Hollow Metal Doors and Frames ME- Building Group

SECTION 081113 – HOLLOW METAL DOORS AND FRAMES

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1  RELATED DOCUMENTS

  1. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2  SUMMARY

  1. This Section includes hollow doors and frames.
  2. Related Sections: The following Sections contain requirements that relate to this Section:
  3. Division4 Section "Unit Masonry Assemblies" for building anchors into and grouting frames in masonry construction.
  4. Division8 Section "Door Hardware" for door hardware and weather stripping.
  5. Division9 Section "Painting" for field painting primed doors and frames.

1.3  QUALITY ASSURANCE

  1. Provide doors and frames complying with ANSI/SDI100 "Recommended Specifications for Standard Steel Doors and Frames" and as specified.
  2. Fire-Rated Door Assemblies: Units that comply with NFPA80, are identical to door and frame assemblies tested for fire-test-response characteristics per ASTME152, and are labeled and listed by UL, Warnock Hersey, or another testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction.
  3. Oversize Fire-Rated Door Assemblies: For units exceeding sizes of tested assemblies provide certification by a testing agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction that doors conform to all standard construction requirements of tested and labeled fire-rated door assemblies except for size.
  4. Safety Glass: CategoryII materials complying with testing requirements in 16CFR1201 and ANSIZ97.1.

1.4  SUBMITTALS

  1. Product Data: For each type of product.
  2. Include construction details, material descriptions, core descriptions, [fire-resistance ratings,] [temperature-rise ratings,] and finishes.
  3. LEED Submittals:
  4. Product Data for CreditMR4: For products having recycled content, manufacturer documentation indicating percentages by weight of postconsumer and preconsumer recycled content.
  5. Include statement indicating costs for each product having recycled content.
  6. Product Data for Credit MR 5: For products and materials to comply with requirements for regional materials, provide documentation indicating location of product or material manufacturing location and the point of extraction, harvest, or recovery for each raw material.
  7. Include documentation on distance to project, contractor cost for each regional material, and percent by weight that is considered regional.

Retain "Shop Drawings" Paragraph below if applicable. SDIA250.8 indicates that manufacturer's published details can replace Shop Drawings for hollow-metal work unless otherwise specified.

  1. Shop Drawings: Include the following:
  2. Elevations of each door type.
  3. Details of doors, including vertical- and horizontal-edge details and metal thicknesses.
  4. Frame details for each frame type, including dimensioned profiles and metal thicknesses.
  5. Locations of reinforcement and preparations for hardware.
  6. Details of each different wall opening condition.
  7. Details of anchorages, joints, field splices, and connections.
  8. Details of accessories.
  9. Details of moldings, removable stops, and glazing.
  10. Details of conduit and preparations for power, signal, and control systems.
  11. 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.

1.5  DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

  1. Deliver doors and frames cardboard-wrapped or crated to provide protection during transit and job storage. Provide additional protection to prevent damage to finish of factory-finished doors and frames.
  2. Inspect doors and frames on delivery for damage. Minor damages may be repaired provided refinished items match new work and are acceptable to Architect/Engineer; otherwise, remove and replace damaged items as directed.
  3. Store doors and frames at building site under cover. Place units on minimum 4 inch high wood blocking. Avoid using non-vented plastic or canvas shelters that could create a humidity chamber. If cardboard wrappers on doors become wet, remove cartons immediately. Provide minimum 1/4 inch spaces between stacked doors to promote air circulation.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1  MANUFACTURERS

  1. Manufacturers: Unless otherwise directed by the Owner, provide products by one of the following:
  2. Ceco Door Products.
  3. Curries Co.
  4. Pioneer Industries.
  5. Republic Builders Products.

2.2  MATERIALS

Retain "Recycled Content of Steel Products" Paragraph below to specify recycled content if applying for LEED CreditMR4. USGBC allows a default value of 25 percent to be used for steel, without documentation; higher percentages can be claimed if they are supported by appropriate documentation. The Steel Recycling Institute indicates that steel sheet typically has 23 percent postconsumer recycled content and 1.5 percent preconsumer recycled content.

  1. Recycled Content of Steel Products: Postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of preconsumer recycled content not less than 25 percent.
  2. Hot-Rolled Steel Sheets and Strip: ASTMA1011, Commercial Steel (CS), TypeB; free of scale, pitting, or surface defects; pickled and oiled.
  3. Cold-Rolled Steel Sheets: ASTMA1008, Commercial Steel (CS), TypeB; suitable for exposed applications.
  4. Galvanized Steel Sheets: ASTMA653, Commercial Steel (CS), TypeB; with minimum A40 (ZF120) zinc-iron-alloy (galvannealed) coating designation.
  5. Supports and Anchors: Fabricated from not less than 0.0478-inch-thick (18 gage) steel sheet; 0.0516-inch-thick (18 gage) galvanized steel where used with galvanized steel frames.
  6. Inserts, Bolts, and Fasteners: Manufacturer's standard units. Where items are to be built into exterior walls, hot-dip galvanized complying with ASTMA153, Class C or D as applicable.
  7. Glass:
  8. Annealed Float Glass: ASTMC1036, TypeI (transparent glass, flat), Qualityq3 (glazing select); Class1 (clear).
  9. Heat-Treated Float Glass: ASTMC1048; TypeI (transparent glass, flat); Qualityq3 (glazing select); Class1 (clear), KindFT (fully tempered).
  10. Fabrication Process: By vertical (tong-held) or horizontal (roller-hearth) process, at manufacturer's option, except provide horizontal process where indicated as tongless or free of tong marks.
  11. Polished Wired Glass: ASTMC1036, TypeII (patterned and wired glass, flat), Class1 (clear), Qualityq8 (glazing); Form 1 (wired, polished both sides), 6.4 mm thick.

