Home Page - I Dig Hardware - Answers to your door, hardware, and code questions from Allegion's Lori Greene.

Home PageRobert D Drake2023-01-23T14:09:48-05:00

Allegion's Inside Sales Team received these photos and the authorization to share them. This Schlage BE Series deadbolt was installed on a home that was destroyed by a wildfire in San Antonio, Texas. The lock survived. #wordless!

WW: Wildfire Survival

Allegion’s Inside Sales Team received these photos and the authorization to share them. This Schlage BE Series deadbolt was installed on a home that was destroyed by a wildfire in San Antonio, Texas. The lock survived. #wordless!

Join us on October 4th for an AIA-approved webinar on sliding doors, presented by Tysen Gannon, West Region Business Development Manager, Allegion.

AIA Webinar – Safe, Stylish & Accessible: Solving Design Challenges with Interior Sliding Doors

Join us on October 4th for an AIA-approved webinar on sliding doors, presented by Tysen Gannon, West Region Business Development Manager, Allegion.

We're currently searching for the next cohort for our Sales Development and Specification Writer Apprentice Programs. Do you know someone who is graduating from college in May of 2024? Check out today's post for more information.

Early Career Opportunities at Allegion

We’re currently searching for the next cohort for our Sales Development and Specification Writer Apprentice Programs. Do you know someone who is graduating from college in May of 2024? Check out today’s post for more information.

Lee Frazier of Allegion sent me today's Fixed-it Friday photos of doors found in a school. Luckily, this is not a fire door assembly. Maybe my retirement gig will be in door forensics...I have so many questions. :D

FF: (Very) Tall Doors

Lee Frazier of Allegion sent me today’s Fixed-it Friday photos of doors found in a school. Luckily, this is not a fire door assembly. Maybe my retirement gig will be in door forensics…I have so many questions. 😀

I will be teaching two classes during the DHI conNextions conference next month in Boston, and I hope to see a lot of familiar faces there! The classes are both code updates, but the focus is slightly different. Which one will you register for?

DHI conNextions 2023

I will be teaching two classes during the DHI conNextions conference next month in Boston, and I hope to see a lot of familiar faces there! The classes are both code updates, but the focus is slightly different. Which one will you register for?

I received today's Wordless Wednesday photos from a retired AHJ - this is a 22,000 square foot sports facility used for batting practice and baseball training. What do you think of the

WW: Batting Cages

I received today’s Wordless Wednesday photos from a retired AHJ – this is a 22,000 square foot sports facility used for batting practice and baseball training. What do you think of the “emergency exits”?

Last week I started a series of posts looking at the code requirements related to automatic sliding doors, and while I was reading up on the topic, I noticed something interesting in both the I-Codes and the NFPA codes.

Clear Opening Width on Automatic Sliding Doors

Last week I started a series of posts looking at the code requirements related to automatic sliding doors, and while I was reading up on the topic, I noticed something interesting in both the I-Codes and the NFPA codes.

In my current column in USGlass Magazine, I addressed the topic of security vestibules in schools. Consider this question: What should be avoided when designing, specifying hardware or updating features in secured entry vestibules?

USGNN: Quick Code Q+A

In my current column in USGlass Magazine, I addressed the topic of security vestibules in schools. Consider this question: What should be avoided when designing, specifying hardware or updating features in secured entry vestibules?

I'm wondering why these doors swing toward the soccer field, but it's hard to know the egress route without a floor plan. Regardless, someone has solved the problem of unauthorized access to the stands with today's non-code-compliant Fixed-it Friday modification.

FF: GOOOOAAALLLLSSS (not)

I’m wondering why these doors swing toward the soccer field, but it’s hard to know the egress route without a floor plan. Regardless, someone has solved the problem of unauthorized access to the stands with today’s non-code-compliant Fixed-it Friday modification.