Masonry Metal Door Frames

Dks doors manufactures hollow metal doors steel doors and door frame systems.

Masonry metal door frames.

Curries frames are manufactured for all wall conditions such as masonry steel stud wood stud and poured concrete. Republic is sdi certified through regular audits to ensure manufacturing performance and quality standards set by the steel door institute overall frame construction exceeds ansi a250 8 2017 sdi 100 the standard set by sdi specifying sizes design materials construction finishing and performance for standard commercial steel doors and frames. Many wall types are used in buildings including wood stud walls steel stud walls and masonry walls. Hollow metal frames are installed in various locations throughout a building.

The 12 gauge frames are saw miter welded or saw butt end welded corner construction only. A basic unit of measure adopted by the building industry as 4 inches. 16 gauge steel fire rated up to 3. Request that the frame manufacturer include existing wall anchors ewa with the frame.

Due to the different materials used for walls hollow metal frames must be able to anchor to each wall type. Can be used with exterior wood stud walls as well butts existing wall. Our steel doors are used for commercial institutional education hospitality multi family security and health care construction both new and retrofit. The kd masonry frame can be installed before or after the wall has been built.

This is a standard option offered by most steel frame distributors and may also be referred to as punch and dimple preps. Click the video above to see how the steel door institute sdi demonstrates how to install a steel door frame into masonry construction. Custom fire rated 16 gauge steel frames. Hollow metal door frames are available with a wide range of anchoring options to accommodate varying wall conditions and can be used with steel doors or commercial wood doors.

Fortunately there are various methods to anchor the frame to the walls. Hollow metal frame. While the use of hollow metal frames in cast in place concrete walls is a common. Commercial hollow metal door frames welded or knocked down for new or existing drywall block masonry walls.

Kuiken brothers stocks and supplies a full line of quality custom and standard hollow metal doors and frames for new and retrofit construction projects in the commercial educational and healthcare markets throughout new jersey and new york. Standard hollow metal door frames are constructed from 16 gauge roll form steel but can also be manufactured in 14 gauge or 12 gauge metal thicknesses. Standard steel doors and frames for modular masonry construction sdi 110 18. A standard metal frame has a 2 inch header but many masonry frames have 4 inch headers to allow them to match the masonry coursings.