2.3  DOORS

  1. Steel Doors: Provide 1-3/4 inch thick doors of materials and ANSI/SDI100 grades and models specified below, or as indicated on Drawings or schedules:
  2. Interior Doors: Level3 and Physical Performance LevelA (Extra Heavy Duty), Model2, seamless design, minimum 0.0598-inch-thick (16 gage uncoated) cold-rolled steel sheet faces.
  3. Exterior Doors: Level3 and Physical Performance LevelA (Extra Heavy Duty), Model2, seamless design, minimum 0.0635-inch-thick (16 gage) galvanized steel sheet faces.
  4. Door Louvers: Provide louvers according to SDI111C for interior doors where indicated, with blades or baffles formed of 0.0239-inch-thick (24 gage) cold-rolled steel sheet set into minimum 0.0359-inch-thick (20 gage) steel frame.
  5. Sight-Proof Louvers: Stationary louvers constructed with inverted V-shaped or Y-shaped blades.

2.4  FRAMES

  1. Provide metal frames for doors, transoms, sidelights, borrowed lights, and other openings, according to ANSI/SDI100, and of types and styles as shown on Drawings and schedules. Conceal fastenings, unless otherwise indicated. Fabricate frames of minimum 0.0478-inch-thick cold-rolled steel sheet.
  2. Fabricate frames with mitered or coped and continuously welded corners.
  3. Fabricate frames for interior openings from 0.0598-inch-thick (16 gage uncoated) steel sheet.
  4. Fabricate exterior frames for openings from 0.0635-inch-thick (16 gage) galvanized steel sheet.
  5. Door Silencers: Except on weather stripped frames, drill stops to receive 3 silencers on strike jambs of single-door frames and 2 silencers on heads of double-door frames.
  6. Plaster Guards: Provide minimum 0.0179-inch-thick (26 gage) steel plaster guards or mortar boxes at back of hardware cutouts where mortar or other materials might obstruct hardware operation and to close off interior of openings.
  7. Grout: When required in masonry construction, as specified in Division4 Section "Unit Masonry - Interior."

2.5  FABRICATION

  1. Fabricate steel door and frame units to be rigid, neat in appearance, and free from defects, warp, or buckle. Where practical, fit and assemble units in manufacturer's plant. Clearly identify work that cannot be permanently factory assembled before shipment, to assure proper assembly at Project site. Comply with ANSI/SDI100 requirements.
  2. Internal Construction: One of the following manufacturer's standard core materials according to SDI standards:
  3. Rigid polyurethane conforming to ASTMC591.
  4. Vertical steel stiffeners.
  5. Rigid mineral fiber with internal sound deadener on inside of face sheets.
  6. Clearances: Not more than 1/8 inch at jambs and heads, except not more than 1/4 inch between non-fire-rated pairs of doors. Not more than 3/4 inch at bottom.
  7. Fire Doors: Provide clearances according to NFPA80.
  8. Fabricate exposed faces of doors and panels from only cold-rolled steel sheet.
  9. Tolerances: Comply with SDI117 "Manufacturing Tolerances Standard Steel Doors and Frames."
  10. Fabricate concealed stiffeners, reinforcement, edge channels, louvers, and moldings from either cold- or hot-rolled steel sheet.
  11. Galvanized Steel Doors, Panels, and Frames: For the following locations, fabricate doors, panels, and frames from galvanized steel sheet according to SDI112. Close top and bottom edges of doors flush as an integral part of door construction or by addition of minimum 0.0635-inch-thick (16 gage) galvanized steel channels, with channel webs placed even with top and bottom edges. Seal joints in top edges of doors against water penetration.
  12. At exterior locations and where indicated.
  13. Exposed Fasteners: Unless otherwise indicated, provide countersunk flat or oval heads for exposed screws and bolts.
  14. Thermal-Rated (Insulating) Assemblies: At exterior locations and elsewhere as shown or scheduled, provide doors fabricated as thermal-insulating door and frame assemblies and tested according to ASTMC236 or ASTMC976 on fully operable door assemblies.
  15. Unless otherwise indicated, provide thermal-rated assemblies with U-value rating of 0.41 Btu/sq. ft. x h x degF or better.
  16. Hardware Preparation: Prepare doors and frames to receive mortised and concealed hardware according to final door hardware schedule and templates provided by hardware supplier. Comply with applicable requirements of SDI107 and ANSIA115 Series specifications for door and frame preparation for hardware.
  17. Reinforce doors and frames to receive surface-applied hardware. Drilling and tapping for surface-applied hardware may be done at Project site.
  18. Locate hardware as indicated on Shop Drawings or, if not indicated, according to the Door and Hardware Institute (DHI) "Recommended Locations for Architectural Hardware for Standard Steel Doors and Frames."
  19. Glazing Stops: Minimum 0.0359-inch-thick (20 gage) steel or 0.040-inch-thick aluminum.
  20. Provide non-removable stops on outside of exterior doors and on secure side of interior doors for glass, louvers, and other panels in doors.
  21. Provide screw-applied, removable, glazing beads on inside of glass, louvers, and other panels in doors.

