Headroom, or overhead clearance, is the amount of space above a door frame needed to accommodate an overhead door when it's in the open position. Rollup doors are often the preferred option for installations with limited clearance.

An elevator smoke curtain is a thick fiberglass sheet that is installed above elevator doors. When a fire or smoke detector activates, the curtain descends automatically. Then, it acts as a physical barrier to prevent smoke from entering other areas of a building.

We're excited to continue the "Counterbalance: An Open Door Conversation" series with our Architectural Design Support and Architectural Product Representative Teams. Each week, you'll meet one of our associates and learn about their roles and lives. This week, meet Jim Kinney, Architectural Design Support.

We're excited to continue the "Counterbalance: An Open Door Conversation" series with our Architectural Design Support and Architectural Product Representative Teams. Each week, you'll meet one of our associates and learn about their roles and lives. This week, meet Shawn McCormick, Architectural Design Supervisor.

We're excited to continue the "Counterbalance: An Open Door Conversation" series with our Architectural Design Support and Architectural Product Representative Teams. Each week, you'll meet one of our associates and learn about their roles and lives. This week, we're featuring Michael Chapman, Architectural Design Support.

As hurricane season approaches, you may be weighing options for new or updated operable wind loaded doors in your critical facility. But how do you know if your facility needs an operable wind load door?

We’re not fortune tellers, but think it’s safe to say more people will return to campus next year. Classes will probably pick back up in person, with the excitement and energies that can be tough to communicate at times through a screen. With that influx of people will come requests to update buildings, dorms, and parking areas on the grounds. Scuffed up floors, finicky ACs, and dinged parking garage entrances may all be on the to-do list for colleges to refresh this summer.

We're excited to continue the "Counterbalance: An Open Door Conversation" series with our Architectural Design Support and Architectural Product Representative Teams. Each week, you'll meet one of our associates and learn about their roles and lives. This week features Paul Smith, Architectural Product Representative, Regional Manager, and Director of Architectural Promotion.

We’ve been on an adventure to update our blog – filling it with door and grille basics, some product-specific pieces, and more. One thing we’ve been paying close attention to are common questions about our product lines, their similarities and differences, general rolling door and grille questions. There are so many great ones that we’ve decided to dedicate a new set of blogs to them called “Ask Door Daphne.”