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Exterior Double Doors
I am doing a lease build out and part of contract is installing a 6'-0" x 7'-0" set of receiving doors. Here is my question, does the flange on the astregal (sp?) go on the inside or the outside? Most of the ones I've seen are on the inside but to me that makes the opening smaller and I wonder if that meets ADA specks. I'm sure there must be a correct way just not sure what it is or why.
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Re: Exterior Double Doors
Depends on which way the door swings
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Re: Exterior Double Doors
I normally put them on the inside, on the passive leaf. You are correct, that could make the door non ADA compliant, but no BI has ever brought that up.
Are you going to flush bolt down the passive leaf, or install an indexer? |
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Re: Exterior Double Doors
Doors swing out. So if the door with the flange is on the inside the other door is the active door which makes the opening smaller, but if the flange is on the outside that makes it the active door and the opening would be larger.
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Re: Exterior Double Doors
Flush bolt
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Re: Exterior Double Doors
Flange on the outside can also act as an anti-tamper device to protect the latch, if that is applicable.
If you use a flush bolt, that inactive leaf is no longer counted as a fire exit door, unless the flush bolt is activated by the panic hardware. But I'm sure you know all this |
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