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66 Articles

May 2026 ×

Steel Door Window Lite Kits: Why the Glass Spec Gets Finalized After the Door Is Already on Order

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps A steel door window lite kit sounds like a simple add-on order: pick a size, pick a glass type, done. In practice, the glass specification for a door lite is ...

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May 21, 2026

SVR Exit Devices on Standard 3-0 Doors: Why the Rod Travel and Strike Height Get Miscalculated Before the Device Ships

What This Article Covers -- and Who Needs It A surface vertical rod (SVR) exit device on a standard 3-foot-wide, 7-foot-tall door looks straightforward on a schedule. The door size is common, the devi...

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May 20, 2026

Passage Knob Latches in Commercial Buildings: Why Grade 2 Is the Right Call — Until It Isn't

What This Article Covers This guide helps contractors, facility managers, and architects make the right call on passage knob latches for commercial interior doors. Specifically, it addresses when a Gr...

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May 20, 2026

ADA Wheelchair Ramp Thresholds: Why the 24-Inch Width Is a Starting Point, Not a Final Measurement

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps An ADA-compliant wheelchair ramp threshold is one of the last pieces of hardware ordered and one of the first to cause a punch-list problem. This guide is for...

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May 20, 2026

Neoprene vs. PVC Astragal Seals on Door Pairs: Why the Seal Material Gets Chosen After the Gap, Not Before

Why the Seal Material on a Door Pair Astragal Is Not a Default Decision This article is for contractors, facility managers, and project managers who are specifying or replacing the meeting-stile seal ...

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May 20, 2026

When a Spring Hinge Set Has Mixed Corner Profiles and the Door Is Already Prepped: Making It Work in the Field

The Problem Appears After the Door Is Hung This article is for contractors, facility maintenance teams, and hardware suppliers dealing with a specific field condition: a spring hinge replacement or re...

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May 20, 2026

Fail-Secure Electric Strikes on Fire-Rated Doors: Why the Monitoring Spec Gets Dropped Before the Opening Is Complete

What This Article Covers This guide explains how auxiliary monitoring works on fail-secure electric strikes installed on fire-rated door openings, why the monitoring portion of the spec is routinely o...

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May 20, 2026

Door Bottom Shoes on Fire-Rated Openings: Why the Seal Choice Gets Locked In Before the Door Is Hung

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps A door bottom shoe is a metal channel that mounts to the bottom edge of a door and holds a compressible vinyl or neoprene insert. On a standard opening, it is...

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May 19, 2026

Office Entry Knob Locks: Why the Finish You Order First Is the One That Delays Your Closeout

The Finish Decision That Quietly Controls Your Project Schedule This article is for commercial contractors, facility managers, and project coordinators who specify or procure cylindrical locksets for ...

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May 19, 2026

When a Ball Bearing Hinge Fails Before the Door Does: Reading the Warning Signs During Routine Maintenance

Why Ball Bearing Hinges Fail Quietly -- and What That Costs You This article is for facility managers, maintenance technicians, and commercial contractors who are responsible for keeping doors in serv...

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May 19, 2026

ADA Wheelchair Ramp Thresholds on Fire-Rated Openings: How the Height Limit and the Fire Listing Pull in Opposite Directions

Two Standards, One Opening: Why Fire-Rated Doors Make ADA Threshold Selection Harder This article is for contractors, facility managers, and architects who are specifying or installing ADA-compliant w...

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May 18, 2026

Mixing Square and Radius Corner Spring Hinges on the Same Door: When the Frame Prep Decides the Hinge Profile

The Problem That Shows Up at the Jobsite, Not on the Schedule This article is for contractors, facility managers, and architects who have ordered spring hinges and discovered — after the door was prep...

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May 18, 2026

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