Unique & Custom Applications

A conservatory with two sets of double-entry wood entry doors. These originally had Wood Storm Screen Doors over the entry doors, but with no protection from the elements.

After the weather destroyed all the wood-screen doors for the 2nd time, there arose an epiphany regarding the virtues of aluminum doors. But no one would build us the custom aluminum doors needed.

So we bought the best product we knew of…purchasing extra kick-panel material & replacing the glass as needed to achieve the sight-lines needed to match the entry doors over which the storm doors would sit.

We basically disassembled & then re-built them. We customized the strike stile further by inserting wood inside the aluminum profile so we would have the necessary backing materials by which to install the mortise-case locks.

We used Jado mortise-case locks with their uncommonly short backsets. It was the only decent lock that would fit into these narrow aluminum stiles.

Continuous hinges might seem like a bit of overkill, but most all outswing doors are subject to the destructive forces of wind.

Unfortunately, Jado ceased the manufacture of these locks soon after this job was completed.

No expense was spared to ensure that our client had the best storm doors money could buy.

Notice the daylight sight-lines that were maintained to correspond with the entry doors and the adjoining window openings.

And the custom arched detail we devised employing some of the extra kick-plate material.