Archive for November, 2011
Remember the old playground joke, “How do you spell ‘I cup’?” Somehow it seemed hysterical back in the day, but it’s not so funny now… As one commenter pointed out, this application is not unheard of for a preschool but this door is in a state university. This reminds me of the classic post, “Peek-A-Boo…I [...]
Thanks for your patience, everyone. My week “off” was followed by our Thanksgiving holiday, so I haven’t posted as much lately. But I’m back, and I saw lots of doors while I was away. A question was sent to me recently by Dr. Nabil Hanna of Merryland International in Egypt. I ran out of ideas [...]
As many of you know, I took some time off last week. The plugin I had installed to scroll random posts broke my mobile site so I had to uninstall it. Hopefully you all read that last delayed egress post in depth to keep you occupied. I caught up on a lot of stuff while [...]
This post was printed in the January 2012 issue of Doors & Hardware Delayed egress hardware prevents a door from being opened from the egress side, usually for a period of 15 seconds. This type of device is often used to prevent theft, while maintaining life safety. The system is most commonly comprised of an [...]
It’s almost impossible to imagine a fire of this magnitude, which began on November 9th, 1872. More than 770 buildings burned in less than 20 hours, most of them commercial buildings that were previously thought to be fire-proof. Several problems contributed to fighting the fire – the flu that had stricken most of the horses [...]
I can’t stop looking at the naked LCN 4040 behind Lindsey Vonn’s head. Thank you to Eagle-Eye Jim Bystry of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies for sending me the link. Photo: The Blaze (Click the link or photo to read the article.)
I coincidentally received these two sets of photos on the same day. Who knew there was such cool hardware in Indiana?? These are from Mary Hinton of Mulhaupt’s. I’ve never seen hinges like these. Have you? And from Cory Yamaguchi of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, amazing pulls on art gallery doors. Thanks to both of [...]
It warms my heart when someone says, “I saw this door and I thought of you.” That’s what Angie Sutton of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies wrote when she sent me this photo of an old vault door on a storage room at the county courthouse: Travis Willis of American Direct sent this photo of [...]
Check out these regular arm closers mounted on the push side of a pair with a transom panel. I would have used a parallel arm closer with a flush transom shoe, but I can appreciate the creativity. Thank you to James Stokes for sending me this photo!
This post was printed in the November 2011 issue of Doors & Hardware I continuously receive questions regarding roof doors – specifically whether free access is required from the stairwell to the roof, and whether free egress is required from the roof to the stairwell. The codes don’t address roof doors in detail so some [...]
