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SECTION 08 11 13 - HOLLOW METAL DOORS AND FRAMES
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 hollow-metal work.
B. Related Requirements:
1. Section 08 71 00 "Door Hardware" for door hardware for hollow-metal doors.
1.3 DEFINITIONS
A. Minimum Thickness: Minimum thickness of base metal without coatings according to NAAMM-
HMMA 803 or SDI A250.8.
1.4 COORDINATION
A. Coordinate anchorage installation for hollow-metal frames. Furnish setting drawings, templates,
and directions for installing anchorages, including sleeves, concrete inserts, anchor bolts, and
items with integral anchors. Deliver such items to Project site in time for installation.
1.5 PRE-INSTALLATION MEETINGS
A. Pre-installation Conference: Conduct conference at Project site.
1.6 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product.
1. Include construction details, material descriptions, core descriptions, fire-resistance
ratings, and finishes.
B. Sustainable Design Submittals:
1. Product Data: For recycled content, indicating post-consumer and pre-consumer recycled
content and cost.
C. Shop Drawings: Include the following:
1. Elevations of each door type.
2. Details of doors, including vertical- and horizontal-edge details and metal thicknesses.
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3. Frame details for each frame type, including dimensioned profiles and metal thicknesses.
4. Locations of reinforcement and preparations for hardware.
5. Details of each different wall opening condition.
6. Details of anchorages, joints, field splices, and connections.
7. Details of accessories.
8. Details of moldings, removable stops, and glazing.
9. Details of conduit and preparations for power, signal, and control systems.
D. Samples for Initial Selection: For units with factory-applied color finishes.
E. Samples for Verification:
1. For each type of exposed finish required, prepared on Samples of not less than 3 by 5
inches.
2. For "Doors" and "Frames" subparagraphs below, prepare Samples approximately 8 by 10
inches to demonstrate compliance with requirements for quality of materials and
construction:
a. Doors: Show vertical-edge, top, and bottom construction; core construction; and
hinge and other applied hardware reinforcement. Include separate section showing
glazing if applicable.
b. Frames: Show profile, corner joint, floor and wall anchors, and silencers. Include
separate section showing fixed hollow-metal panels and glazing if applicable.
F. Schedule: Provide a schedule of hollow-metal work prepared by or under the supervision of
supplier, using same reference numbers for details and openings as those on Drawings.
Coordinate with final Door Hardware Schedule.
1.7 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS
A. Product Test Reports: For each type of hollow-metal door and frame assembly, for tests
performed by a qualified testing agency.
B. Oversize Construction Certification: For assemblies required to be fire rated and exceeding
limitations of labeled assemblies.
1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Deliver hollow-metal work palletized, packaged, or crated to provide protection during transit
and Project-site storage. Do not use non-vented plastic.
1. Provide additional protection to prevent damage to factory-finished units.
B. Deliver welded frames with two removable spreader bars across bottom of frames, tack welded
to jambs and mullions.
C. Store hollow-metal work vertically under cover at Project site with head up. Place on minimum
4-inch- high wood blocking. Provide minimum 1/4-inch space between each stacked door to
permit air circulation.
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PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the
following:
1. Amweld International, LLC.
2. Ceco Door Products; an Assa Abloy Group company.
3. Curries Company; an Assa Abloy Group company.
4. Deansteel.
5. Mesker Door Inc.
6. Premier Products, Inc.
7. Republic Doors and Frames.
8. Steelcraft; an Ingersoll-Rand company.
B. Source Limitations: Obtain hollow-metal work from single source from single manufacturer.
C. Manufacturers-Knock Down Frames: Subject to compliance requirements, provide the
following:
1. Timely Prefinished Steel Door Frames: C-Series.
2.2 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
A. Fire-Rated Assemblies: Complying with NFPA 80 and listed and labeled by a qualified testing
agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction for fire-protection ratings indicated, based
on testing at positive pressure according to NFPA 252 or UL 10C.
1. Smoke- and Draft-Control Assemblies: Provide an assembly with gaskets listed and
labeled for smoke and draft control by a qualified testing agency acceptable to authorities
having jurisdiction, based on testing according to UL 1784 and installed in compliance
with NFPA 105.
B. Fire-Rated, Borrowed-Lite Assemblies: Complying with NFPA 80 and listed and labeled by a
testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction for fire-protection
ratings indicated, based on testing according to NFPA 257 or UL 9.
