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Delayed Egress Alarm Modules: What Specifiers and Facility Teams Get Wrong Before the Door Goes Live

What This Article Covers -- And Who It Helps Delayed egress alarm modules are one of the most misunderstood options in the exit device world. Specifiers order the wrong configuration. Facilities teams...

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Aug 17, 2026

From Signal to Secured: How Emergency Lockdown Systems Actually Talk to Door Hardware

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps When a building triggers a lockdown -- whether at a K-12 school, a hospital campus, or a corporate facility -- the door hardware has to respond correctly, imm...

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Aug 16, 2026

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

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

The Rim Strike on a Mullion-Free Door Pair: Why the Meeting Stile Clearance Gets Ignored Until the Panic Hardware Binds

Why the Rim Strike on a Mullion-Free Pair Is Not an Afterthought This article is for commercial contractors, facility managers, and architects who are specifying or installing rim exit devices on pair...

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Jun 26, 2026

Rim Exit Device Strike Alignment: The One Adjustment That Kills a Passing Inspection

Why the Strike Is the Last Thing Installed and the First Thing That Fails This article is for commercial contractors, facility maintenance technicians, and project inspectors who work with rim-mounted...

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May 16, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated SVR Exit Devices: Why the Door Label Drives Every Hardware Decision on a Labeled Opening

What This Article Covers — and Who Needs It When a project calls for a surface vertical rod (SVR) exit device on a fire-rated opening, most of the critical decisions are already made the moment someon...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated Rim Exit Devices: Why the Door Label Is Just the Beginning of Code Compliance

More Than a Panic Bar: What Fire Exit Hardware Actually Requires This guide is for commercial contractors, facility managers, and architects working with fire-rated door assemblies that require egress...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Rim Exit Devices on Single Doors: How to Nail the Selection Before You Order

Why Rim Exit Device Selection Goes Wrong Before Installation Even Starts This guide is for contractors, facility managers, and architects who need to select a rim exit device for a standard single doo...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Rim Exit Devices on Wide Doors: A Specifier's Guide to Getting the 48-Inch Opening Right

Why the 48-Inch Door Width Is a Pivot Point in Exit Device Specification A 48-inch-wide door is one of the widest single-leaf openings you will routinely encounter in commercial construction. It shows...

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Apr 22, 2026 Our Blog