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GENERAL INFORMATION 

PRODUCT COMPLIANCE PER ANSI / ASTM TEST METHODS

ANSI/DHI A115 Hardware Preparation in Steel Doors and Steel Frames

ANSI/DHI A115.IG Installation Guide for Doors and Hardware

ANSI A250.10 Test Procedure and Acceptance Criteria for Prime Painted Steel Surfaces for Steel
Doors and Frames

ANSI A250.11 Recommended Erection Instructions for Steel Frames

ANSI A250.13 Testing and Rating of Severe Windstorm Resistant Components for Swinging Door
Assemblies

ANSI A250.3 Test Procedure and Acceptance Criteria for Factory Applied Finish Painted Steel
Surfaces for Steel Doors and Frames

ANSI A250.4 Test Procedure and Acceptance Criteria for Physical Endurance for Steel Doors and
Hardware Reinforcing

ANSI A250.6 Recommended Practice for Hardware Reinforcing on Standard Steel Doors and
Frames

ANSI A250.7 Nomenclature for Standard Steel Doors and Steel Frames

ANSI A250.8 Recommended Specifications for Standard Steel Doors and Frames (SDI-100)

ANSI/BHMA A156.1 Butts and Hinges

ANSI/BHMA A156.3 Exit Devices

ANSI/BHMA A156.4 Door Controls – Closers

ANSI/BHMA A156.7 Template Hinge Dimensions

ANSI/NFPA 105 Standard for the Installation of Smoke Door Assemblies

ANSI/NFPA 252 Standard Methods of Fire Tests for Door Assemblies

ANSI/NFPA 257 Standard on Fire Test for Window and Glass Block Assemblies

ANSI/NFPA 80 Standard for Fire Doors and Windows

ANSI/UL 10B Standard for Fire Tests of Door Assemblies (neutral pressure)

ANSI/UL 10C Standard for Fire Tests of Door Assemblies (positive pressure)

ANSI/UL 1784 Air Leakage Test of Door Assemblies

ANSI/UL 9 Fire Test of Window Assemblies

   G‐12      MAR 2014 
GENERAL INFORMATION 

PRODUCT COMPLIANCE PER ANSI / ASTM TEST METHODS

ASTM A366/A366M Standard Specification for Commercial Steel (CS) Sheet, Carbon (0.15 Maximum
Percent) Cold-Rolled

ASTM A653/A653M Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) or Zinc-Iron Alloy-
coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot-Dip Process

ASTM A1008 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Cold-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-
Strength Low-Alloy and High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability

ASTM A1011 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Structural,
High-Strength Low-Alloy and High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability

ASTM A568 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Carbon, High-Strength Low-Alloy, Hot-rolled
and Cold-rolled

ASTM A591 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) or Zinc-Iron Alloy-
Coated (Galvannealed) by the Hot Dip Process

ASTM A924 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Sheet, Metallic-Coated
by the Hot-Dip Process

ASTM B117 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus

ASTM C578 Specification for Rigid, Cellular Polystyrene Thermal Insulation

ASTM D1654 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Painted or Coated Specimens

ASTM D2794 Standard Method for Resistance of Organic Coatings to the Effects of Rapid
Deformation (Impact)

ASTM D3359 Standard Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test

ASTM D4585 Standard Practice for Testing Water Resistance of Coatings Using Controlled
Condensation

ASTM D610 Standard Test Method for Evaluation Degree of Rusting on Painted Steel Surfaces

ASTM D714 Standard Test Method for Evaluation Degree of Blistering of Paints

ASTM E-90 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Measurement of Airborne Sound Transmission
Loss of Building Partitions and Elements

HMMA 801 Glossary of Terms for Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

HMMA 802 Manufacturing of Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

HMMA 810 Hollow Metal Doors

   G‐13      MAR 2014 
GENERAL INFORMATION 

PRODUCT COMPLIANCE PER ANSI / ASTM TEST METHODS

HMMA 810 TN-01-03 Defining Undercuts

HMMA 820 Hollow Metal Frames

HMMA 820 TN 01-03 Grouting Hollow Metal Frames

HMMA 830 Hardware Selection for Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

HMMA 840 Guide Specifications for Installation and Storage of Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

HMMA 850 Fire Rated Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

HMMA 861 Commercial Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

HMMA 865 Guide Specifications for Swinging Sound Control Hollow Metal Doors and Frames

HMMA 867 Guide Specifications for Commercial Laminated Core Hollow Metal Doors and
Frames

HMMA 890 Hollow Metal

SDI-106 Recommended Standard Door Type Nomenclature

SDI-108 Recommended Selection and Usage Guide for Standard Steel Doors

SDI-109 Hardware for Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-110 Standard Steel Doors and Frames for Modular Masonry Construction

