HANDLING DOORS
It is important to handle doors carefully. Handle doors like you would furniture.
Handle Marshfield DoorSystems doors with clean canvas gloves. Bare hands leave finger marks and soil stains.
When moving doors, carry them; do not drag. Never drag one door across another. Carts and other equipment used to handle doors must be padded.
INSPECTING DOORS
All doors must be inspected thoroughly by the installer before installation. Marshfield DoorSystems does not warrant doors installed with a defect that was obvious prior to
installation.
All doors should be inspected for freight damage upon receipt and before forwarding. Any observed damage must be noted on the delivery receipt and Marshfield DoorSystems should be notified immediately. Failure to follow this procedure may lead to claim denial by the shipper and/or carrier.
DOOR TOLERANCES
For information regarding maximum allowable tolerances on Marshfield doors, please refer to the Marshfield DoorSystems Warranty.
STORING DOORS
Marshfield’s shipping package is not intended for storage.
Stack doors flat on carefully leveled supports. We recommend a support of three 2 x 4’s placed the full width of the doors, one across the center and one 12" from each end, covered with a sheet of plywood or heavy cardboard to protect the face of the bottom door. The top door should be covered in a similar manner.
Keep doors clean and avoid discoloration by applying an opaque covering which does not permit light to penetrate. Covering must allow for air circulation. (Certain species including Cherry, Walnut and Mahogany are extremely sensitive to light and require extra protection.)
Do not store doors in damp areas or in freshly plastered buildings. Storage space should be dry and well ventilated.
Doors should not be subjected to low or high humidity. Humidity under 25% or over 55% may cause permanent damage and will void the Marshfield DoorSystems Warranty.
Doors should be conditioned to the average humidity of the locality before hanging. The HVAC system should be operating and balanced prior to arrival of doors.
FIELD FINISHING
Note: The Marshfield DoorSystems Warranty does not cover the appearance of field finished doors.
Field finished doors, including primed doors, must be sanded prior to finishing. Before finishing, place the door in a horizontal position. To remove raised grain or handling marks, block or power sand all surfaces with the grain. It is the responsibility of the field finisher to determine the proper grit sandpaper required and the duration of face preparation necessary to make the appearance of the doors acceptable to the owner. Do not continue finishing if problems arise.
The appearance of field finished doors is the responsibility of the field finisher.
If applying a dark stain to a light wood, thorough initial sanding is even more important to prevent blotchiness and to reduce the appearance of a “barber pole” effect. Do not use steel wool on oak doors.
Stains must be applied with the door in a horizontal position. This permits easier handling of the materials, and prevents the solvents from evaporating too rapidly. Rapid solvent evaporation can cause fillers to streak. It can also cause the wiping stains to dry before cleanup can be completed. If the door is in a horizontal position, premature drying is slowed down, since the heavier-than-air solvent vapors tend to remain on the surface. To stain/fill larger, flat areas quickly and with less danger of streaks, working in teams of two is recommended.
Good quality finishing materials used according to the manufacturer’s directions provided, will produce the best, most durable results.
Door orders generally specify only species, grade and cut of veneer. Unless specified, no attempt is made to manufacture doors with flitches of similar color and grain. Finishing will accentuate any natural characteristics that are apparent prior to finishing.
PLASTIC LAMINATE DOOR PROTECTANT
Many of our plastic laminate doors are supplied with a poly-peel coat on the door faces. The poly-peel coat protects the faces and should be peeled off after the door is installed.
FITTING DOORS
Jambs must be plumb and square and doors should be hung so they will operate freely and without tension. To allow for swelling of the door during extremely damp weather, leave approximately 1/8" clearance at each side and at the top.
FITTING NON-RATED DOORS
Staved Core, Particleboard Core or Structural Composite Lumber Doors
While it is best not to cut doors to fit openings smaller than those for which they are manufactured, the following guidelines should be followed when trimming is necessary.
We recommend beveling both edges at the rate of 1/8" in 2" so proper clearance can be maintained.
Trim equally from both sides. Do not trim more than 3/8" off each edge.
Doors with veneer or decorative laminate edgeband will require re-banding after trimming.
If the total height must be reduced more than 3/4", trim equally from the top and bottom, but never more than 3/4" from either end.
FITTING & INSTALLING FIRE-RATED DOORS
All fire-rated doors must be prefit and machined by Marshfield DoorSystems or other licensed machiners. While it is best not to cut doors to fit openings smaller than those for which they are manufactured, licensed machiners may bevel the stiles at the rate of 1/8" in 2" so proper clearance can be maintained.
The standard location for Intertek Testing Service-Warnock Hersey (ITS-WH) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) fire-rated door labels is on the hinge stile of the door. It identifies the door as fire-rated. Do not remove, cover up, or paint over the metal fire label.
Do
not trim the lock stile of doors with concealed an exposed
intumescents. Doors may be undercut a maximum of 3/4"
from the bottom, as long as clearances are maintained per
NFPA-80.
EXTERIOR
USE
Marshfield DoorSystems doors are not recommended
and are not warranted for exterior use.
REPAIR OF LOOSE OR STRIPPED SCREWS IN NON-COMPUSTIBLE STILE
MATERIALS
The stile edge of positive pressure door constructions
with non-combustible materials does not support screw reinsertion.
If a door must be removed from an opening after the hinges
are attached, avoid removing the hinge screws from the door
edge. Instead, remove the hinge pins or remove the screws
from the frame.
In situations where the hinge screws must be removed from
the door stile after the hinges have been attached, it is
recommended that wire or epoxy resin be inserted into the
screw hole prior to reinserting the screws. For more details
on this procedure, contact Marshfield DoorSystems at 800-869-3667.
LITE AND LOUVER OPENINGS
Lite and louver openings in fire-rated doors must be machined at the factory or by an approved licensed machiner.
For fire-rated labeling purposes, openings must be 5-1/2" to any edge and adjacent openings. For warranty purposes on particleboard core and staved core doors, openings must be 5" to any edge and adjacent openings. To maintain warranty, 1-1/4" is the minimum distance between the lock cutout and an opening on a Marshfield Structural Composite Lumber Door.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARSHFIELD DOORSYSTEMS NON-RATED
WOOD LITE KITS
To properly install the glass in a wood lite kit, the glazer must first remove the packaged prefit pieces of the wood moulding kit from the plastic bag. It is the installer’s responsibility to determine the type and amount of caulking materials required. The amount of caulking material varies depending upon how much is needed to make the moulding fit flush on the door face. The loose moulding is nailed into place using 2" nails (supplied by the installer), placed no more than 2" from the corners and no more than 6" apart. (Secure the narrow pieces of moulding first.) Set nails and fill holes with matching putty.
WOOD WRAPPED VISION FRAME SYSTEM
The Marshfield DoorSystems Wood Wrapped Vision Frame
System combines the All Metal Stamping Model #110 metal
vision frame and Marshfield’s wood wrapped casing.
The Wood Wrapped Vision Frame System bears the ITS-WH/UL
20, 45, 60, and 90-minute fire-rating label and classification.
NO-BOLT BLOCKING FOR MINERAL CORE DOORS
Blocking is not standard in any mineral core door; blocking is available as an added option. In Marshfield’s mineral core doors, blocking is gray in color, which distinguishes it from the white mineral core. |
