You just never know what’s going to happen when a door is modified in the field. Today’s Fixed-it Friday photo has an obvious “fix” but also…what’s up with the old push plates?
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In this video from NFPA, Shawn Mahoney, P.E., Senior Technical Services Engineer at NFPA, provides a detailed overview of inspecting swinging fire doors with builders hardware.
I’m guessing this is how this folding partition and door were manufactured – unlike many door issues that happen in the field. What do you think? Is the door distinguishable enough to be code-compliant?
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Today’s Quick Question came from one of our Allegion specwriters: “The architect for my project wants the closet doors to have no interior dummy trim. Is this acceptable by code?”
This video from Patrick Luther of TGP reminded me of my days as a distributor, and how important the support and flexibility of a manufacturer can be.
This is a great Fixed-it Friday video about the LCN Senior Swing being used to address HVAC stack pressure on a problematic door, along with a bonus code application! Can you spot it?
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Thank you to Larry Gallagher for sharing this “Lesson Learned”…for any of you who have learned tough lessons at the School of Hard Knocks (haven’t we all?), send them along!
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Colin Watson of Allegion sent me today’s Wordless Wednesday photo of an application that he and Eddie Dobbins ran across in a public library…mag-locks with deadbolts as the mechanical back-up. YIKES!
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I’ve received some questions lately regarding accessibility requirements for multifamily buildings, so here’s an updated Decoded article on the topic.
