Access Doors
Access Doors
Access Doors
SECTION 083113
ACCESS DOORS
PART 1 GENERAL
1.01
1.02
1.03
SUBMITTALS
A.
B.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
A.
Regulatory Requirements:
1.
Fire Rated Access Doors For Walls: Complete
assemblies complying with Underwriters Laboratories, Inc (UL)
requirements for 1-1/2 hour B Label rating. Identify each assembly
with UL label.
2.
Fire Rated Access Doors For Ceilings: Complete
assemblies complying with Warnock Hersey (WHI) requirements for onehour rating in wood-framed assemblies and three-hour rating in noncombustible assemblies. Identify each assembly with WHI label and
NFPA requirement indicating For Horizontal Installation.
PART 2 PRODUCTS
2.01
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flange.
2.
Finish: Match door panel.
3.
Anchorage, Except for New Concrete or Masonry
Construction: Predrilled holes in frame for anchoring with fasteners.
3.
Anchorage for New Concrete or Masonry Construction:
Adjustable metal masonry anchors.
B.
C.
Door Panel: Recessed type, minimum 18 gage steel with face of panel
formed to provide a 1 inch recessed surface for application of finish material, and
reinforced as required to prevent buckling.
1.
Hinge: Continuous type hinge.
2.
Finish: Factory-applied rust-inhibitive baked enamel or
primer over phosphate treated steel.
3.
Plaster Applications: Self-furring 3.4 lb. per sq. yd.
galvanized expanded metal mesh welded to panel face and casing bead
welded to perimeter of panel.
D.
Cam Locks: Flush, screwdriver operated; sufficient number to hold door
panel in flush, smooth plane when closed.
E.
Cam Locks: Flush screwdriver or key operated; sufficient number to hold
door panel in flush, smooth plane when closed.
1.
One lock on each door panel shall be key operated, pin
tumbler type. The remaining locks, if any, shall be screwdriver operated
type.
2.
One lock on each door panel shown or scheduled shall be
key operated, pin tumbler type. The remaining locks shall be screwdriver
operated type.
3.
Key all locks alike. Furnish ________ keys total.
F.
2.02
Sleeves (For Recessed Type Door Panels): One for each locking device.
1.
Plaster Ceilings: Integral steel sleeves welded to panel
face with plastic grommet on exposed end.
2.
Acoustic Tile or Gypsum Board Ceilings: Plastic
grommets for installation in holes cut thru ceiling finish material.
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D.
Automatic Latches: Direct action knurled knob or turn ring operated;
sufficient number to hold door panel in flush, smooth plane when closed. Equip
each latch with inside release device.
E.
Automatic Latches: Direct action knurled knob or turn ring, or key
operated; sufficient number to hold door panel in flush, smooth plane when closed.
Equip each latch with inside release device.
1.
One latch on each door panel shall be operated by a flush
key. The remaining latches, if any, shall be knurled knob or turn ring
operated type.
2.
One latch on each door panel shown or scheduled shall be
operated by a flush key. The remaining latches shall be knurled knob or
turn ring operated type.
a.
Furnish ________ flush keys total.
3.
One latch on each door panel shall have either mortise
preparation or rim cylinder latch. Builders Hardware Manufacturers
Association, Inc. (BHMA) standard cylinder provided under Section
087100.
4.
One latch on each door panel shown or scheduled shall
have either mortise preparation or rim cylinder latch. Builders Hardware
Manufacturers Association, Inc. (BHMA) standard cylinder provided
under Section 087100.
5.
Each latch on each door panel shall be operated by a
flush key.
a.
Furnish ________ flush keys total.
b.
One latch on each door panel shall have
either mortise preparation or rim cylinder latch. Builders
Hardware Manufacturers Association, Inc. (BHMA) standard
cylinder provided under Section 087100.
c.
One latch on each door panel shown or
scheduled shall have either mortise preparation or rim cylinder
latch. Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association, Inc.
(BHMA) standard cylinder provided under Section 087100.
2.03
FABRICATION
A.
Assemble access doors as integral units complete with all parts and ready
for installation. Fabricate units of continuous welded steel construction unless
otherwise indicated or specified. Grind welds smooth and flush with adjacent
surfaces. Anchorage devices shall be of size and type required to secure access
doors to types of supports indicated on the Drawings.
1.
Allowable Size Variations: Manufacturers standard size
units which vary slightly from the sizes indicated may be acceptable,
subject to the approval of the Director.
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PART 3 EXECUTION
3.01
INSTALLATION
A.
Install the access doors in accordance with the manufacturers printed
installation instructions, except as shown or specified otherwise.
B.
Coordinate access door installation with installation of supporting
construction.
C.
Set units accurately in position and securely attach to supports with face
panel plumb or level in relation to adjoining finish surface.
3.02
ADJUSTING
A.
3.03
SCHEDULE
A.
Provide non-fire rated access doors in non-fire rated construction and fire
rated access doors in fire rated construction.
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