2.3 INTERIOR DOORS AND FRAMES
A. Construct interior doors and frames to comply with the standards indicated for materials,
fabrication, hardware locations, hardware reinforcement, tolerances, and clearances, and as
specified.
B. Standard-Duty Doors and Frames: SDI A250.8, Level 1. At locations indicated in the Door and
Frame Schedule.
1. Physical Performance: Level C according to SDI A250.4.
2. Doors:
a. Type: As indicated in the Door and Frame Schedule.
b. Thickness: 1-3/4 inches.
c. Face: Metallic-coated, cold-rolled steel sheet, minimum thickness of 0.032 inch.
d. Edge Construction: Model 1, Full Flush.
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e. Core: Manufacturer's standard kraft-paper honeycomb, polystyrene, polyurethane,
polyisocyanurate, mineral-board, or vertical steel-stiffener core at manufacturer's
discretion.
3. Welded Frames:
a. Materials: Metallic-coated, cold-rolled steel sheet, minimum thickness of 0.042
inch.
b. Construction: Full profile welded.
4. Knock-Down Frames:
a. Materials: Metallic-coated, steel sheet 18 GA.
b. Construction: Knocked-down.
c. Fire Rating: As shown on Door Schedule.
5. Exposed Finish: Prime.
C. Heavy-Duty Doors and Frames: SDI A250.8, Level 2. At locations indicated in the Door and
Frame Schedule.
1. Physical Performance: Level B according to SDI A250.4.
2. Doors:
a. Type: As indicated in the Door and Frame Schedule.
b. Thickness: 1-3/4 inches.
c. Face: Metallic-coated, cold-rolled steel sheet, minimum thickness of 0.042 inch.
d. Edge Construction: Model 1, Full Flush.
e. Core: Manufacturer's standard kraft-paper honeycomb, polystyrene, polyurethane,
polyisocyanurate, mineral-board, or vertical steel-stiffener core at manufacturer's
discretion.
3. Frames:
a. Materials: Metallic-coated steel sheet, minimum thickness of 0.053 inch.
b. Sidelite and Transom Frames: Fabricated from same thickness material as
adjacent door frame.
c. Construction: Full profile welded.
4. Exposed Finish: Prime.
2.4 EXTERIOR HOLLOW-METAL DOORS AND FRAMES
A. Construct exterior doors and frames to comply with the standards indicated for materials,
fabrication, hardware locations, hardware reinforcement, tolerances, and clearances, and as
specified.
B. Heavy-Duty Doors and Frames: SDI A250.8, Level 2. At locations indicated in the Door and
Frame Schedule.
1. Physical Performance: Level B according to SDI A250.4.
2. Doors:
a. Type: As indicated in the Door and Frame Schedule.
b. Thickness: 1-3/4 inches
c. Face: Metallic-coated steel sheet, minimum thickness of 0.042 inch, with minimum
A40 coating.
d. Edge Construction: Model 1, Full Flush.
e. Core: Manufacturer's standard kraft-paper honeycomb, polystyrene, polyurethane,
polyisocyanurate, mineral-board, or vertical steel-stiffener core at manufacturer's
discretion.
f. Core: Polystyrene.
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1) Thermal-Rated Doors: Provide doors fabricated with thermal-resistance
value (R-value) of not less than 2.1 deg F x h x sq. ft./Btu when tested
according to ASTM C 1363.
3. Frames:
a. Materials: Metallic-coated steel sheet, minimum thickness of 0.053 inch, with
minimum A40 coating.
b. Construction: Full profile welded.
4. Exposed Finish: Prime.
C. Hollow-metal frames of metallic-coated steel sheet, minimum thickness of 0.053 inch.
D. Construction: Full profile welded.
2.5 HOLLOW-METAL PANELS
A. Provide hollow-metal panels of same materials, construction, and finish as adjacent door
assemblies.
2.6 FRAME ANCHORS
A. Jamb Anchors:
1. Masonry Type: Adjustable strap-and-stirrup or T-shaped anchors to suit frame size, not
less than 0.042-inch-thick, with corrugated or perforated straps not less than 2 inches
wide by 10 inches long; or wire anchors not less than 0.177 inch thick.
