SynC · Topic
Doors
These are the standards in SynC Standards that cover Doors. Each one is a complete, plain-language specification: the scope it applies to, the requirements that govern it, and a structured equipment datasheet listing the values a project has to decide, with the standards each is verified against. All of it is written and maintained by SynC, free to read without an account, and published under CC BY 4.0.
A standard usually carries several topics, so most of the entries below also appear under neighbouring subjects. The topics each one carries are listed on its own page.
Standards
- Aluminum Entrances and Storefronts
Non-load-bearing extruded aluminum framing systems glazed with monolithic or insulating glass, and the aluminum stile-and-rail swing entrance doors integrated with them, at building perimeters and interior partitions. Covers framing depth, sightline, joinery, glazing pocket position, and thermal barrier construction; glass lite construction, insulating glass unit make-up, edge seal, and low-emissivity coatings; dry, wet, and structural silicone glazing methods; air infiltration, water penetration, structural wind load, thermal transmittance, solar heat gain, condensation, acoustic, windborne debris, and inter-story drift performance; entrance door leaf proportions, construction, hardware, thresholds, and weatherseals; anodic and organic finishes; perimeter anchorage, sill water management, and air and water control layer continuity; laboratory and field testing; installation, cleaning, protection, and warranty.
- Doors, Frames, and Hardware
Swinging door openings furnished as one combined package of hollow metal doors and frames, architectural wood flush doors, and finish hardware, in commercial, institutional, and light-industrial construction. Covers the opening schedule as the coordination instrument; hollow metal performance levels, models, face-sheet materials, cores, frame thickness, profile, construction method, anchorage, grout fill, and factory finish; wood door duty levels, appearance grades, cores, face materials, veneer selection and matching, edges, and finishing; fire-rated and smoke-rated listed assemblies under NFPA 80, NFPA 105, and UL 10C; hinges, locksets, exit devices, closers, stops, protection plates, thresholds, and gasketing; cylinders, keyways, and keying hierarchy; electrified hardware, fail modes, power transfer, and fire alarm release; accessible-opening obligations; installation tolerances and clearances; fire door inspection at turnover; and warranty.
- Glass and Glazing
Architectural vision glass and glazing for storefronts, curtain walls, windows, exterior and interior doors, sidelights, transoms, borrowed lites, partitions, and other building glazing infill. Covers annealed, heat-strengthened, and fully tempered flat glass; laminated glass; coated (low-emissivity and solar-control) glass; insulating glass units (IGUs) including double and triple makeups; spandrel and ceramic-frit glass; safety glazing in hazardous locations per the International Building Code; glass strength and thickness determination under wind and snow load per ASTM E1300; thermal stress and edge-condition selection of annealed versus heat-strengthened versus fully tempered glass; nickel-sulfide heat-soak treatment for tempered glass; low-iron glass; warm-edge spacers and inert-gas fill; structural silicone and dry-gasket glazing methods; setting blocks, edge clearances, and glazing accessories; and field installation, testing, cleaning, and warranty of the glass and glazing materials.
- Interior Painting
Field-applied surface preparation, primers, and finish coatings on interior architectural substrates — gypsum board, plaster and veneer plaster, concrete, concrete masonry, ferrous and galvanized metal, and interior wood — in commercial, institutional, and multi-family residential buildings. Covers latex, alkyd, and water-based epoxy paint systems applied to walls, ceilings, doors and frames, exposed structure, and exposed mechanical and electrical work that is to be field-painted.
- Sectional Overhead Doors
Upward-acting sectional overhead doors whose horizontal panels (sections) hinge together and track horizontally beneath the ceiling when open, serving loading docks, drive-through service openings, parking garages, warehouses, and light-industrial buildings. Covers insulated (foamed polyurethane sandwich), non-insulated (ribbed or pan steel), and full-vision aluminum-and-glazing doors; panel material, gauge, thickness, and finish; vision lites and glazing; weatherseals and air-infiltration class; torsion and extension counterbalance and cycle-life rating; track and lift configuration selected by available headroom and sideroom; wind-load design pressure and reinforcement; manual chain-hoist and motor operation with UL 325 entrapment protection; installation, field testing including the safety-reverse test, and warranty.