Design Criteria
GENERAL / BUILDING DESIGN CRITERIA
For the building manufacturer, contractor, owner, and architect
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR DOOR AND BUILDING A PERFECT FIT
Schweiss will work with you, your architects, contractors, or building
supplier to ensure a perfect fit in your building. We supply door weights,
engineering data, wind load specifications and design specifications to
make certain that you have all the necessary information needed for the
design of your building to accept the Schweiss door of your choice. This
information will insure a smooth and safe installation.
• The building header should be designed to accommodate horizontal
and vertical building deflection to support the door in all positions, with
the proper lateral bracing.
• Schweiss provides the necessary detailed A-1 through A-6 spec sheets
with each bid / order. The spec sheets should be read by anyone
involved in the selection or purchase of the industrial door of your choice.
• The door should have solid footing / sill directly underneath the door
frame and extending beyond the door frame outward from the door
to provide a base for the door's base weather seal. This also prevent
flow of water (into or under) the door installation.
• The finished floor should be designed to prevent flow of water (into or
under) the door installation. Sills should have a slight slope outward
to prevent flow of water under the door installation.
Wind load / design criteria
The door can be designed to the same loading requirements for live, dead
and wind loads as the hangar building, to resist all anticipated loads with-
out sagging, bowing or conflicting with its smooth and efficient operation.
• Your door design can be approved and sealed by a professional
engineer registered in the state where the project is located with the
proper wind loading and exposure.
• Wind loaded doors (to meet standard local codes).
• Extra heavy wind loading requirements available.
• Wind pins are furnished on door frames to increase the wind
load strength and provide a sturdy installation.
• Wall pins are incorporated into the door frame to provide
additional wind load when needed.
Electrical design criteria
Customer / electrician must:
• Provide proper voltage and electrical service to the
door's hydraulic power unit.
• Provide proper wire from the service panel to the up-down-stop
switch on our door.
• Provide proper circuit breaker in the service panel.
• Provide and install any electrical conduit.
• Electrical components placed on the door must meet the requirements
of the N.E.C. section 513.
• Select the type of electrical service are used to power the door system.
• Final electrical hook up must be done by a licensed electrician.
Spec Sheet - Details
• The spec sheets pertaining to the details of your door are provided by
Schweiss. We at the factory will help fill in the "Spec sheet details".
IMPORTANT:
The customer and the building manufacturer are responsible to
ensure that the building's structural design is capable of handling
all the imposed loads that the door exerts on your door header, end
wall and building. Your door exerts considerable horizontal loads on
the building structure in the open position. We provide you with those
loads that are applied to your building
and door. Your building header design
must meet standard deflection and
strength criteria, both in vertical and
horizontal directions to support the door
in all positions.
WARNING:
Improperly designed door header can result in property damage,
personal injury or death.
