Standard Hollow Metal Door Frame Throat Sizes

Commercial metal door frames must be installed before the drywall is hung.

Standard hollow metal door frame throat sizes. Sdi 118 2012 basic fire door fire door frame transom sidelight frame and window frame requirements. Universal stud anchors are typically sold as a loose anchor that snaps into the frame throat but options for welded in anchors are available. Wood door designs elevations. After the hollow metal door frame is anchored to the studs the drywall is slid inside the frame return.

Panel doors only available in limited sizes. Hollow metal steel frames. However it can also be used as a knockdown 3 piece unit and is installed that way at times. Welded hollow metal frame profiles and jamb depths.

Sdi 124 2016 maintenance of standard steel doors and frames. Stainless steel stc leadlined frames and doors. Not all standard sizes are available from all manufacturers. Sdi 134 2014 glossary of terms for hollow metal doors and frames.

Actual door size is less than nominal size to accommodate for proper clearances and undercut 1 4 width 7 8 height 3070 3 0 x 7 0 actual size 35 3 4 x 83. Hollow metal steel doors. Bifold sliders access doors. This is the conventional hollow metal frame meaning it is meant to be welded and is indeed welded most of the time it is used.

The kd drywall door frame is designed to be installed after the stud wall has been built and drywall applied as it wraps the wall. A kd or knocked down hollow metal drywall frame slip on frame is used for interior applications and comes in 3 pieces strike jamb hinge jamb and head. Not all door styles available in standard sizes e g. Standard metal frames masonry drywall knock down masonry drywall and multi use frames are available from curries in series profile face dimensions gauges and door opening sizes to fit most any need in the construction industry today.

Aluminum frames glass doors.