SDI-111 Recommended Details and Guidelines for Standard Steel Doors, Frames and
Accessories (A-H)

SDI-111-A Recommended Standard Steel Door Details

SDI-111-B Recommended Standard Details for Dutch Doors

SDI-111-C Recommended Louver Details for Standard Steel Doors

SDI-111-D Recommended Door, Frame and Hardware Schedule for Standard Steel Doors and
Frames

SDI-111-E Recommended Weatherstripping for Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-111-F Recommended Existing Wall Anchors for Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-111-G Recommended Standard Preparation for Double Type (Interconnected) Locks on

Standard Steel Doors and Frames
   G‐14       MAR 2014 
GENERAL INFORMATION 

PRODUCT COMPLIANCE PER ANSI / ASTM TEST METHODS

SDI-111-H High Frequency Hinge Preparations for Frames

SDI-112 Zinc-Coated (Galvanized/Galvannealed) Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-113 Standard Practice for Determining the Steady State Thermal Transmittance of Steel
Door and Frame Assemblies

SDI-117 Manufacturing Tolerances Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-118 Basic Fire Door Requirements

SDI-122 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-124 Maintenance of Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-127 Series - Industry Alerts (A through J)

SDI-127-A End Closure

SDI-127-B Door Edge Cutouts

SDI-127-C Frame Cutout Limits

SDI-127-D Electric Strikes in Stud Walls

SDI-127-E Prime Painted Materials Alert

SDI-127-F Butted Frames Rough Opening Sizes

SDI-127-G Environmental Considerations Relating to Factory Painted Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-127-H Water Penetration

SDI-127-I Grouting Frames in Drywall

SDI-127-J Bituminous Back-Coating of Frames

SDI-128 Guidelines for Acoustical Performance of Standard Steel Doors and Frames

SDI-129 Hinge and Strike Spacing

SDI-130 Electrified Hinge Preparations

SDI-131 Accelerated Physical Endurance Test Procedure for Steel Doors, Frames and Frame
Anchors

UBC 7-2 Fire Tests of Door Assemblies

UBC 7-4 Fire Tests of Window Assemblies

   G‐20      MAR 2014 
GENERAL INFORMATION 

MESKER LEED PROGRAM COMPLIANCE 

Based on the U. S. Green Building Council LEED Reference Guide for Green Building
Design and Construction 2009 publication for the design, construction and major
renovations of commercial and institutional buildings including core & shell and K-12
school projects.

Material and Resources Credits 4.1 and 4.2

Recycled Content: Mesker’s doors and frames contribute credits under Material and
Resources Credit 4

Intent: To increase demand for building products that incorporate recycled content
materials, thereby reducing impacts from extraction and processing of virgin materials.

Requirements: Use materials with recycled content* such that the sum of
postconsumer** recycled content plus ½ of the pre-consumer*** content constitutes at
least 10% or 20%, based on cost, of the total value of the materials in the project.

Credits:
MR 4.1: 1 point - recycled content is at least 10% of the total value of the materials in the
entire project.
MR 4.2: 1 additional point added to the MR 4.1 point – recycle content is at least 20%
(MR 4.1 percentage plus an additional amount to equal a minimum of 20%) of the total
value of the materials in the entire project.

Mesker’s postconsumer recycled content is 59%, our pre-consumer recycled

content 9% thus qualifying for the maximum credit.

*Recycled content is defined in accordance with the International Organization of

Standards document, ISO 14021 – Environmental labels and declarations – Self-
declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labeling).
**Postconsumer material is defined as waste material generated by households or by
commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end-users of the product,
which can no longer be used for its intended purpose.
***Pre-consumer material is defined as material diverted from the waste stream during
the manufacturing process. Reutilization of materials (i.e. rework, regrind, or scrap
generated in a process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that
generated it) is excluded.

For further information regarding these credits visit the U. S. Green Building Council at
www.usgbc.org or call Mesker Door (256) 851-6670
   G‐21       MAR 2014 
GENERAL INFORMATION 

MESKER LEED PROGRAM COMPLIANCE 

Based on the U. S. Green Building Council LEED Reference Guide for Green Building
Design and Construction 2009 publication for the design, construction and major
renovations of commercial and institutional buildings including core & shell and K-12
school projects.

Material and Resources Credits 5.1 and 5.2

Regional Material: Mesker doors and frames are manufactured in Huntsville, AL 35811-
9021

Intent: To increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and
manufactured within the region, thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and
reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.

Requirements: Use building materials or products that have been extracted, harvested
or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 500 (five hundred) miles of the project site
for a minimum of 10% or 20%, based on cost, of the total materials value. If only a
fraction of a product of material is extracted, harvested or recovered and manufactured
locally, then only that percentage (by weight) may contribute to the regional value.

