Olson of Reliable Glass and Door. There has to be some sort of rule against this.
Photo submitted by Kurt Roeper of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies.
