How Your Employees Ruin Your Doors

If you have a place of business, you know that many of your employees head out the back door to smoke.  Because your back door, if it has the proper lock installed on it, always locks back automatically.  So, what do many employees do to prop the door open?  They place a rock or a piece of wood between the hinge side of the door and the jamb. 

Your door is "sprung" because an unsuspecting person tried to close the door without removing the rock or piece of wood that was inserted near the hinges.  By pulling on the door, the rock created a lever and fulcrum and destroyed the door hinge mounting plate int he door and the metal plates behind the jamb.  Not only that, but the hinges were bent as well.

If you need to prop a door open, prop it open with a rock by laying the rock on the ground at the side of the door opposite the hinges.  That way, people will see the rock and remove it before closing the door.

If your door has been damaged, have a continuous hinge installed.  That would be cheaper than replacing the door!

Door Closers Designed With A Door Hold-Open Feature Are Perfect For Churches and Organizations!

If you have a commercial business, church, or other organization that needs to have outside doors that stay opened, look no further than door closers that incorporate a hold-open feature.  It is generally not a good idea to use door kick stops that have the little rubber foot attached. Why? Because most of these cannot hold up to the abuse they will get when people kick them or otherwise impact them when hauling chairs and tables through the doorway. And, if your doors are made of thin metal, the screws will eventually strip out. It is also a bad idea to use any kind of device that anchors into the concrete sidewalk because people will inevitably trip over the device and hurt themselves.

If you need to have your doors in the hold-open position, install a heavy-duty door closer. LCN makes a wonderful product that has these following qualities.

1. Grade 1 industrial durability.
2. Back Check feature. This means the door has a cushion that keeps it from slamming open to the extreme position, thereby saving your door, closer, and jamb from possible damage. The back check function in adjustable.
3. Hold-open feature. Be sure that the model you order has this feature. Do know, however, that interior fire-rated doors cannot have these types of closers installed.
4. Closing and latching speed adjustments. Over time, and with the effects of cold and hot weather, the hydraulic fluids in the closer thicken or thin, thereby affecting the speed of the close.
5. Sizing adjustments. If you need to have your closer shutting against powerful wind, then you can adjust the spring tension in the closer. This is a simple thing to do.  Remember that, if your door is handicap accessible, as are all public access areas, then the pull force must not exceed 5 pounds. The size most often used for handicap entrances are number 3. Closer sizes, even on adjustable size closer, range from 2 to 6.