A commercial storefront in the Sellwood district being remodeled by Brown Properties LP.

Brown Properties purchased the new wood doors from Truax Builders Supply.

Anderson Door & Window Mechanics Inc. is contracted to hang & weatherstrip the new double-entry wood-doors…

…into the newly installed aluminum door jamb assembly. We also prepped the doors for and installed new commercial locking hardware.

The finished product.
Yes, they do look like aluminum doors, but they are wood doors painted to match the aluminum frames.

These are a type of a “double-door assembly,” though different than what most folks are inclined to think of when they hear that term. As most folks know, this door configuration allows larger groups to share adjoining…

…rooms while maintaining a modicum of privacy in that both doors must be opened from their respective rooms to allow passage. You’ll notice that there is only a knob on one side of each door.

A new business coming into an existing property translates into a remodel and a new front door & sidelight assembly at this location on Burnside in Gresham.

We also replaced some other doors on the property, but this is the only one we photo documented.

The original opening was a bit sterile for in-coming family restaurant known as the Sizzler.

So we took it out and built new individual rough-openings for each sash.

We built the new individual door & sidelight jamb assemblies on-site.

Individual sidelight and door jamb boxes for each.

Trimmed the openings out per our client’s specifications.

Oak versions of Simpson’s 7044 door & matching sidelights, which is a door model that is frequently used in residential applications.

After a stain and varnish job, the wood-tones combine with the door model to make for a warm, homey & welcoming first impression.

Ready for business. To look at other Simpson doors, go to www.simpsondoor.com.

Vernier Software in Beaverton.

An inner office opening that they would like to partition off for privacy or sound abatement or whatever.

Specifications: The Maple veneer on the door, the semi-gloss lacquer finish and the steel jamb must all match the other existing doors in the building.

Hardware must match.

The glass in the new sidelight must match the narrow-reed obscure glass partitions up near the front main entryway.

Not a problem.

The finished product.

An old Portland Church Building with doors in a fire-wall. For reasons we won’t go into, the occupants wanted to be able to prop the doors open.

But to continue to do this, the Fire Marshal was now requiring employing the use of door-hold-open-devices that are tied into the smoke detection system.

The economical way to do this sometimes, if the ceilings are low enough is to use a device that is BOTH, a hold-open device, as well as a smoke detector.

One of the problems that had to be overcome though, was the fact this opening was a bit narrow for a commercial opening.

The way in which this became a problem was that the smoke-detection door-hold-open devices that can be seen in this photo weren’t much narrower than the doors,…

…which created a conflict with where the vertical-rod panic device “strike-plates” needed to be placed. Many such applications would easily overcome this hurdle with hardwired electromagnetic door hold-open devices mounted to adjoining walls…

…that are tied into the smoke-detectors, such as you see in hospitals and such. But as with many churches, that option just wasn’t in the budget.

So anyway, for obvious reasons, we couldn’t drill into the smoke-detector door-hold-open devices to mount the strike-plates, so we had to come up with a custom bracketing system to hold the strike-plates for the vertical rod latches.

And this is what we came up with. A combination Steel and Aluminum Angle conglomeration-bracket that held the strike-plates in proper position without damaging or interfering with the smoke-detector-door-hold-open devices.

The new hydraulic door closers (not shown) were installed on the pull-side of the doors to avoid further conflict with the already crowded area at the top of the push-side of the doors.

As many folks know, most exterior commercial doors need to be outswing for reasons of fire egress. And some buildings, such as this ballroom/theater…

…building also required vertical-rod panic devices. Because these doors exited to a roof and were rarely used, we recommended Von Duprin model 22 panic devices.

A fire in this very old historic building in downtown Northwest Portland necessitated that the fire department break down a door to gain access. It was one of a double-entry set of doors, which was one of a number of matching sets of double doors.

The point being of course, that the replacement door had to match the original doors. We measured and laid out all the specifications for a local custom door shop to manufacture a replica door for us. We replaced the damaged hinge-jamb, sized, beveled, mortised and…

…installed the door. We provided & installed weatherstripping and a new mortise-case lock. These are among the most satisfying of jobs. For obvious reasons, the degree of satisfaction always seems commensurate the level of difficulty.