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Door choices that meet the challenging conditions
FinDoor is Canada’s biggest manufacturer of folding doors. These industrial grade doors, designed for demanding workplace environments, hold up against wear and changing weather conditions day after day without deterioration of functioning reliability.
Scarce indeed are the challenges that FinDoor’s door experts would not know how to overcome. Each door is customized to meet the customer’s need even to include the colour. The colour and dimensions of the door and the placement of the windows are all designed specifically for each job. The sideways opening folding doors are lightweight and easy to use, even the big ones, whether operated by machines or manually.
We will be happy to help with any and all questions regarding our products and services as well as in planning the project. Our door experts and our extensive network of collaborators are always ready to roll up their sleeves!
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Steel clad folding door specifications
Fully glazed aluminum frame folding door specifications
Opening machinery mounted to a door panel
Door opening devices using a draw chain
Entry and double door specifications
Specifications for entry and double doors with fire resistance classification
Steel clad folding door specifications
Maximum size is: 592” x 280” (6-, 7- or 8-paneled door)
Maximum height for the more narrow doors: 320”. (Higher ones will be special projects.)
- Structure: thermally insulated, sandwich-structured folding doors
- Cladding: heat galvanized sheet steel, minimum thickness of .02” (0.5 mm), painted by heat cured powder coating
- Insulation thickness: 2” or 2 ½”
- Colour: from RR colour chart http://www.rakennusmestarit.com/varikartta.htm, (or, in special cases, from the RAL color chart, http://www.ralcolor.com/)
- Water resistance classification: 3 EN 12489 ja EN12425
- Wind pressure classification: 4 (up to a height of 13”) EN 12444 ja EN 12424
- Air permeability classification: 4 (determined by door size) EN 12427 ja EN 12426
- Weather-stripping: the weather-stripping, made of EPDM rubber, is capable of resisting harsh conditions. The door panels have 8-fold male-female weather-stripping between all adjacent panels, and the door bottom has a double door-sweep.
- Hinges: elevating steel hinges with ball bearings
- Windows: Double pane selective thermal glass. Any windows mounted less than 28” above the ground are of tempered glass.
- Doors mounted to structure with mounting devices that are corrosion-proof to classification C4 [which, according to ISO 9223 keeps hinges rust free for 20-40 yrs.]
- Opening mechanisms:
- Manually opened doors: the door has a handle on its inside surface that allows its opening or closing.
- Machine opening: a motor or draw-chain device is mounted to a door panel.
- Additional specification: Fire resistance classification of EI30
- Maximum size 16.5’ x 16.5’
- Windows are not available on the doors with fire resistance classifications.
- The appearance is the same as a normal folding door.
- The fire resistant doors are heavier, therefore the mounting surface on the header face must always be at least 8” wide.
- The available opening machinery consists of a regulations consistent draw-chain using device.
Fully glazed aluminum frame folding door specifications
Maximum size: 300” x 240”
- Structure: folding door having glass panels inside aluminum frames
- Thickness: aluminum frame thickness is 2”
- Weather-stripping: the weather-stripping is of harsh conditions bearing EPDM rubber. The panels have 2-fold weather-stripping between them, and there is a double door-sweep weather strip at the bottom of the door.
- Hinges: elevating steel hinges with ball bearings
- Windows: double pane selective thermal glass. Also available with triple pane glass. The windows less than 28” above the ground are of tempered glass.
- Kickguard of rust proof steel
- Opening mechanisms:
- Manually opened doors: the door has a handle on its inside surface that allows its opening or closing.
- Machine opening: a motor or draw-chain device is mounted to a door panel.
Opening machinery mounted to a door panel
Suitable for the smaller and mid-sized folding doors with max. 3 or 4 leaves (smaller than 16,5′ x 16,5′), as at shops, smaller fire stations and barns.
- Motor: 24V motor operates with single phase electric current
- Safety equipment:
- An electric eye system in line with the door prevents the closing of the door if there is some physical object between the detectors.
