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Email: lori_greene@allegion.com, Blog: www.idighardware.com or www.ihatehardware.com

WW: What’s Wrong?

Eric Laidlaw of Jensen Hughes sent me these Wordless Wednesday photos…I’d love to hear your theories/analyses of what’s going on with this opening.

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Etched Labels – UL 305 / UL 10C

On numerous occasions I’ve gotten the call – a painter/cleaner/mischievous kid peeled the UL label off of the panic hardware or fire exit hardware.

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Campus Safety Takes Stand Against Non-Code-Compliant Door Barricades

Campus Safety will no longer accept ads or sponsorships from companies whose door barricades don’t comply with ADA and NFPA codes.

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FF: Sobriety Test

So many people sent me this Fixed-it Friday photo from Reddit (thanks to all!) that I knew the rest of you would want to see it too. BTW…this is clever, but not code-compliant!

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More on GWB Penetration – Fire-Rated Frames

Have you ever run into a situation where a piece of hardware or a mortar box in a fire-rated frame prevented the GWB from penetrating 1/2-inch into the frame, as required by NFPA 80?

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WW: Door is Broken

The sad thing about situations like this is that they often stay as-is for YEARS. In this particular case, the sign appears to be laminated or in a plastic sheet protector.

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PASS Guidelines – 4th Edition

The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the fourth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools – visit PASSK12.org to download the guidelines!

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Decoded: Potential Automatic Operator Changes (January 2019)

We could soon see a code change that would require automatic operators for public entrances. Here’s the current status.

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FF: Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

For everyone who has asked, I’m feeling quite a bit better – thanks! The cough is still lingering a bit, but hopefully it will clear up before I head to Carmel next week.

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QQ: Job-Site Preps for Fire Doors

Follow-Up #1: For which types of hardware does NFPA 80 allow job-site preparations to be made in fire door assemblies?

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WW: Sorties, ou non?

Thank you to Frederic Horrell of Allegion Canada, for today’s Wordless Wednesday photo!

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New: Maximum Hole Size for Job-Site Preps

If you’re not in the habit of reading NFPA 80 cover-to-cover each time it is updated, this one might have slipped by you. It’s an important change.

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