Archive for August, 2011
Today’s Wordless Wednesday photo was sent in by David Sochaczevski, an architect with the Soltron Group in Montreal. David saw this door near the Stitch ride in Disney’s Magic Kingdom. At first glance this application clearly looks like a code problem, but I just couldn’t imagine Disney purposely installing hardware that would require two motions [...]
Call me crazy, but this is one of my favorite days of the year – the first day of school. The summer is just too chaotic for me, with kids going every which way to various camps and activities – I need more structure in my life! So needless to say, I’m a happy camper [...]
This post was printed in the September 2011 issue of Doors & Hardware Stairwell doors are often locked on the stair side to prevent unauthorized entry into tenant spaces. The term “stairwell reentry” refers to the code requirements which allow a building occupant to leave a stairwell during a fire emergency, and find another [...]
One of my favorite job-related activities is going into a facility and helping with their hardware problems. This week I was called into a police station to look at a door that had allowed several escapes, as well as the main entrance. I thought it would be fun to see what you all would recommend [...]
These were sent in by Mary Hinton of Mulhaupt’s Inc. Can you imagine trying to exit from this “auction house” (junk shop) in an emergency? Their front door lever needs some help too. This might have been the first signal to get back in the car and keep driving! I posted these photos on the [...]
I was recently cleaning out a drawer and found copies of a 3-part article printed in Doors & Hardware in 1986. The articles were written in 1937. I thought I should preserve this piece of our history, so here is the first installment (others to follow). A Memoir from 1880 – How I Discovered Door [...]
Here’s the latest batch of photos sent in by blog readers. Thanks everyone! The photos were sent in by Jim Bystry of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, and were sent to him by Randy Roberts of Chown Hardware. Have any of you seen a lock like this? Tell us about it! [I was originally told that [...]
These photos were sent in by Morriss Johnson of CMA, the architectural firm working on the renovation of the Ridglea Theater. The first two photos are nice, but I LOVE the one of the pair. And YES, it is a required egress door. Thanks Morriss!!
Here are some links to recent door-related social media activity. Enjoy! Check out Ginny Powell‘s blog post about attending an electrified hardware class and putting the information to good use on A Cracked Door. Life Safety Services tweeted this news story about fire door problems and other code violations at Campus Habitat. David Stutzman has [...]
A couple of weeks ago one of my coworkers, Rich Conroy, took a phone call from someone with questions about open back strikes. Rich asked me to write a post that he could refer people to, and the hold-up was that I had to find a photo. Not the photo you see in a catalog [...]
I just got final confirmation that Zeke Wolfskehl and I will be teaching a code class for architects at the 36th annual DHI Conference in New York City! Prior to the adoption of the 2008 NYC Construction Code, the NYC Building Code was almost as old as me(!), so we’re thinking it’s a good time [...]
These photos were sent in by Nolan Thrope of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. He said they had the velcro version of wander-prevention on numerous doors. What say you? Thanks Nolan!
I’ve been thinking about this post for 2 weeks, and I’m stumped. It’s my 500th post on this blog. It seems like 500 posts should warrant some sort of fanfare…maybe a cake?! (in our office we use any excuse to have cake). I’ve been trying to think of a tie-in to 500 somethings, a related [...]
This post was printed in the August 2011 issue of Doors & Hardware I was recently asked about battery back-up for an automatic operator, after an architect noted that it was required by the 2010 ADA guidelines. The doors in question were existing bathroom doors that did not have the maneuvering clearance required for manual [...]
No, seriously…when do we need to use overlapping astragals? This question was brought to my attention by my pal Liz Lenox, of the Metro-NY office of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. We were talking about why pairs of 3-hour-rated fire doors have a mortise exit device and a vertical rod exit device, rather than two vertical [...]
This photo was sent in by Kathi Frelk of Anderson Lock (check out their blog!). It’s perfect for Wordless Wednesday because I have no words for this application. Well, I guess I could say that two rim devices with a removable mullion would have been a much more secure application, but would anyone listen? Thanks Kathi!
A couple of weeks ago I told you about the significance of August 1st – it’s my birthday (big deal), and also the day that the features of the LCN 4040XP are incorporated into the standard 4040 closer (BIG DEAL!). Every 4040 closer ordered from today forward will be shipped as a 4040XP – with [...]
