anyone out there installed F.R.P. commercial doorbucks yet??
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evidently it's something else to avoid...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
i just finished installing 146 of these technological wonders at Cornell University and i'm so impressed that next time i think a different carpenter should expierence it.-- just not any of you guys.
so what did you find and what were you up against...
tell all abot them...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
And perhaps a link to what these things look like.
they look just like a standard steel buck. i guess the frustration should be aimed more at the site conditions than the frp bucks themselves. 4 carpenters, 4 laborers 146 door bucks, 10 days. BRAND NEW block walls that had heads that were 3/4" out of level in 6' , floors that had to be hammered out 1" to get the bucks in, block walls that were so out of plumb the openings had to be saw- cut 1" to nothing in 81"- both sides!-in oposite directions!, block walls that had bellys-no beer guts! block walls that were not slushed so our anchor bolts had nothing to grab. the arcitect spec'd a 3/8" reveal around the frame- these are a flush install - 3/8" caulk joint around the frame and in cornell university's inspector words: 1/32" out of plumb is too much. so juggling the laborers pre-slushing the bucks, trying hard not to wind up with a bow in the head, attempting to transport the beasts from the "slush room" to the install without breaking or twisting them, hammer drilling through them into the block walls without an incident, ect. has been a challenge. someone tell me there's a nice trim job in my future.
there's a nice trim job in your future
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sounds like fun.
cornell university's inspector words: 1/32" out of plumb is too much.
Sounds like an asz
Geez I wonder how many liquor bottles are inside those walls.
There's a nice trim job in your future.
You'll travel to long island, right? ;>)
buic
cornell university's inspector words: 1/32" out of plumb is too much.
My question to him would be: Where the hell were you when the masons were here?
There's more of this kind of work in your future until you start putting the responsibility where it belongs. Talking to the person who signs your paycheck about the time required to correct problems which are above and beyond, should have been your first move. To gain leverage, follow the money and apply logic.
I've installed fire rated metal doorbucks and doors for many years.
Is an F.R.P. the same thing or something different? buic
no, frp is fiberglass reinforced panel. the big problem is when you have to pre- slush the bucks. they bow and twist pretty bad. we had to switch from spreaders to cutting plywood to fit the openings to keep the heads from bowing.
With steel door frames, they get installed and braced before the block goes up, except in retro fits. The masons place the T-ties in the mortar joints as they go.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match