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J O B S I T E Useful Jobsite Information For VT Architectural Wood Doors What You’ll Find In This Brochure: VT Industries, Inc. provides architectural grade interior wood doors that have been manufactured in accordance with customer requirements, as well as WDMA, AWI, WI & AWMAC quality standards for flush wood doors and stile and rail doors. The following are guidelines for those working with our products on the jobsite. Please take a few minutes to read through all information to ensure customer satisfaction. Contact VT’s Customer Service Center at 1-800-827-1615 with any questions or concerns regarding your VT doors. • Door Identification • Door Inspection • Storage and Handling • Field-Finished Wood Veneer Doors • Factory-Finished Wood Veneer Doors • High Pressure Decorative Laminate Doors • Acoustical Doors • Exterior Doors • Installation Guidelines (negative pressure) • Field Fitting Doors • Door Tolerances • Installation Instructions for Fire-Rated Wood Glazing Kits • Installation Instructions for Non-Rated Wood Glazing Stops • Installation Instructions for Metal Vision Panels • Astragals and Edge Sets (Channels) • Installation Instructions for UL 10C Door Assemblies (positive pressure) • How to Read VT Door Labels (New Albany) • How to Read VT Door Labels (Holstein) Please take a few minutes to read through all information to ensure customer satisfaction.

VT Field Guide Door Identification: VT doors are identified by a permanently affixed label on the top rail of each door. Fire labels are placed on the hinge stile, unless hardware prohibits it; in that case, the fire label will also be placed on the top rail. Should you have a question regarding one of your doors, please refer to the door information on This will allow our Customer Service ily. See back page for example ID label. Inspect all doors for freight damage immediately upon receipt. Note identification numbers of any damaged doors on delivery ticket before signing. Failure to do so...

Factory-Finished Wood Veneer Doors: HPDL Doors: VT’s factory finishes envelopes every wood laminate finishes be supplied with pro- veneer door in a shield of protection even tective peel coats. VT is not responsible stronger than used on wood flooring. Our for the removal of peel coats from Heritage Collection uses a UV cured water- laminate doors. For normal cleaning and based factory finish system to meet WDMA maintenance, wipe the laminate with a clean, damp cloth or sponge using a Artistry Collection uses an AWS System 2 mild soap or detergent. General purpose immediately after fitting,...

VT Installation and Maintenance Installation: Door Tolerances: The utility or structural strength of For best results, doors should be the doors must not be impaired in ordered prefit and premachined from Considered a defect when the face of fitting to the opening, in applying the factory. However, in instances the door varies from a true plane in hardware or in preparing for lites, where doors need to be field fit, please excess of 0.010” in any 3” span. Glossy louvers or plant-ons or other Field Fitting Doors: follow these guidelines: laminates or finishes should be avoid- ed because they...

Installing VT Glazing and Edge Sets Installation Instructions for Fire-Rated Wood Glazing Kits: Holstein Only whi test report #764-11805-01 90- minute pilot scale vertical endurance test model: flush glass stop Client: VT industries, Inc. - Holstein, IA Test Date: July 6, 1994 All doors manufactured at the Holstein facility will require the use of fireclips. Only 20-minute fire rated doors manufactured at the New Albany facility will require the use of fire clips. 0.25” Fire Rated Glass Veneer Clad Non-combustible Flush Glass Stop 0.25” Bead of Metacaulk 990 around perimeter of openings...

For Doors That Have Been Labeled in Compliance with UL 10C VT positive pressure fire doors are constructed to meet Intertek/Warnock Hersey Category A guidelines, allowing doors to be hung without any surface-applied intumescent. Our positive pressure fire doors arrive ready-to-hang, just like all other VT doors. The VT label is your assurance for one-step installation. t In order to meet the smoke V requirement, a smoke seal, listed pressure installations, must be mounted around the perimeter ^ Astragal sets, metal edges, or edge guards will not be allowed on VT positive pressure fire doors...

Reading VT Heritage Stile & Rail Door Labels When referring to a Heritage Stile & Rail door supplied by VT manufactured in the New Albany facility, it is best to look at the top rail of the door for a permanently affixed adhesive label, which will provide all necessary information for that particular door. In our ongoing effort to provide more complete information, some changes have been made to our door label as illustrated below. 7 = Door Width in millimeters 2 = Shop Order Number 8 = Door Height in millimeters 4 = Bar Code Serial Number 11 = Indicates Category A compliance under UL 10C 6...

Reading VT Heritage Door Labels When referring to a door supplied by VT, it is best to look at the top rail of the door for a permanently affixed adhesive label, which will provide all necessary information for that particular door. In our ongoing effort to provide more complete information, some changes have been made to our door label as illustrated below. 1 = Customer Name 2 = Shop Order Number * 3 = Door Number * 4 = Bar Code Serial Number 5 = VT Door Type 6 = Face Material by color code (HF = hinge face; SF = stop face) 7 = Lock Type 8 = Swing of the door 9 = Pair Indicator (P =...