- The door opening machinery includes a motor overload activated shut-off switch, which overload would be caused, for example, by a physical object preventing the opening or closing of the door. This prevents a breakdown of the machinery itself.
- Folding doors that include a built-in entry door have a disconnecting switch that prevents the opening of the folding door when the entry door through it is open.
- Three push-button switches, Open-Stop-Close, beside the door opening.
- The door is also operable manually during power outages.
- Control devices for the door opening machinery:
- Push-button switch box (Open – Stop – Close) mounted on wall
- Remote control switch
- The door opening machinery can be hooked up to the building’s physical access system
- Additional available features:
- Canceling electric eyes (the door automatically closes once a vehicle has crossed the beam of light to the electric eye)
- Radar utilizing door opening systems
- Control through VIRVE signals
- Magnetic loop door opener (installed in customer prepared conduit grooves)
Door opening devices using a draw chain
Suitable for big doors (bigger than 16,5′ x 16,5′) that have 4 to 6 leaves and are opened very frequently, such as, for example, at fire stations, carwashes and factories.
- A separate rail for mounting the door opening machinery will be mounted above the door. The machinery will then be installed upon this rail.
- This machinery will be operated with normal grid electric current (3-phase current)
- Safety equipment:
- An electric eye system in line with the door prevents the closing of the door if there is some physical object between the detectors.
- The door edges that close against the building structure contain sensors.
- Folding doors that include an entry door have a disconnecting switch which prevents the opening of the folding door when the entry door through it is open.
- Three push-button switch box, Open-Stop-Close, beside the door opening.
- The door is also operable manually during power outages.
- Control devices for the door opening machinery:
- Push-button switches (Open – Stop – Close) in switch box.
- Remote control switch
- The door opening machinery can be hooked up to the building’s physical access system
- Additional available features:
- Canceling electric eyes (the door automatically closes once a vehicle has crossed the beam of light to the electric eye)
- Radar utilizing door opening systems
- Control through VIRVE signals
- Magnetic loop door opener (installed in customer prepared conduit grooves)
Entry and double door specifications
The opening for an entry door has a maximum width of 56″. The opening for the double door has a maximum width of 106”. If a wider opening is needed, then a folding door will be installed.
- Door cladding is of heat galvanized sheet steel, painted by heat cured powder coating.
- The door core is of insulating material that will not absorb water
- The door is pre-hung inside a frame of galvanized steel.
- The door assembly includes either a steel threshold or a double door-sweep on the bottom of the door.
Specifications for entry and double doors with fire resistance classification
- The door has either a threshold of ¾” rustproof steel or the door bottom has a door-sweep for weather-stripping. The interior doors do not necessarily need any threshold at all.
- The steel surface has been painted with primer and a finishing coat of paint.
- Doors are available with these fire resistance classifications
- Ei30
- EI60
- Ei90
- EI120
Why FinDoor?
Manufactured in Canada
FinDoor is Canada’s biggest manufacturer of folding doors. We pride ourselves in having dealerships thats —- install the doors and make sure that they work trouble-free. In this way you can get guaranteed quality from FinDoor, designed to withstand use in Canadian working environments.
High quality products
The energy efficient folding doors withstand hard, demanding workspace conditions. They are secure, easy to use and assuredly functional, and their thermal efficiency and weather tight qualities are among the best in the marketplace. We develop on our products continually so that they will meet our customers’ needs even better.
Customized service
Work directly with our dealers to get customer service and sales in your area.
All dealers associated with FinDoor are trained with our highest customer service expectation in mind.
Every single one of our dealers have had one on one training with our FinDoor staff.
Folding doors
Folding doors, which open sideways, have been designed to withstand tough demanding use and variable weather conditions without adversely impacting the surety of operation. You can also get the folding door equipped with opening machinery as well as with windows or completely glazed. This is an excellent choice of door for example barns, fire stations, shops or carwashes.