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1. 
   BUIC | May 24, 2008 05:40am | #1

   Here's a place to start,

   http://professional.schlage.com/literature/literature.asp

     You can learn alot from their catalogs.  Basic commercial is their L series, also D, and A series.

     This is their parent company.  You can look into exit devices, another common commercial piece of door hardware. (also known as a "panic bar")

   http://securitytechnologies.ingersollrand.com/pc_doorhardware.asp

     Look at door closers too...buic

   
   

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   Edited 5/23/2008 10:42 pm ET by BUIC

2. 
   Howard_Burt | May 24, 2008 09:32am | #2

   PTP,

   In 1977 when I was a first year apprentice, I was assigned to help with the door hardware on a large school. I ended up drilling and tapping steel frames for parallel arm closer brackets on a couple hundred door frames set in block walls.

   I've been learning ever since, and for the last 10 years have been in charge of maintaining doors and hardware in a large medical center.

   The Door & Hardware Instituite has many technical publications that address this subject.  http://www.dhi.org/publications/

   Another thing you might try is contacting Ingersoll-Rand at

   6230 Bury Drive
   Eden Prarie, MN 55346
   Tel: 952-893-8074
   Fax: 952-893-2389

   They have classes that are brand specific for Schlage locks, LCN closers, Von Duprin exit devices, and Steel Craft door frames.

    

    

3. 
   glenn_storey | May 24, 2008 03:25pm | #3

   i think just about any door will do,as long as it has a fire rating stamp. for hinges, closers tracks etc. try hafele, crowder, rixon (maybe rixson). there's some nifty hardware out there that you don't see in subdivisions, that's for sure.