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Fire-Rated Perimeter Seals in Behavioral Health: Why the Silicone Bulb Profile Gets Specified After the Ligature Risk Assessment Is Done

What This Guide Covers and Who It Is For This article explains how anti-ligature silicone bulb fire and smoke seals fit into the specification workflow for behavioral health, psychiatric, and detentio...

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Jun 8, 2026 Our Blog

Grade 2 Storeroom Locks: When the Function Code Gets Changed in the Field and the Fire Rating Gets Lost

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps A storeroom lock function is one of the most commonly misunderstood ANSI function codes on a commercial door schedule. Contractors, maintenance technicians, a...

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Jun 2, 2026 Our Blog

Door Bottom Shoes on Fire-Rated Openings: Why the Seal Choice Gets Locked In Before the Door Is Hung

What This Article Covers and Who It Helps A door bottom shoe is a metal channel that mounts to the bottom edge of a door and holds a compressible vinyl or neoprene insert. On a standard opening, it is...

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May 19, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated SVR Exit Device Annual Inspection: The Four Hardware Conditions That Fail Before Anyone Notices

What This Article Covers This guide is for facility managers, maintenance technicians, and commercial contractors responsible for fire-rated door assemblies equipped with surface vertical rod (SVR) ex...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated Insulated Access Panels: What Changes When the Opening Also Has to Hold Temperature

Two Separate Performance Demands, One Panel This article is for contractors, facility managers, and architects who need an access panel that must meet a fire rating and manage thermal or condensation ...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated SVR Exit Devices: Why the Door Label Drives Every Hardware Decision on a Labeled Opening

What This Article Covers — and Who Needs It When a project calls for a surface vertical rod (SVR) exit device on a fire-rated opening, most of the critical decisions are already made the moment someon...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated Auto Door Bottoms: Why the 3/4-Inch Drop Spec Is a Code Decision, Not a Catalog Choice

What This Article Covers This guide is for commercial contractors, facility managers, and specifiers who are selecting or replacing an automatic door bottom on a fire-rated opening. Specifically, it a...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated Access Doors in Rated Walls: What Gets Missed Between the Spec and the Inspector

Why Fire-Rated Access Doors Fail Inspection More Often Than You'd Expect This article is for contractors, facility managers, and project architects who specify or install fire-rated access doors in ra...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Anti-Ligature Silicone Bulb Seals on Fire-Rated Doors: What Behavioral Health and Detention Facilities Get Wrong at Inspection

Two Compliance Worlds, One Door Perimeter This article is for facility managers, architects, and contractors working on behavioral health units, psychiatric wards, detention facilities, and any occupa...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

SVR Exit Devices on Tall Fire-Rated Doors: What Changes When the Opening Is 8 Feet High

Why Door Height Is Not a Minor Detail on SVR Exit Device Orders This guide is for commercial contractors, facility managers, and architects working with surface vertical rod (SVR) exit devices on fire...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

Fire-Rated Automatic Door Bottoms: What Makes a Drop Seal Code-Compliant on a Labeled Opening

Why the Fire Rating on an Automatic Door Bottom Actually Matters This guide is for contractors, facility managers, and specifiers who need to understand the compliance difference between a standard au...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

SVR Exit Devices on Oversized Fire-Rated Doors: What Changes at 4x8

Why Door Size Changes Everything on a Fire-Rated SVR Opening This guide is for commercial contractors, facility managers, and architects who are specifying or installing a surface vertical rod (SVR) e...

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Apr 23, 2026 Our Blog

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