Metal Door Installation Guide

Attach 3 anchors per side totaling 6 per frame.

Metal door installation guide.

5 place the taller guide arm onto jig aligning onto guide. The sheet metal door is the most common door found on bases due to its resistances to melee weapons and fire but relatively cheap cost to craft. 416 369 0515 e mail. Attach door frame anchors insert metal stud anchors into frame throat and tap into place with a hammer.

Shim the hinge side of the frame point c in figure 12. Regardless it is still relatively weak to explosives compared to its expensive indirect upgrade the armoured door. This will hold the door tight in its position relative to the frame. Lift the door unit and position it in the desired location under the girt with the outside edge of the threshold flush with the edge of the concrete.

To exchange guide arms. Final review adjustments review the clearances between the door panel and frame ensuring they are even and that the door operates freely. Installation instructions are provided with most hardware products but not frames and doors as commercial door manufacturers do not provide print instructions with their products. Metal door drilling requires the hole saw assembly and the longer guide arm.

Install shims until there is a consistent 1 8 gap between the top of the door slab and the frame header. Guide specification for installation and storage of hollow metal doors and frames canadian steel door manufacturers association l association canadienne des fabricants de portes d acier one yonge street suite 1801 toronto ontario m5e 1w7 tel. The door should operate freely with nothing but shims holding it in place. Re install the screw through the sill strike plate and into the wall structure beneath the sill.

Place at hinge location and directly opposite on strike frame. 3 back out flat head screw and 4 remove guide arm from guide pin and jig. Adjust the sill screw as needed to ensure proper clearance between the panel sweep and sill. The steel door institute has many publications which were developed to establish industry standards and assist in specifying as well as installing standard steel doors and frames.

Blueprint ingredients time workbench. Install the door frame into the rough opening. 1 remove snap ring from the 2 1 8 drill bit then 2 remove drill bit from jig. Preassembled door installation guide note.

Keys fasteners anchor bolts and component instructions for this door are located in the padded envelope which is inside the door package. 416 363 7845 fax. We recommend hiring a licensed contractor or experienced handyman to install the doors we supply as certain applications may prove to be too complex for a novice.