Credits:

MR 5.1: 1 point – At least 10% of the materials are extracted, processed and
manufactured regionally.
MR 5.2: 1 additional point added to the MR 5.1 point – At least 20% (MR 5.1 percentage
plus an additional amount to equal a minimum of 20%) of materials are extracted,
processed and manufactured regionally.

For further information regarding these credits visit the U. S. Green Building Council at
www.usgbc.org or call Mesker Door™ (256) 851-6670
 D‐2 MAR 2014
NP ‐ STANDARD SERIES FLUSH DOOR
Inverted Channel and 
Closer Assembly (Standard)
Polystyrene Core (Standard)

7 Gauge Extra Long High Frequency
Top Hinge Reinforcement
Lock Prep

HMPUR Glue System

14, 16, 18, 20 Gauge Face Sheets

7 Gauge Hinge
Reinforcement 
Inverted Bottom Channel

DOOR CONSTRUCTION
14, 16, 18, 20 gauge, cold‐rolled, gavannealed, or galvanized G90 steel face sheets to be securely bonded to the core. 
Doors shall have hemmed vertical edge seams, mechanically interlocked for maximum structural integrity. Optional 
seamless (NVS) (Patented Technology) edge available upon request. Top and bottom of doors shall be closed and 
reinforced with an inverted continuous channel and welded to both faces. Optional flush top available upon request. 
Square edge standard. Optional beveled lock edge (BV‐1) or beveled hinge and lock edge (BV‐2). See beveled detail 
pages D‐27 and D‐28.
CORE CONSTRUCTION
Standard core material to be expanded polystyrene core. Optional cores: Honeycomb, Polyurethane, Fiberboard.

HARDWARE
All doors are furnished with 7 gauge steel hinge reinforcements with three projection welds on each end. Extra long high 
frequency top hinge reinforcement provides additional welds for added strength and extra protection against sagging. 
Doors have a factory installed 14 gauge box type closer reinforcement securely welded to top channel. Doors shall be 
mortised and adequately reinforced for all hardware. Required mortise hardware reinforcements shall be drilled and 
tapped at the factory. Surface applied hardware shall be field drilled by others. Lockset preparation shall provide for field 
installation of locksets manufactured in accordance with ANSI A156.115 mortise or cylindrical (bored) locks. Additional 
hardware preparations available.

FINISH
Exposed door surfaces to be cleaned, treated, and coated with rust inhibitive primer. Color painted doors receive a 
durable, electrostatic, baked on finish. Water‐ based primer and color paint finishes are free of Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(HAPS) and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCS).

COMPLIANCE
As the oldest member of the Steel Door Institute, all Mesker Door units comply with ANSI A 250.8 (R2008). Hardware 
preparations comply with ANSI A 250.6. Primer and color compliant with ANSI A250.10 and ANSI A250.3. Fire labeling in 
accordance with NFPA‐8015 FM (standard), WHI (Intertek), Underwriters Laboratories, and FM Global. For a complete list 
of product compliance per ANSI/ASTM test methods, please consult pages G‐11 through G‐14.
 D‐21 MAR 2014
STANDARD CLEARANCES

1/8" 1/8" 1/8"

1/8" 1/8"

1/16"

3/4" TO FRAME BOTTOM

 DP‐13 MAR 2014
HINGE PREPARATION

4 1/2" OR 5" TEMPLATED  4" OR 6" HINGE PREPARED 
HINGE PREPARED DRILLED  "BLANK". MUST BE 
AND TAPPED FOR 12‐24  DRILLED AND TAPPED BY 
MACHINE SCREWS. OTHERS.
 DP‐14 MAR 2014
STANDARD HINGE REINFORCEMENTS

EXTRA LONG HIGH FREQUENCY
TOP HINGE REINFORCEMENT
STANDARD HINGE REINFORCEMENT
FOR MIDDLE AND BOTTOM HINGES

HINGE
HANDING 7 GAUGE HINGE REINFORCEMENT 
PLATE EXTENDED TO TOP OF DOOR FOR
EXTRA RIGIDITY WITH 3 EXTRA 
PROJECTION WELDS TO PREVENT 
DOOR SAG.

