Knock Down Door Frame Details

Frames are available for either 1 3 8 35 or 1 3 4 44 thick doors.

Knock down door frame details.

Knock down frames are sent as loose pieces and are set up in the field during installation. Welded frames are already welded together in our shop and are ready for installation upon delivery. The two common types of frames and elevations are knock down kd and welded. Primarily used for interior drywall openings for a wall thickness of 4 7 8 in.

Nationwide delivery a kd or knocked down hollow metal masonry frame can be used for exterior or interior applications and comes in 3 pieces strike jamb hinge jamb and head. Corporate office 818 492 3500 or. Can be used with exterior wood stud walls as well butts existing wall. Curries offers pre engineered knock down kd drywall frames with face dimensions of 1 1 2 38 or 1 3 4 44.

Knock down door frames are held in place using compression against studs and then the bottom anchor is attached to the studs through the wall. The specification of frames and elevations is a combination of application and preference. Suited for 1 3 4 steel or wood doors. Find steel door detail drawings for standard profiles knock down door frames and more and models for single steel doors pair steel doors and more.

What is the rough opening. In addition curries and its distributors can modify and weld frames to expand the variety of frames available even further. Non standard width or height frames are available on special order. Heavy duty steel knock down door frame.

Hinges and a 4 7 8 in. Frames are installed in rough openings after the wall has been constructed and finished. On the downside knock down frames have seams that show and screws that are visible. Also see our door and hardware offerings.

This article covers the most popular types of kd and welded frame constructions along with the pros and cons of each. Frame sizes are to match door sizes in any combination of singles or pairs. These aspects combined with the frame being in three separate pieces makes them more easily replaced. The kd masonry frame can be installed before or after the wall has been built.

The knocked down drywall frame is for interior stud walls and for use with steel or wood doors. Timely industries is the leading manufacturer of prefinished steel door frames outperforming other door frames with lower opening costs.