2. Stud-Wall Type: Designed to engage stud, welded to back of frames; not less than 0.042
inch thick.
B. Floor Anchors: Formed from same material as frames, minimum thickness of 0.042 inch, and as
follows:
1. Monolithic Concrete Slabs: Clip-type anchors, with two holes to receive fasteners.
2.7 MATERIALS
A. Recycled Content of Steel Products: Postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of pre-
consumer recycled content not less than 25 percent.
B. Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet: ASTM A 1008, Commercial Steel (CS), Type B; suitable for exposed
applications.
C. Metallic-Coated Steel Sheet: ASTM A 653, Commercial Steel (CS), Type B.
D. Frame Anchors: ASTM A 879, Commercial Steel (CS), 04Z coating designation; mill
phosphatized.
1. For anchors built into exterior walls, steel sheet complying with ASTM A 1008 or
ASTM A 1011, hot-dip galvanized according to ASTM A 153, Class B.
E. Inserts, Bolts, and Fasteners: Hot-dip galvanized according to ASTM A 153.
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F. Power-Actuated Fasteners in Concrete: Fastener system of type suitable for application
indicated, fabricated from corrosion-resistant materials, with clips or other accessory devices for
attaching hollow-metal frames of type indicated.
G. Grout: ASTM C 476, except with a maximum slump of 4 inches, as measured according to
ASTM C 143.
H. Mineral-Fiber Insulation: ASTM C 665, Type I (blankets without membrane facing); consisting of
fibers manufactured from slag or rock wool; with maximum flame-spread and smoke-developed
indexes of 25 and 50, respectively; passing ASTM E 136 for combustion characteristics.
I. Glazing: Comply with requirements in Section 08 80 00 "Glazing."
J. Bituminous Coating: Cold-applied asphalt mastic, compounded for 15-mil dry film thickness per
coat. Provide inert-type noncorrosive compound free of asbestos fibers, sulfur components, and
other deleterious impurities.
2.8 FABRICATION
A. Fabricate hollow-metal work to be rigid and free of defects, warp, or buckle. Accurately form
metal to required sizes and profiles, with minimum radius for metal thickness. Where practical,
fit and assemble units in manufacturer's plant. To ensure proper assembly at Project site,
clearly identify work that cannot be permanently factory assembled before shipment.
B. Hollow-Metal Doors:
1. Steel-Stiffened Door Cores: Provide minimum thickness 0.026-inch, steel vertical
stiffeners of same material as face sheets extending full-door height, with vertical webs
spaced not more than 6 inches apart. Spot weld to face sheets no more than 5 inches
o.c. Fill spaces between stiffeners with glass- or mineral-fiber insulation.
2. Fire Door Cores: As required to provide fire-protection ratings indicated.
3. Vertical Edges for Single-Acting Doors: Provide beveled or square edges at
manufacturer's discretion.
4. Top Edge Closures: Close top edges of doors with flush closures of same material as
face sheets.
5. Bottom Edge Closures: Close bottom edges of doors where required for attachment of
weather stripping with end closures or channels of same material as face sheets.
6. Exterior Doors: Provide weep-hole openings in bottoms of exterior doors to permit
moisture to escape. Seal joints in top edges of doors against water penetration.
7. Astragals: Provide overlapping astragal on one leaf of pairs of doors where required by
NFPA 80 for fire-performance rating or where indicated. Extend minimum 3/4 inch
beyond edge of door on which astragal is mounted or as required to comply with
published listing of qualified testing agency.
C. Hollow-Metal Frames: Where frames are fabricated in sections due to shipping or handling
limitations, provide alignment plates or angles at each joint, fabricated of same thickness metal
as frames.
1. Sidelite and Transom Bar Frames: Provide closed tubular members with no visible face
seams or joints, fabricated from same material as door frame. Fasten members at
crossings and to jambs by butt welding.
2. Provide countersunk, flat- or oval-head exposed screws and bolts for exposed fasteners
unless otherwise indicated.
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3. Grout Guards: Weld guards to frame at back of hardware mortises in frames to be
grouted.
4. Floor Anchors: Weld anchors to bottoms of jambs with at least four spot welds per
anchor; however, for slip-on drywall frames, provide anchor clips or countersunk holes at
bottoms of jambs.
