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Mercury Energy Efficient Door and Frame System High Performing Specialty Product Training Available Aluminum sidelights, borrowed lights and transom frames added to FRP door and frame offering New High Performing Specialty Brochure Available 1-10 of 303 pagesJR Metal Frames has been manufacturing quality hollow metal frames and hollow metal doors since 1981. Our core belief to provide superior hollow metal craftsmanship in custom designing our metal frames and steel doors has been the cornerstone of our success. Each customer speaks with a real person and can rely on our old fashioned hands-on approach. From the owner on down, we deliver caring attention to detail, dependable on time delivery, custom manufacturing to exact supplied detail, and a welcoming staff that ensures your JR transaction will be satisfying. We manufacture the following frames with American steel: nailer, no return, split, center glaze, reveal, shadow, side lite, knock down, transom, borrowed lite, lead lined, segmented, communicating, hospital stop, removable transom, kerfed, adjustable jamb, thermal break, double egress, open case, single rabbet, equal rabbet, unequal rabbet, curved top, pocket, mullion, arch top, radius, and custom welded with any hinge locations, lock or strike preps
, and fire rated if possible up to 3 hours. Our steel doors are built with honeycomb, polystyrene, thermal fiber, and polyurethane cores. They can be lead lined, steel stiffened, and fire rated up to 3 hours with any hinge location and custom lock or strike prep. JR ships direct to distributor warehouses, commercial job sites, schools, government buildings, metal housing projects, and new construction sites across the United States and Canada. Questions or odd sizes? We build anything imaginable from hollow metal and can assist with your project specifications. In a jam - Our quick ship program has next day service when you need us the most. JR Metal Frames appreciates your business and understands there are choices when placing hollow metal orders. Our whole team takes pride that you've selected JR Metal Frames to manufacture your hollow metal project. We are committed to servicing our distributor partners in the quickest, most efficient manner possible.Steel Door Frame Installation Guides
A250.8-03, A250.11-01, SDI-111-F, SDI-111-G, SDI-122-07, SDI-127-I, SDI-Drywall Slip-On Frames Step-by-step instructions for installing steel door frames can be found at our Steel Door Frame Installation Guides page. Instead of grouting strike bucket area in drywall, what should be used instead to prevent frame spreading attacks? Most manufacturers can provide a Z-shaped anchor located just above the strike in the strike jamb. Is it better to reuse existing frames or install new ones when retrofitting? It depends on a variety of factors such as the condition of the wall, reinforcements, and frame. You will also want to verify the gauges of the door and frame are compatible, and also that the hinge and strike locations match. It is best to inquire with the door supplier for fire rated openings. Do you have standards on how to properly install hollow metal frames that I can reference in my specifications? Yes, ANSI A250.11 provides recommended erection instructions for steel frames.
Please reference SDI-122 to troubleshoot an issue with a frame that has already been installed Does the distributor fabricate frames? There are a small number of contract hardware and hollow metal distributors that have the capability to manufacture frames. The distributor welds the frames in most cases. Many of them can modify doors and cut in glass light units as well. Distributors are often involved in fire labeling programs too, allowing them to label the door and frame. What is the final step when installing hollow metal frames? The final step in installing any frame is to double check for plumb and square before installing the door. Refer to SDI-122 for details. Architects using hollow metal door and window frames on exterior openings sometimes incorrectly assume that frames are watertight. In fact, most seams in hollow metal frame construction are not welded nor sealed, unless by the painter. Many specifiers now write their specifications to include some of the following:
Full continuous TIG welds on all hollow metal frame joints, including both horizontal and vertical mullions. (Note: Not every shop is capable of TIG welds.) Mullion construction with both joints of the two-piece mullion turned to the interior. Continuous nailing flashing flanges on all framed construction with plaster to allow integral watertight flashing of the building paper to the nailing flange. Can I use grout for drywall construction?Grouting should never be specified for drywall construction. When grout is drying, the moisture only has two places to go. The first is into the drywall, which weakens it. This could hinder the frame's integrity or ability to retain anchors. The other place the moisture could go is into the hardware or the bottom of the frame, which may result in rust. Will an anchored frame be sturdier if it's grouted? Grouting will not make a properly anchored frame any sturdier. In fact, drywall slip-on frames have passed fire and hose stream tests, cycle tests, and even impact tests with only anchoring.
What are the benefits and setbacks of grouting a frame in masonry construction? If grouting is done properly it will not cause any issues with the frame. It will actually improve the sound deadening qualities. Unfortunately, thin pumpable slurry is often used and the excess water in it causes rust. Grout should always be hand troweled, never pumped. For fire rated openings, you should verify with the frame manufacturer that if a bituminous coating is used to protect the steel frame against any corrosive effects of the grout its use will not negate the fire protection rating. Does the requirement for a maximum gap of 1/8", plus or minus 1/16", apply only to the meeting edges of door pairs? What is the gap requirement for maximum gap between door and frame/stop at the hinge jamb and head? And strike jamb on single doors? If a metal door has a gap between the meeting edges of a door pair that is greater than 3/16" (1/8" plus the 1/16" tolerance), can the deficiency be overcome by applying a metal astragal?
If the gap at the bottom of a metal door is more than 3/4", can the deficiency be overcome by adding an automatic door bottom or a metal astragal-like strip to the bottom edge of the door? Refer to ANSI 250.8 paragraph 2.1.8 entitled "Design Clearance" and the subparagraphs underneath that. Those paragraphs specifically and clearly delineate and define the design clearances for between the door and the frame, between the meeting edges of pairs of doors, and the clearance measure from the bottom of the door to the bottom of the frame. What is the industry standard for clearance around a steel door in a steel frame? Where the doors are fire rated, these clearances are regulated by NFPA 80, “Fire Doors & Other Opening Protectives”. The clearance between the door and frame shall be a maximum of 1/8". The clearance between the meeting edges of pair of doors shall be 3/16". The clearance from the bottom of the door to the bottom of the frame should be a maximum of 3/4".