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Home My WebLink About12 21 13 Horizontal Louver BlindsTHE KENT 12 21 13 - THE KENT Issue Date 05.09.18 HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLINDS THE KENT SECTION 12 21 13 - HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLINDS PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section. 1.2 SUMMARY A. Section Includes: 1. Horizontal louver blinds with faux wood slats. B. Related Requirements: 1. Division 06 Section "Rough Carpentry" for wood blocking and grounds for mounting horizontal louver blinds and accessories. 1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS A. Product Data: For each type of product. B. Shop Drawings: Show fabrication and installation details for horizontal louver blinds. C. Samples: For each exposed product and for each color and texture specified, 12 inches long. D. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type and color of horizontal louver blind. 1. Include similar Samples of accessories involving color selection. E. Samples for Verification: For each type and color of horizontal louver blind indicated. 1. Slat: Not less than 12 inches long. 2. Tapes: Full width, not less than 6 inches long. 3. Horizontal Louver Blind: Full-size unit, not less than 16 inches wide by 24 inches long. 4. Valance: Full-size unit, not less than 12 inches wide. F. Window-Treatment Schedule: For horizontal louver blinds. Use same designations indicated on Drawings. 1.4 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS A. Product Certificates: For each type of horizontal louver blind. B. Product Test Reports: For each type of horizontal louver blind, for tests performed by manufacturer and witnessed by a qualified testing agency. THE KENT 12 21 13 - THE KENT Issue Date 05.09.18 HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLINDS THE KENT 1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS A. Maintenance Data: For horizontal louver blinds to include in maintenance manuals. 1.6 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS A. Furnish extra materials, from the same product run, that match products installed and that are packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents. 1. Horizontal Louver Blinds: Full-size units equal to 5 percent of quantity installed for each size, color, texture, pattern, and gloss indicated, but no fewer than two units. 1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE A. Mockups: Build mockups, if requested in writing by Architect, to verify selections made under Sample submittals and to demonstrate aesthetic effects and set quality standards for fabrication and installation. 1. Approval of mockups does not constitute approval of deviations from the Contract Documents contained in mockups unless Architect specifically approves such deviations in writing. 2. Subject to compliance with requirements, approved mockups may become part of the completed Work if undisturbed at time of Substantial Completion. 1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING A. Deliver horizontal louver blinds in factory packages, marked with manufacturer, product name, and location of installation using same designations indicated on Drawings. 1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS A. Environmental Limitations: Do not install horizontal louver blinds until construction and wet and finish work in spaces, including painting, is complete and dry and ambient temperature and humidity conditions are maintained at the levels indicated for Project when occupied for its intended use. B. Field Measurements: Where horizontal louver blinds are indicated to fit to other construction, verify dimensions of other construction by field measurements before fabrication and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings. Allow clearances for operating hardware of operable glazed units through entire operating range. Notify Architect of installation conditions that vary from Drawings. Coordinate fabrication schedule with construction progress to avoid delaying the Work. THE KENT 12 21 13 - THE KENT Issue Date 05.09.18 HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLINDS THE KENT PART 2 - PRODUCTS 2.1 MANUFACTURERS A. Source Limitations: Obtain horizontal louver blinds from single source from single manufacturer. 2.2 HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLINDS, FAUX WOOD SLATS A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by the manufacturers identified in the Apartment Finish Schedule on the Drawings. B. Flame-Resistance Rating: Comply with NFPA 701; testing by a qualified testing agency. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable testing agency. C. Slats: Faux wood that are lead free, UV stabilized, integrally colored, opaque, and will not crack or yellow; antistatic, dust-repellent treated. 1. Formulation: Manufacturer’s standard. 2. Width: 1.969 inches. 3. Thickness: 0.114 inch. 4. Spacing: Manufacturer's standard. 5. Features: a. Lift-Cord Rout Holes: Minimum size required for lift cord and located near back (outside) edge of slat to maximize slat overlap and minimize light gaps between slats. D. Headrail: Formed steel; long edges returned or rolled. Headrails fully enclose operating mechanisms on three sides. 