5. Jamb Anchors: Provide number and spacing of anchors as follows:
a. Masonry Type: Locate anchors not more than 16 inches from top and bottom of
frame. Space anchors not more than 32 inches o.c., to match coursing, and as
follows:
1) Two anchors per jamb up to 60 inches high.
2) Three anchors per jamb from 60 to 90 inches high.
3) Four anchors per jamb from 90 to 120 inches high.
4) Four anchors per jamb plus one additional anchor per jamb for each 24
inches or fraction thereof above 120 inches high.
b. Stud-Wall Type: Locate anchors not more than 18 inches from top and bottom of
frame. Space anchors not more than 32 inches o.c. and as follows:
1) Three anchors per jamb up to 60 inches high.
2) Four anchors per jamb from 60 to 90 inches high.
3) Five anchors per jamb from 90 to 96 inches high.
4) Five anchors per jamb plus one additional anchor per jamb for each 24
inches or fraction thereof above 96 inches high.
c. Compression Type: Not less than two anchors in each frame.
d. Post-installed Expansion Type: Locate anchors not more than 6 inches from top
and bottom of frame. Space anchors not more than 26 inches o.c.
6. Head Anchors: Two anchors per head for frames more than 42 inches wide and mounted
in metal-stud partitions.
7. Door Silencers: Except on weather-stripped frames, drill stops to receive door silencers
as follows. Keep holes clear during construction.
a. Single-Door Frames: Drill stop in strike jamb to receive three door silencers.
b. Double-Door Frames: Drill stop in head jamb to receive two door silencers.
8. Terminated Stops: Terminate stops 6 inches above finish floor with a 45-degree angle
cut, and close open end of stop with steel sheet closure. Cover opening in extension of
frame with welded-steel filler plate, with welds ground smooth and flush with frame.
D. Fabricate concealed stiffeners and edge channels from either cold- or hot-rolled steel sheet.
E. Hardware Preparation: Factory prepare hollow-metal work to receive templated mortised
hardware; include cutouts, reinforcement, mortising, drilling, and tapping according to
SDI A250.6, the Door Hardware Schedule, and templates.
1. Reinforce doors and frames to receive non-templated, mortised, and surface-mounted
door hardware.
2. Comply with applicable requirements in SDI A250.6 and BHMA A156.115 for preparation
of hollow-metal work for hardware.
F. Stops and Moldings: Provide stops and moldings around glazed lites and louvers where
indicated. Form corners of stops and moldings with mitered hairline joints.
1. Single Glazed Lites: Provide fixed stops and moldings welded on secure side of hollow-
metal work.
2. Multiple Glazed Lites: Provide fixed and removable stops and moldings so that each
glazed lite is capable of being removed independently.
3. Provide fixed frame moldings on outside of exterior and on secure side of interior doors
and frames.
4. Provide loose stops and moldings on inside of hollow-metal work.
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5. Coordinate rabbet width between fixed and removable stops with glazing and installation
types indicated.
2.9 STEEL FINISHES
A. Prime Finish: Clean, pretreat, and apply manufacturer's standard primer.
1. Shop Primer: Manufacturer's standard, fast-curing, lead- and chromate-free primer
complying with SDI A250.10; recommended by primer manufacturer for substrate;
compatible with substrate and field-applied coatings despite prolonged exposure.
2.10 ACCESSORIES
A. Louvers: Provide louvers for interior doors, where indicated, which comply with SDI 111C, with
blades or baffles formed of 0.020-inch- thick, cold-rolled steel sheet set into 0.032-inch-thick
steel frame.
1. Sightproof Louver: Stationary louvers constructed with inverted-V or inverted-Y blades.
B. Mullions and Transom Bars: Join to adjacent members by welding or rigid mechanical anchors.
C. Grout Guards: Formed from same material as frames, not less than 0.016 inch thick.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with
requirements for installation tolerances and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.
B. Examine roughing-in for embedded and built-in anchors to verify actual locations before frame
installation.
C. Prepare written report, endorsed by Installer, listing conditions detrimental to performance of the
Work.
D. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.
3.2 PREPARATION
A. Remove welded-in shipping spreaders installed at factory. Restore exposed finish by grinding,
filling, and dressing, as required to make repaired area smooth, flush, and invisible on exposed
faces.
B. Drill and tap doors and frames to receive non-templated, mortised, and surface-mounted door
hardware.
