With winter quickly approaching (*cue my sobs as I’m dragged kicking and screaming from warm weather), now is a great time to check the door material of the doors within your facility to see how they’ll stand up against some of the harsher elements the weather has to offer. Of course, summer has its harsh […]
When it comes to choosing door material for your facility, you need have many, many options. But there are important things to consider before you make your choices. Different materials are better suited for different elements, so I understand when people come to LockNet exhausted, overwhelmed, and ready to give up. However, what you don’t […]
When selecting doors for your facilities, do you take into account the types of materials used in their manufacturing? Depending on if you’re choosing a door that will be faced with the harsh elements of the outdoors or if you’re simply looking for an interior door that will handle a lot of foot traffic, the […]
You may think that a door is a door, but I’m here to tell you that there are a lot of different types of doors, and they all serve a different purpose. If you use the wrong door for the wrong application, you, my friend, will have some maintenance issues on your hands. Let’s walk […]
It’s 2018 and I’m going to go ahead and assume everyone reading this has seen Office Space. You know how Peter, the main character in Office Space, comes home from work every day and can have a full-blown conversation with his next door neighbor from his couch despite there being an entire wall between them? […]
Someone handed me a door and hardware schedule the other day and asked me something about whether a door was flush in one particular opening. I looked at the schedule in my hand. I looked at them. I looked back at the schedule and then finally, back at them and said, “Well, how would I […]
I’ve previously discussed fire-rated doors and hurricane-rated doors here on the blog. Those are the most well known and loved door ratings , but did you know there are more ratings than those? In fact, even within those ratings there’s quite a bit of differentiation that’s actually pretty detailed. If you’re new to the door […]
Fire-rated doors will increase the safety of your facility in a pretty big way, and they’re fairly easy to install. However, what most people don’t realize is there are several things that can easily cause your door to lose its fire-rating. Instead of having you search all over the internet and Google phrases such as, […]
Choosing between painted doors or laminate doors for your facility may not rank up there in the top five life changing decisions you’ll ever make, but I say, why not be prepared? If you’re in the process of a constructing a new building, this is inevitably a choice coming your way and one you should […]
The school year is almost over and everyone is prepping for finals, so I figured now is the perfect time to brush up on some door and lock terminology. It’s not a secret the door and lock industry is filled with (sometimes confusing) terms that may make your head spin. However, taking it slow will […]