Stand Alone Swing
Doors
Installation Tips
Southeastern Aluminum Products
provides four basic types of stand-alone swing doors – Parklane
Hinge, Parklane Pivot, CrystalLine Framed Hinge and CrystalLine
Frameless Hinge.
A Few Basic Principles Apply
to all Installations of Swing Doors
Parklane Pivot Specific Tip
CrystalLine Hinge Specific Tip
- First apply a bead of silicone sealant where the curb
meets the wall before laying the threshold in the opening.
This is the weakest grout joint in the opening and a little
insurance goes a long way to eliminate callbacks.
- Take an accurate measurement of the opening to cut the
threshold. If possible try to match out of square wall conditions
with your cut to eliminate gaps.
- Apply handles and drip assemblies before hanging the
door. You can turn the door upside down to attach the drip
assembly and save yourself the aggravation of working six
inches or less off of the floor. Having the handle on the
door while hanging the door lets you swing the door closed
and open easily.
- Finally, hang your door as plumb as possible using a
level or grout line if plumb but use the door to locate
and plumb the strike jamb. This way any variation in vertical
on the door side will be matched on the strike side and
the magnetic latches will meet at the same time up and down
the length of the door and strike jamb.
- The Parklane pivot installation can be made easier by
screwing both the top and bottom pivot plates on before
making anchor holes.
- You will want to tighten all the screws down but then
loosen the one screw that will be at the top and furthest
from the wall.
- Then mark your holes and anchor to the wall.
- Insert the pivot fascia seal at this time. It is easier
than trying to work it in with the door panel in your way.
- Now hang to hang the door, drop the bottom pivot pin
into the pivot plate then lift up on the top pivot plate
that you loosened earlier and slip the top pivot pin under.
- The top pivot screw can now be tightened easily with
a hand screwdriver since the screw boss has already been
threaded.
- The CrystalLine framed and frameless swing doors are
the easiest to install. The wall jambs are already separate
from the hinge and strike jambs and should be used alone
to plumb and mark for anchor holes.
Beyond that, following
the basic principals that apply to all swing doors will
assist in getting the job done quickly.
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