Hardware Installation

Prestige Senior Living Beaverton Hills.

As with most such facilities, security is one of the premium features.

So when the weight of this 48″ X 84″ Steel Door bends the hinges and begins to sag, causing the strike-edge of the door to rub on the strike-jamb…

…causing the door not to latch, this is a fairly serious problem.

If you were to click on and enlarge the photo above, you might be able to see how the re-enforcement plate behind the hinge-jamb has begun to bend, allowing the hinge-leaf to sit at an angle that translates into the gap between the door & the hinge jamb to open up.

This in turn translates into the door moving towards the strike-jamb which creates the conflict. We gave our client two options. Number 1: A “Markar” brand Surface-Mount Re-enforcement pivot-hinge (shown above).

Number 2: “Select Hinges” brand model SL57 HD Full Surface Heavy Duty Continuous Hinge, shown above in mill finish aluminum. This product is the option our client chose.

The illustration above shows how we drill and tap into the steel hinge-jamb, and then employ the use of through-bolts that run clear through the door for an unbelievably well-anchored door.

If you enlarge this photo showing our technician David Castro cleaning up the metal shavings from drilling through the door, you should be able to make out the through-bolts that the yellow arrows are pointing to.

As you can see, we used an anodized bronze aluminum finish for this application. It goes well with the pre-existing aluminum threshold, the surface-mount door-sweep & the brown paint on the door. No more sagging.