Building An Access Door

The door cannot open directly onto a room used for sleeping purposes bedroom and must be one of the following types.

Building an access door.

Solid wood door not less than 1 3 8 thick. Our flexible manufacturing takes the hassle out of custom sizing materials and colors. Whether your building has successfully used the same access control system for years you re considering implementing a system or there s been an event e g. Nystrom access doors give easy access to mechanical electrical and plumbing fixtures behind a wall.

Steel door with a solid of honeycomb core not less than 1 3 8 thick. Determine how to integrate the right level of secure access to the people who need it. A door with a 20 minute fire rating. Exit doors shall be openable from the direction of exit travel without the use of a key or any special knowledge or effort whenever the building is occupied.

Combine that with strategically located stocking facilities around the country and you get exactly the door you need. Fire rated and general access doors panels for drywall ceiling floor roof custom sizes the best access doors fire rated access panel access panels for drywall. Place the carpenter s level on the mark and draw a horizontal line between the studs. Screw the hardware in place.

Locate the studs in the wall where the access door will be located. Merger location or security incident that warrants a change now is the right time to evaluate your access control system and procedures. Position the door slipping the pin into the socket and centering the spring hardware on the mark. Trace an outline for the spring hardware on the bottom corner of the door and use a jigsaw to cut out a notch.

Measure up from the floor and make a mark at 24 inches. Drop a plumb bob from the pin hole in the socket and mark the floor.