2.6  FINISHES, GENERAL

  1. Comply with NAAMM "Metal Finishes Manual" for recommendations relative to applying and designating finishes.
  2. Comply with SSPC-PA1 "Paint Application Specification No.1" for steel sheet finishes.
  3. Apply primers and organic finishes to doors and frames after fabrication.

2.7  GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET FINISHES

  1. Surface Preparation: Clean surfaces with no petroleum solvent so that surfaces are free of oil or other contaminants. After cleaning, apply a conversion coating of the type suited to the organic coating applied over it. Clean welds, mechanical connections, and abraded areas, and apply galvanizing repair paint specified below to comply with ASTMA780.
  2. Galvanizing Repair Paint: High-zinc-dust-content paint for regalvanizing welds in galvanized steel, with dry film containing not less than 94 percent zinc dust by weight, and complying with DOD-P-21035 or SSPC-Paint20.
  3. Factory Priming for Field-Painted Finish: Where field painting after installation is indicated, apply air-dried primer specified below immediately after cleaning and pretreatment. Primer shall be compatible with finish paint specified in Division 9 Section “Painting.”
  4. Shop Primer: Zinc-dust, zinc-oxide primer paint complying with performance requirements of FSTT-P-641, TypeII.

2.8  STEEL SHEET FINISHES

  1. Surface Preparation: Solvent-clean surfaces to comply with SSPC-SP1 to remove dirt, oil, grease, and other contaminants that could impair paint bond. Remove mill scale and rust, if present, from uncoated steel to comply with SSPC-SP5 (White Metal Blast Cleaning) or SSPC-SP8 (Pickling).
  2. Pretreatment: Immediately after surface preparation, apply a conversion coating of type suited to organic coating applied over it.
  3. Factory Priming for Field-Painted Finish: Apply shop primer that complies with ANSIA224.1 acceptance criteria, is compatible with finish paint systems indicated, and has capability to provide a sound foundation for field-applied topcoats. Apply primer immediately after surface preparation and pretreatment.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1  EXAMINATION

  1. Verify acceptability of attachment points (plumbness, levelness, size, etc.) prior to beginning work. Notify Owner or Owner’s representative of any issues before proceeding with installation.

3.2  INSTALLATION

  1. General: Install hollow metal doors, frames, and accessories according to Shop Drawings, manufacturer's data, and as specified.
  2. Verification: Verify acceptability of attachment points (plumbness, levelness, size, etc.) prior to beginning work. Notify Owner or Owner’s representative of any issues before proceeding with installation.
  3. Placing Frames: Comply with provisions of SDI105, unless otherwise indicated. Set frames accurately in position, plumbed, aligned, and braced securely until permanent anchors are set. After wall construction is completed, remove temporary braces and spreaders, leaving surfaces smooth and undamaged.
  4. Except for frames located in existing concrete, masonry, or gypsum board assembly construction, place frames before constructing enclosing walls and ceilings.
  5. In masonry construction, install at least 3 wall anchors per jamb adjacent to hinge location on hinge jamb and at corresponding heights on strike jamb. Acceptable anchors include masonry wire anchors and masonry T-shaped anchors.
  6. At existing concrete or masonry construction, install at least 3 completed opening anchors per jamb adjacent to hinge location on hinge jamb and at corresponding heights on strike jamb. Set frames and secure to adjacent construction with bolts and masonry anchorage devices.
  7. In metal-stud partitions, install at least 3 wall anchors per jamb at hinge and strike levels. In steel-stud partitions, attach wall anchors to studs with screws.
  8. Install fire-rated frames according to NFPA80.
  9. Where frames are installed before floor slabs are in place, provide clips to secure bottom of frames.
  10. Provide sealant under door threshold and at base of steel jambs.
  11. Install drip edge as specified in Division 7 Section “Sheet Metal Flashing and Trim.”
  12. Door Installation: Fit hollow-metal doors accurately in frames, within clearances specified in ANSI/SDI100.
  13. Fire-Rated Doors: Install with clearances specified in NFPA80.

3.3  ADJUSTING AND CLEANING

  1. Prime Coat Touchup: Immediately after erection, sand smooth any rusted or damaged areas of prime coat and apply touchup of compatible air-drying primer.
  2. Protection Removal: Immediately before final inspection, remove protective wrappings from doors and frames.

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Revision Date: 01/21/14 Project & Bid Package

File name: 081113 HOLLOW METAL DOORS AND FRAMES