UNIVERSAL HANDING

FOR HEAVY WEIGHT HINGES,
A THINNER HANDING PLATE
IS AVAILABLE.
 DP‐21 MAR 2014
STANDARD LOCK PREPARATIONS
STANDARD CLOSER PREPARATIONS

GOV'T 86 EDGE  GOV'T 86 EDGE 
MORTISE LOCK (MBN) MORTISE LOCK (M) (MB)
REINFORCEMENT REINFORCEMENT
161 CYLINDRICAL LOCK
(C4) REINFORCEMENT

14 GAUGE
CLOSER REINFORCEMENTS
STANDARD (OPTIONAL)

POLYSTYRENE CORE TOP CHANNEL
 DP‐22 MAR 2014
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RIM PANIC (RP) DOOR REINFORCEMENTS

18"

6 1/4"

A A
9" 9"

5 3/64" 5 3/64"

SECTION A
 DP‐31 MAR 2014
SURFACE VERTICAL ROD DOOR 
REINFORCEMENTS (SVR)

18"

5 7/32"
6 1/4"

A A
9" 9"

5 3/64"
5 3/64"

5 7/32"

SECTION A
 PD‐6 MAR 2014
PARTS ‐ DOOR
HINGE FILLER (HANDING PLATE) 

4 1/2" PART # PDHF4
4 1/2" HEAVY WEIGHT PART # PDHF4H
5" PART # PDHF5
5" HEAVY WEIGHT PART # PDHF5H
 F‐2 MAR 2014
F SERIES

Frame Construction
12, 14, or 16 gauge, cold‐rolled, galvannealed, or galvanized G90 steel to be break‐formed to the design specifications 
required. (See pages F‐3 TO F‐9  for sizes and profiles available). Frames shall be furnished knocked‐down or welded, ground 
smooth upon request. Mitered corners shall have a strong, secure, four tab interlocking system to maintain neat mitered 
joints and corners. Standard frame to have 1/2" returns; standard stop heights to be 5/8” high. Soffit dimensions can vary. 
Frames can be single or double rabbeted. Frames will be supplied with welded on sill anchors. 
(Note: Bending tabs in on the jamb rabbets will increase door opening dimension).

Installation & Applications
Frames to be installed in accordance with ANSI A250.11‐2001. Standard series frames to be used
in a number of applications including masonry, wood stud and steel stud construction.

Hardware Reinforcements
Frames to be furnished with 4‐1/2” or 5” standard or heavy weight 7 gauge steel hinge reinforcements
and shall be adequately reinforced for all hardware. Standard arm or parallel closer reinforcements
available upon request.
Strike and hinge reinforcements shall be protected by mortar guards. Single frames shall be prepared
to receive (3) rubber mutes.

Finish
Exposed frame surfaces to be cleaned and treated then coated with rust inhibitive primer. Color
painted frames to receive a durable, flow coated, baked on finish. Water‐based primer and color
paint finishes to be free of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS) and Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCS).

Compliance
All Mesker frame components comply with ANSI A250.8(R2008). Fire labeling in accordance
NFPA and available in FM (standard), WHI (Intertek) and Underwriters Laboratories. For a complete
list of product compliance per ANSI/ASTM test methods, consult the labeling section.
 F‐3 MAR 2014
F SERIES
PROFILES ‐ DOUBLE RABBET AND CASED OPENING

JAMB DEPTH
4 1/2" - 12 3/4"
VARIES
1 15/16" 1 9/16"

5/8"

2"

DOUBLE RABBET
1/2" (DR)
7/16" on 5 3/4" ALSO AVAILABLE IN EQUAL RABBET

3" - 14 3/4"

2"

CASED OPENING
(CO)
1/2"
7/16" on 5 3/4"
 F‐10 MAR 2014
F SERIES
CORNER ASSEMBLY ‐ DOUBLE RABBET ‐ KD
CORNER TABS
SLOTS FOR
CORNER
TABS

SLOTS FOR
JAMB
TABS
HEAD JAMB TABS 
JAMB

BEND CORNER TABS TOWARD
INSIDE OF FRAME

BEND JAMB TABS TOWARD
OUTSIDE OF FRAME

CORNER ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY OF K.D. CORNER
SLIDE JAMB TABS INTO HEADER AND PUSH HEADER AND JAMB MITERS TOGETHER. ALWAYS BEND INNER TABS OUT 
WITH HAMMER. BENDING TABS IN WILL INCREASE THE DOOR OPENING DIMENSION.

3 ANCHORS ON EACH JAMB UP TO 7'0" AND 1 ADDITIONAL ANCHOR FOR EVERY 26" OR FRACTION THEREOF ABOVE 7'0".
 F‐11 MAR 2014
F SERIES FRAME
CORNER DETAIL ‐ DOUBLE RABBET

HEADER

JAMB

TAB IS OFFSET TO OBTAIN 
SMOOTH BEND ALONG 
TOP OF FRAME HEAD. 

SECTION THRU TAB
 PF‐5 MAR 2014
PARTS ‐ FRAME
UNIVERSAL ANCHOR

4 3/4 PART # PFUA4
6 3/4 PART # PFUA6
7 1/4 PART # PFUA725
7 3/4 PART # PFUA7
8 1/4 PART # PFUA825
8 3/4 PART # PFUA8
 PF‐29 MAR 2014
PARTS ‐ FRAME
PLASTIC PLUG FOR UNA 5 3/4"

PART # PFPP