My heart sank I saw today’s Wordless Wednesday photo posted by Margaret Blake on the Big Door “There’s no crying in Hollow Metal” Facebook page. If you’re not sure what’s wrong here, the borrowed lite has been installed sideways, so the 4-inch head is now a 4-inch jamb. Needless to say, it would be VERY hard to fix if it was installed with masonry anchors (as opposed to existing wall anchors).
But it got me thinking…we’ve all made mistakes – and hopefully learned from them. What do you think about a new series on iDigHardware talking about the lessons we’ve learned? If you have one to share, leave a comment or email me at lori.greene@allegion.com.
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Looks like there should not have been a 4″ head to begin with. The 2″ seems to line up with the CMU. I think that’s a great (and helpful) idea for a new series.
4 inch face headers, This reminds me of a time when a contractor came in and asked me for 10 each 3/0 door 2″ tall and 20 each 5-3/4″ profile frame legs 2″ tall… I asked what are you doing. He said I need to weld them to the bottoms of the 7/0 tall doors and frame legs to get the opening up to the proper height because the block guys said we are not cutting the block over the openings. So I walked him into the shop and I showed him a 4″ face header and said this is how you get to the proper height so not to cut the block. He looked at me and wanted to hug me…
If you don’t know, You don’t know.
Where do I find the “Lessons Learned” section?
I’m confused about this borrowed light. I thought the point of the 4″ head was to line up with the lines of the masonry block. This one is lined up at the top and bottom with the 4″ ‘head’ being in the wrong place. Is the overall size of the rough opening incorrect? Or am I missing something?
The bigger question is why was a 4″ head section spec’d when it obviously courses out just fine with a 2″ head?
I was thinking maybe it was to match 4-inch heads on adjacent door frames.
– Lori
Perhaps call the series “LL: Lesson Learned” to keep the double letters going. Or: “LTHW: Learned The Hard(ware) Way”
I love that! LL!
– Lori