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Custom balanced entrance doors.
Ellison makes balanced doors in bronze, stainless steel, aluminum, glass and wood. A balanced door pivots inward near the hinge side as it opens, reducing the space it swings into. See the manufacturer documents for design options and installation details.
Ellison's Find a Representative page lists T.FIN for all six states; southeastern Wisconsin — Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Washington, Ozaukee, Waukesha and Walworth counties — is served by Hadley Associates, Inc., not T.FIN.
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Stile-and-rail doors formed from Muntz metal (alloy 280) or naval brass (alloy 464), .09" minimum wall, 2" thick; stiles and top rail 2¾" minimum (3½" preferred), bottom rail 6" minimum (10" recommended for ADA). Concealed or exposed shaft.
Same construction and minimums as formed bronze, in stainless; frame face 3" minimum, frame depth 5" minimum. Concealed or exposed shaft; PowerNow-compatible.
Painted or anodised aluminium balanced doors for commercial entrances. Stiles 2½", 3½" or 4½"; top rails 2½", 3½" or 5"; bottom rails 6" or 10" and up; frames 3" × 5" or 3" × 6", optional offset frame. Anodised, Kynar or powder-coat finishes.
All-glass doors with top and bottom rails only — bronze or stainless rails 4¾" minimum, aluminium 4¾" or 10"; ½" tempered glass for doors 8'-0" to 9'-0", ¾" above 9'-0". Narrow-stile version: 1-5/32" stiles in clad bronze or stainless, or 1" stiles in extruded aluminium.
Ask about this productWood leaf (walnut, teak, cherry, rift white oak, mahogany or other species), 2⅜"–3" thick, in a formed stainless, bronze or aluminium frame; stiles and top rail 3" minimum, bottom rail 6" minimum.
Ask about this productLow-energy (ANSI/BHMA A156.19) operator concealed in the frame header with a push-open actuating arm and no surface-mounted drive arm; Stanley or Horton operators; specifiable on any Ellison door, concealed or exposed shaft.
Technical
See the manufacturer’s documents for details on each system. Pending information has not yet been confirmed.
| CSI section | 08 42 36 — Balanced Door Entrances |
|---|---|
| Minimum stile (formed bronze / stainless) | 2¾" — 3½" preferred |
| Minimum top rail | 2¾" — 3½" preferred |
| Minimum bottom rail | 6" — 10" recommended for 2010 ADA Standards compliance |
| Door size range | 33" to 48" wide, up to 12'-0" high (48" × 144" maximum in general terms) |
| Scope of supply (Section O, power-operated) | Doors, jambs, frames (sidelights and transoms where applicable), thresholds, operating mechanisms, power operation, activation switches, safety sensor, key switch, finish hardware |
| Warranty (per Ellison guide spec 1.05, Sections B and O) | 10 years from substantial completion on Ellison-made material and operating mechanisms; replacement labour by others |
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