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Panic Hardware in Assembly Occupancies: What the Occupant Load Threshold Actually Triggers

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps If you are specifying, bidding, or inspecting door hardware in a theater, arena, conference center, house of worship, banquet hall, or any other assembly-use ...

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Jul 13, 2026 Our Blog

Mortise Exit Devices vs Rim Exit Devices: Choosing the Right Panic Hardware for the Opening

What This Article Covers -- and Who It Helps When a hardware schedule calls for panic hardware, one of the first decisions is whether to use a rim exit device or a mortise exit device . The choice aff...

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Jul 12, 2026 Our Blog

Always Locked Outside, Always Free Inside: Specifying Storeroom Function for Unattended Spaces

What This Article Covers Storeroom function is one of the most widely used institutional lock functions in commercial construction, yet it gets misapplied often enough to cause real problems at inspec...

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Jul 11, 2026 Our Blog

The SVR Top Strike Alignment Problem: Why the Top Latch Misses After the Frame Is Already Set

Why the Top Strike Is the Most Mislocated Component on a Surface Vertical Rod Exit Device This article is for commercial contractors, facility maintenance crews, and hardware coordinators dealing with...

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Jul 7, 2026 Our Blog

Specifying Double-Acting Door Hardware Sets: What Changes When the Door Swings Both Ways

What Is a Double-Acting Door, and Why Does the Hardware Set Change? A double-acting door swings freely in both directions from a center-hung pivot point rather than hinging to one side of the frame. Y...

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Jul 6, 2026 Our Blog

Classroom Function Exit Device Trim: Why the Outside Lever Choice Gets Misread Before the Hardware Set Ships

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps Classroom function exit device trim is one of the most frequently misread entries on a hardware schedule. It looks like a lever trim option, but it controls a...

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Jul 4, 2026 Our Blog

Wide-Stile vs Narrow-Stile Exit Devices: Choosing the Right Panic Hardware for Your Door

Why Door Stile Width Determines Your Exit Device Before Almost Anything Else This article explains the practical difference between wide-stile and narrow-stile exit devices, who needs to care about th...

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Jul 3, 2026 Our Blog

What the Threshold Pan Gets Wrong Before the Sill Is Ever Set: A Field Guide to Flashing Details

Why the Pan Under the Threshold Is the Step That Gets Skipped This article is for commercial contractors, facility managers, and architects who have watched a threshold fail within a year of installat...

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Jun 29, 2026 Our Blog

Why the CVR Cladding Kit Gets Forgotten Until the Exit Device Is Already Mounted on the Door

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps Concealed vertical rod (CVR) exit devices require precise cutouts in the door face for the top and bottom rod latches. When those cutouts are made and the dev...

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Jun 29, 2026 Our Blog

Dummy Trim vs Night Latch Trim on Exit Devices: Picking the Right Outside Function Before the Door Gets Prepped

Why the Outside Trim Function Gets Chosen Last and Causes Problems First This article explains the practical difference between dummy trim and night latch trim on exit devices, who each function is ri...

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Jun 27, 2026 Our Blog

Managing Access Across Every Door in a Multi-Family Building: What the Hardware Schedule Has to Get Right

Why Multi-Family Door Hardware Is a Different Problem Than a Single Commercial Opening This article is for property managers, multifamily contractors, and architects specifying or maintaining door har...

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Jun 27, 2026 Our Blog

Cylinder Dogging on Exit Devices: Why the Upgrade Gets Ordered Wrong Before Anyone Checks the Fire Rating

What Cylinder Dogging Actually Does on a Panic Bar Cylinder dogging is a feature that lets a building operator use a standard key cylinder to hold an exit device's latch bolt in the retracted position...

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Jun 27, 2026 Our Blog

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