It’s fire exit hardware, so it has to latch!
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FF: Spring-Loaded Top Latch
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I would call this brilliant and dumb at the same time. 5:00 Friday night and you cant even order the other 2 Compression springs till Monday (brilliant) … Leave it this way calling it fixed and we will be having a talk about their career choices…
A classic!
Someone obviously didn’t realise that the problem is almost always the bottom latch.
We replace 10+ bottom latches for every top latch that fails. That is one of the reasons that we
have an ongoing program to replace vertical rod devices with mullions and rim devices, which
has reduced service calls by at least 80%.
The latches aren’t the only issue here. We are situated on a river delta with ground that moves with
the seasons (and sometimes with the tides!) so adjustment is an issue. If we were on bedrock vertical
rod devices would work much better.
Good point! I always go with rim x rim x removable mullion if I can!
– Lori
I know you can’t modify the hardware like this, but that spring will actually ASSIST in the latching of it–not deter it.
Maybe the top latch quit working, and a handyman/woman had a spring in their toolbox that would solve the problem.
Yes – that’s what I was thinking…anything to get it to latch!
– Lori
A good example of a jerry built repair to compensate for the common problem of VR devices not latching properly. We always recommend single point rim devices with a key removable mullion on pairs of doors. Vertical rod devices, whether surface, concealed or cable are always problematic IMHO!
So how many people reading this blog remember the very early days of the 9927 device when you disassembled the device and changed to a different stronger spring in the chassis for tall doors, The heavier spring gave extra uplift on the rods for tall doors.
Well at least they did not use duct tape …
Necessity the mother of invention .
Or is it just to cheap to do the job correct