Welcome to iDigHardware! I’m Lori Greene, the Manager, Codes and Resources for Allegion. If you recently read my post on the Buildings Buzz blog and came looking for more information, there are links below to articles I’ve written on the topics mentioned there. Additional published articles can be found on the Articles page. You can subscribe to receive email notifications for new posts, follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook, or just browse the site to see what’s new. If you need help with anything else related to codes or our products, feel free to email me.
Fire Door Assemblies
- Fire Door Inspection – Top 10 Deficiencies
- Code-Compliant Doors – What to look for
- Fire Doors – Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)
- Opening Protectives
- Smoke Door Requirements of the IBC
Egress and Life Safety
- Single Operation Egress
- Roof Access and Egress
- New Occupant Load Requirements for Panic Hardware
- Manual Flush Bolts
- Luminous Egress Path Markings
- Breaking Tradition – New Requirements for Glazing
- Panic Hardware on Electrical Rooms
Accessibility
- Actuators for Low Energy Operators
- Auto Operators – Standby Power
- Operational Force for Hardware
- Opening Force and Closing Speed
- Flush Bottom Rails
Access Control & Electrified Hardware
- Doors with Access Control
- Fail Safe vs. Fail Secure – When and Where?
- Code Requirements for Electromagnetic Locks
- Elevator Lobby Egress
- Electromagnetically Locked Egress Doors
- Stairwell Reentry – Myths and Facts
- Delayed Egress Hardware – Code Comparison
- Special Egress Locks in I-2 Occupancies
- NFPA 72 on Access Control
Is there a topic you’d like to read more about or something that’s still unclear? Leave a comment below.
