Hollow Metal Steel Doors

The Well Church in Northeast Portland.

The original Flush Veneer doors have actually held up pretty well, given the exposure to the elements.

But the Birch Veneer has begun to peel off the doors.

And Von Duprin 22 Vertical-Rod Panic devices have proven problematic by always falling out-of-adjustment, as is typical of the economy series of hardware. So it has been deemed to be time to upgrade the doors and the hardware.

Other than some cosmetic issues that are relatively easily addressed, the original wood door jambs are fine. We elect to have the new steel doors made with custom hinge-locations.

This will allow us to match the original hinge mortise locations and to save us the added work of filling old mortises on the jambs.

As we often do, we advised our clients to move away from the problematic vertical-rod panic devices, and to allow us to outfit the opening with what is called a removable steel center mull-post.

This will eliminate the problematic vertical-rod panic hardware.

This will also facilitate the need to move large objects in or out of the church, because the mull-post is easily removed if needed.

This type of system is also more secure. We have heard numerous stories of unscrupulous folks learning how to pull out on the handles abruptly until the latches at the ends (top & Bottom) of the vertical-rod versions pop off of the strike-plates, making illegal entry much more likely.