how to install knock-down door frames / hollow metal door frames

Knock-downwardly door frames (also known equally after-gear up drywall frames) are hollow metal frames that are designed for piece of cake installation. They are typically installed over interior stud walls finished with drywall and come in three pieces: the hinge jamb, the strike jamb, and the caput. The dice-mitered cornered pieces of the frame lock together as it is installed to secure it. Knock-down frames are supplied standard with compression anchors. They tin can be supplied with either a strap-style base of operations anchor that gets notched into the drywall and concealed past wall baseboards or a dimple on the face of the jamb lesser that allows a screw to be fastened into the stud.

LaForce supplies knock-downward frames for three-sided door frames or four-sided borrowed lites without mullions (contact us for more data about borrowed lite frames). Follow these four like shooting fish in a barrel steps to install your Double Rabbet Knock-Downward Iii-Sided door frame.

How to Measure Rough Opening Size

Before installing the hollow metal frame, you will need to measure the door opening. To determine the rough opening size for a 3-sided knock-downwards door frame, measure out the pinnacle and width of the door opening. The rough width will be ii inches larger than the door opening. For a 2-inch face, the rough superlative will exist i inch larger than the door opening. Contact LaForce for openings with a 4-inch confront.

measuring rough opening size for knock-down hollow metal door frames
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How to Install the Knock-Down Door Frame

In one case you have measured your opening, you can install the correct knock-downward door frame in four piece of cake steps.

  1. Push the tiptop of i jamb over the wall. Then, push the bottom of the jamb into place.
  2. Position the frame head over the upper wall. Engage the head tabs in the jamb slots and push the frame head into identify.
  3. Button the top of the other jamb over the wall, matching the slots. Button the lesser of the jamb into place.
  4. Plumb one of the jambs and fasten it at the sill. Level the frame caput before adjusting the other jamb. The other jamb should fit firmly confronting the temporary forest spreader before fastening it at the sill.
how to install knock-down door frames / hollow metal door frames

LaForce volition custom pattern a frame profile and jamb depth to conform your particular needs. Frame profiles can as well be fabricated with a double drywall backbend.

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