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SECTION 081416 -FLUSH WOOD DOORS
PART 1 -GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A.Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and
Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this
Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A.Section Includes:
1.Solid-core doors with wood-veneer faces.
2.Factory fitting flush wood doors to frames and factory machining for
hardware.
B.Related Sections:
1.Division 01 Section "Sustainable Design Requirements" for additional
LEED requirements.
2.Division 09 Sections "Interior Painting"for field finishing doors.
1.3 SUBMITTALS
A.Product Data: For each type of door indicated. Include details of core and
edge construction.
B.Shop Drawings: Indicate location, size, and hand of each door; elevation of
each kind of door; construction details not covered in Product Data; location
and extent of hardware blocking; and other pertinent data.
1.Indicate dimensions and locations of mortises and holes for hardware.
2.Indicate fire-protection ratings for fire-rated doors.
C.Warranty: Sample of special warranty.
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1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A.Manufacturer Qualifications: A qualified manufacturer that is certified for
chain of custody by an FSC-accredited certification body.
B.Source Limitations: Obtain flush wood doors from single manufacturer.
C.Quality Standard: In addition to requirements specified, comply with
WDMA I.S.1-A, "Architectural Wood Flush Doors."
D.Fire-Rated Wood Doors: Doors complying with NFPA 80 that are listed and
labeled by a qualified testing agency, for fire-protection ratings indicated,
based on testing at according to NFPA 252 or UL 10B.
1.5 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A.Comply with requirements of referenced standard and manufacturer's written
instructions.
B.Mark each door on top and bottom rail with opening number used on Shop
Drawings.
1.6 PROJECT CONDITIONS
A.Environmental Limitations: Do not deliver or install doors until spaces are
enclosed and weathertight, wet work in spaces is complete and dry, and HVAC
system is operating and maintaining ambient temperature and humidity
conditions at occupancy levels during the remainder of the construction
period.
B.Environmental Limitations: Do not deliver or install doors until spaces are
enclosed and weathertight, wet work in spaces is complete and dry, and HVAC
system is operating and maintaining temperature between 60 and 90 deg F (16
and 32 deg C)and relative humidity between 43 and 70 percent during the
remainder of the construction period.
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1.7 WARRANTY
A.Special Warranty: Manufacturer's standard form in which manufacturer agrees
to repair or replace doors that fail in materials or workmanship within specified
warranty period.
1.Failures include, but are not limited to, the following:
a.Warping (bow, cup, or twist) more than 1/4 inch (6.4 mm)in a 42-
by-84-inch (1067-by-2134-mm)section.
b.Telegraphing of core construction in face veneers exceeding 0.01
inch in a 3-inch (0.25 mm in a 76.2-mm)span.
2.Warranty shall also include installation and finishing that may be required
due to repair or replacement of defective doors.
3.Warranty Period for Solid-Core Interior Doors: Life of installation.
PART 2 -PRODUCTS
2.1 MANUFACTURERS
A.Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, available
manufacturers offering products that may be incorporated into the Work
include, but are not limited to, the following:
1.Algoma Hardwoods, Inc.
2.Eggers Industries.
3.Lambton Doors.
4.Mohawk Flush Doors, Inc.; a Masonite company.
5.Oshkosh Architectural Door Company.
2.2 DOOR CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
A.Low-Emitting Materials: Provide doors made with adhesives and composite
wood products that do not contain urea formaldehyde.
B.WDMA I.S.1-A Performance Grade: Heavy Duty.
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C.Fire-Protection-Rated Doors: Provide core specified or mineral core as needed
to provide fire-protection rating indicated.
1.Edge Construction: Provide edge construction with intumescent seals
concealed by outer stile. Comply with specified requirements for
exposed edges.
D.Mineral-Core Doors:
1.Core: Noncombustible mineral product complying with requirements of
referenced quality standard and testing and inspecting agency for fire-
protection rating indicated.
2.Blocking: Provide composite blocking with improved screw-holding
capability approved for use in doors of fire-protection ratings indicated
as needed to eliminate through-bolting hardware.
3.Edge Construction: At hinge stiles, provide laminated-edge construction
with improved screw-holding capability and split resistance. Comply with
specified requirements for exposed edges.
2.3 DOORS FOR OPAQUE FINISH
A.Interior Solid-Core Doors:
1.Faces: Any closed-grain hardwood of mill option.
2.Exposed Vertical and Top Edges: Any closed-grain hardwood.
2.4 FABRICATION
A.Factory fit doors to suit frame-opening sizes indicated. Comply with clearance
requirements of referenced quality standard for fitting unless otherwise
indicated.
1.Comply with requirements in NFPA 80 for fire-rated doors.
B.Factory machine doors for hardware that is not surface applied. Locate
hardware to comply with DHI-WDHS-3. Comply with final hardware schedules,
door frame Shop Drawings, DHI A115-W series standards, and hardware
templates.
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1.Coordinate with hardware mortises in metal frames to verify dimensions
and alignment before factory machining.
PART 3 -EXECUTION
3.1 EXAMINATION
A.Examine doors and installed door frames before hanging doors.
1.Verify that frames comply with indicated requirements for type, size,
location, and swing characteristics and have been installed with level
heads and plumb jambs.
2.Reject doors with defects.
B.Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been
corrected.
3.2 INSTALLATION
A.Hardware: For installation, see Division 08 Section "Door Hardware."
B.Installation Instructions: Install doors to comply with manufacturer's written
instructions and the referenced quality standard, and as indicated.
1.Install fire-rated doors in corresponding fire-rated frames according to
NFPA 80.
C.Job-Fitted Doors: Align and fit doors in frames with uniform clearances and
bevels as indicated below; do not trim stiles and rails in excess of limits set by
manufacturer or permitted for fire-rated doors. Machine doors for hardware.
Seal edges of doors, edges of cutouts, and mortises after fitting and
machining.
1.Clearances: Provide 1/8 inch (3.2 mm)at heads, jambs, and between
pairs of doors. Provide 1/8 inch (3.2 mm)from bottom of door to top of
decorative floor finish or covering unless otherwise indicated. Where
threshold is shown or scheduled, provide 1/4 inch (6.4 mm)from bottom
of door to top of threshold unless otherwise indicated.
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a.Comply with NFPA 80 for fire-rated doors.
2.Bevel fire-rated doors 1/8 inch in 2 inches (3-1/2 degrees)at lock edge;
trim stiles and rails only to extent permitted by labeling agency.
3.3 ADJUSTING
A.Operation: Rehang or replace doors that do not swing or operate freely.
B.Finished Doors: Replace doors that are damaged or that do not comply with
requirements. Doors may be repaired or refinished if work complies with
requirements and shows no evidence of repair or refinishing.
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