ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions
110 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 800-377-3948
Fax: 203-777-9042
Email: info@assaabloydss.com
Web site: www.assaabloydss.com
Choosing door and hardware products for wind storm applications can be a challenge for design professionals unfamiliar with intricacies of the various codes. Codes vary from state to state and testing requirements differ for products used on a basic exterior opening in a hurricane prone region versus those used on a storm shelter designed to withstand a tornado.
Doorways are critical to maintaining the integrity of a structure when high force winds occur. Powerful winds can turn debris into dangerous missiles that can breach the building envelope and create pressure fluctuations within the structure that cause catastrophic failure.
ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions responds to these extreme demands by offering door and hardware products that meet existing windstorm building codes, including the ASTM, ANSI 250.13, Miami-Dade TAS protocols along with the most stringent FEMA shelter construction guidelines.
Meteorologically speaking, hurricanes are long in duration with strong, sustained winds and rapid fluctuations in air pressure. Products designed for use in areas prone to hurricanes are subjected to tests that simulate storm conditions, including impact from airborne debris and cyclical pressure differentiation. A building designed to hurricane standards would be expected to survive the storm in good condition. Doors and hardware on the building envelope are expected to be operational after absorbing the abusive conditions.
Tornados, conversely, are short in duration with intense winds. Typically, a building in tornado prone areas might include one room as a designated storm shelter that would be built with appropriate shelter-grade products. The goal in a tornado is not necessarily to protect the building, but to ensure the survival of the occupants within. If a building is destroyed by a tornado, the designated shelter within the structure should remain standing if it is properly designed. Doors and hardware are not expected to be functional after enduring these conditions; they must simply remain intact.
Products tested to hurricane standards are not acceptable for use on tornado shelters and, likewise, tornado-grade doors and hardware would not be appropriate for hurricane applications. Both weather events pack a powerful punch, but are substantially different in the forces they apply to buildings.
ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions offers a large selection of door and hardware products that have been tested both as complete opening assemblies and individual components.
CECO
- Frames and door models Medallion, Legion, Ultra, Regent, Omega, Imperial, Versadoor and Fuego available in a wide range of sizes and design pressures
CURRIES
- Frames and door models 607, 707, 727 and 747 available in a wide range of sizes and design pressures
CORBIN RUSSWIN
SARGENT
- 8200 Series mortise lock
- 7800 Series mortise lock
- Profile Series mortise lock
- 7 Line Cylindrical lock
- 10 Line cylindrical lock
- 11 Line cylindrical lock
- Profile Series cylindrical lock
- 8800 Series exit device
- 8900 Series exit device
- 8600 Series exit device
YALE
McKINNEY
In addition to offering the highest quality product solutions, company consultants can help interpret state and federal regulations to achieve a complete blend of safety, security and compliance.
For more information, call 800-377-3948 or visit www.assaabloydss.com.
Shelter Products
Note—Shelter products are only available as assemblies.
- CECO/CURRIES StormPro door
CORBIN RUSSWIN FE6800 three-point lock
McKINNEY heavy weight hinges
- CECO/CURRIES StormPro Door
SARGENT FM8700 surface vertical exit device
McKINNEY heavy weight hinges
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