Hollow Metal Steel Doors

Another door project for a church in N.E. Portland. We did a number of exterior door openings, but we’re only showing photos for a couple of them.

This opening off the kitchen with a “mail-slot” in the door. We are frequently asked by our residential clients what is the strongest door available. And this is it.

A commercial-grade hollow-metal steel door. The jamb-assembly on this opening necessitated replacement of both the door and the jamb. This photo is showing the custom steel jamb set in the opening before the trim is installed. Stock steel jambs like this come with 2″ jamb-faces that necessitate larger rough-openings than do wood door jamb assemblies.

Fortunately, we are able to acquire customized steel jambs that dimensionally simulate wood jambs for use in pre-existing rough-openings, such as these very old masonry openings. Shake-moldings are fastened to the steel jambs by means of cabinet screws.

And then the door is readied for installation with a new mail-slot trim-set and a new panic device.

The combination of an 18-gauge hollow-metal steel door like this installed into a 16-guage steel jamb makes for a formidable security barrier.

The hinges have what are called NRP (non-removable-pins), and even if there were no security gate…there would be no kicking-in an outswing door.

Here’s another opening that, as you can see, was due for a new door. But the jamb was deemed reusable, so we matched the existing hinge locations…

…and installed the door into the original wood door-jamb, which you can see in the last photo if you look close (click to enlarge?).

The panic-device on this door is what they call an “exit-only” panic device. As the name suggests, there is no access from the exterior. This is a security consideration for openings that really have no serious need for exterior access.