Hardware Installation

An Industrial area in N.E. Vancouver, Washington, not far from Meadowbrook Park.

For reasons undetermined because we were not asked to determine them…

…the existing Adams Rite 8800EL Electrified Panic Bar was apparently not latching and locking every time the door closed.

For this particular client…this potential lapse in security was unacceptable. In our experience, the Adams Rite 8800EL Electrified Panic Device is an adequate product for most applications.

But this client decided to error on the side of caution by going out themselves and purchasing this Von Duprin 33/35A Series Rim Exit Device.

And for reasons that were left unexplained, it was then thought that the Von Duprin device might not work on this particular application because of the lack of room on the door-face. It was at this point they decided to employ some professionals & were referred to our firm. Upon inspecting their new panic device and their door, we assured them that we could make it work. We acquired and installed an HES 9600-630 surface-mount electric strike-plate after some creative modification to the aluminum strike-jamb.

Then we installed the client-provided Von Duprin 33/35A Series Rim Exit Device on the narrow-stile aluminum storefront door, and as you can see above, there was JUST ENOUGH room on the door for the two devices. The remaining aluminum you see there on there on the door is actually the stop that sits over the glass.

Here we see our technician Brandon Todd modifying the door prep on the exterior of the door for the Von Duprin exterior trim.

Von Duprin calls this a “cylinder control housing.”

And it goes on the door like so.