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3.3 INSTALLATION
A. General: Install hollow-metal work plumb, rigid, properly aligned, and securely fastened in place.
Comply with Drawings and manufacturer's written instructions.
B. Hollow-Metal Frames: Install hollow-metal frames for doors, transoms, sidelites, borrowed lites,
and other openings, of size and profile indicated. Comply with SDI A250.11 or NAAMM-
HMMA 840 as required by standards specified.
1. Set frames accurately in position; plumbed, aligned, and braced securely until permanent
anchors are set. After wall construction is complete, remove temporary braces, leaving
surfaces smooth and undamaged.
a. At fire-rated openings, install frames according to NFPA 80.
b. Where frames are fabricated in sections because of shipping or handling
limitations, field splice at approved locations by welding face joint continuously;
grind, fill, dress, and make splice smooth, flush, and invisible on exposed faces.
c. Install frames with removable stops located on secure side of opening.
d. Install door silencers in frames before grouting.
e. Remove temporary braces necessary for installation only after frames have been
properly set and secured.
f. Check plumb, square, and twist of frames as walls are constructed. Shim as
necessary to comply with installation tolerances.
g. Field apply bituminous coating to backs of frames that will be filled with grout
containing anti-freezing agents.
2. Floor Anchors: Provide floor anchors for each jamb and mullion that extends to floor, and
secure with post-installed expansion anchors.
a. Floor anchors may be set with power-actuated fasteners instead of post-installed
expansion anchors if so indicated and approved on Shop Drawings.
3. Solidly pack mineral-fiber insulation inside frames.
4. Masonry Walls: Coordinate installation of frames to allow for solidly filling space between
frames and masonry with grout.
5. Concrete Walls: Solidly fill space between frames and concrete with mineral-fiber
insulation.
6. In-Place Concrete or Masonry Construction: Secure frames in place with post-installed
expansion anchors. Countersink anchors, and fill and make smooth, flush, and invisible
on exposed faces.
7. Installation Tolerances: Adjust hollow-metal door frames for squareness, alignment, twist,
and plumb to the following tolerances:
a. Squareness: Plus or minus 1/16 inch, measured at door rabbet on a line 90
degrees from jamb perpendicular to frame head.
b. Alignment: Plus or minus 1/16 inch, measured at jambs on a horizontal line parallel
to plane of wall.
c. Twist: Plus or minus 1/16 inch, measured at opposite face corners of jambs on
parallel lines, and perpendicular to plane of wall.
d. Plumbness: Plus or minus 1/16 inch, measured at jambs at floor.
C. Hollow-Metal Doors: Fit hollow-metal doors accurately in frames, within clearances specified
below. Shim as necessary.
1. Non-Fire-Rated Steel Doors:
a. Between Door and Frame Jambs and Head: 1/8 inch plus or minus 1/32 inch.
b. Between Edges of Pairs of Doors: 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch plus or minus 1/32 inch.
c. At Bottom of Door: 3/4 inch plus or minus 1/32 inch.
d. Between Door Face and Stop: 1/16 inch to 1/8 inch plus or minus 1/32 inch.
2. Fire-Rated Doors: Install doors with clearances according to NFPA 80.
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3. Smoke-Control Doors: Install doors and gaskets according to NFPA 105.
D. Glazing: Comply with installation requirements in Section 08 80 00 "Glazing" and with hollow-
metal manufacturer's written instructions.
1. Secure stops with countersunk flat- or oval-head machine screws spaced uniformly not
more than 9 inches o.c. and not more than 2 inches o.c. from each corner.
3.4 ADJUSTING AND CLEANING
A. Final Adjustments: Check and readjust operating hardware items immediately before final
inspection. Leave work in complete and proper operating condition. Remove and replace
defective work, including hollow-metal work that is warped, bowed, or otherwise unacceptable.
B. Remove grout and other bonding material from hollow-metal work immediately after installation.
C. Prime-Coat Touchup: Immediately after erection, sand smooth rusted or damaged areas of
prime coat and apply touchup of compatible air-drying, rust-inhibitive primer.
D. Metallic-Coated Surface Touchup: Clean abraded areas and repair with galvanizing repair paint
according to manufacturer's written instructions.
E. Touchup Painting: Cleaning and touchup painting of abraded areas of paint are specified in
painting Sections.
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