1. Capacity: One blind per headrail unless otherwise indicated. 2. Manual Lift Mechanism: a. Lift-Cord Lock: Variable; stops lift cord at user-selected position within blind full operating range. b. Operator: Extension of lift cord(s) through lift-cord lock mechanism to form cord pull. 3. Manual Tilt Mechanism: Enclosed worm-gear mechanism and linkage rod that adjusts ladders. 4. Manual Lift-Operator and Tilt-Operator Lengths: Manufacturer's standard. 5. Manual Lift-Operator and Tilt-Operator Locations: Manufacturer's standard unless otherwise indicated. E. Bottom Rail: Extruded PVC trapezoid tube that secures and protects ends of ladders and lift cords and has plastic- or metal-capped ends. 1. Type: Manufacturer's standard. F. Lift Cords: Manufacturer's standard braided polyester cord. G. Ladders: Evenly spaced across headrail at spacing that prevents long-term slat sag. 1. Type: Braided cord. H. Valance: Manufacturer's standard. THE KENT 12 21 13 - THE KENT Issue Date 05.09.18 HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLINDS THE KENT I. Mounting Brackets: With spacers and shims required for blind placement and alignment indicated. 1. Type: Wall. 2. Intermediate Support: Provide intermediate support brackets to produce support spacing recommended by blind manufacturer for weight and size of blind. J. Hold-Down Brackets and Hooks or Pins: Manufacturer's standard. K. Colors, Textures, Patterns, and Gloss: 1. Slats: As selected by Architect from manufacturer's full range. 2. Components: Provide rails, cords, ladders, and materials exposed to view matching or coordinating with slat color unless otherwise indicated. 2.3 HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLIND FABRICATION A. Product Safety Standard: Fabricate horizontal louver blinds to comply with WCMA A 100.1 including requirements for corded, flexible, looped devices; lead content of components; and warning labels. B. Unit Sizes: Fabricate units in sizes to fill window and other openings as follows, measured at 74 deg F: 1. Between (Inside) Jamb Installation: Width equal to jamb-to-jamb dimension of opening in which blind is installed less 1/4 inch per side or ½ inch total, plus or minus 1/8 inch. Length equal to head-to-sill dimension of opening in which blind is installed less 1/4 inch, plus or minus 1/8 inch. C. Concealed Components: Non-corrodible or corrosion-resistant-coated materials. 1. Lift-and-Tilt Mechanisms: With permanently lubricated moving parts. D. Mounting and Intermediate Brackets: Designed for removal and reinstallation of blind without damaging blind and adjacent surfaces, for supporting blind components, and for bracket positions and blind placement indicated. E. Installation Fasteners: No fewer than two fasteners per bracket, fabricated from metal noncorrosive to brackets and adjoining construction; type designed for securing to supporting substrate; and supporting blinds and accessories under conditions of normal use. F. Color-Coated Finish: 1. Metal: For components exposed to view, apply manufacturer's standard baked finish complying with manufacturer's written instructions for surface preparation including pretreatment, application, baking, and minimum dry film thickness. PART 3 - EXECUTION 3.1 EXAMINATION A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for installation tolerances, operational clearances, and other conditions affecting performance. THE KENT 12 21 13 - THE KENT Issue Date 05.09.18 HORIZONTAL LOUVER BLINDS THE KENT 1. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected. 3.2 INSTALLATION A. Install horizontal louver blinds level and plumb, aligned and centered on openings, and aligned with adjacent units according to manufacturer's written instructions. 1. Locate so exterior slat edges are not closer than 1 inch from interior faces of glass and not closer than 1/2 inch from interior faces of glazing frames through full operating ranges of blinds. 2. Install mounting and intermediate brackets to prevent deflection of headrails. 3. Install with clearances that prevent interference with adjacent blinds, adjacent construction, and operating hardware of glazed openings, other window treatments, and similar building components and furnishings. 3.3 ADJUSTING A. Adjust horizontal louver blinds to operate free of binding or malfunction through full operating ranges. 3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION A. Clean horizontal louver blind surfaces after installation according to manufacturer's written instructions. B. Provide final protection and maintain conditions in a manner acceptable to manufacturer and Installer and that ensures that horizontal louver blinds are without damage or deterioration at time of Substantial Completion. C. Replace damaged horizontal louver blinds that cannot be repaired in a manner approved by Architect before time of Substantial Completion. 3.5 DEMONSTRATION A. Engage a factory-authorized service representative to train Owner's maintenance personnel to adjust, operate, and maintain systems. END OF SECTION 12 21 13