Knock Down Door Frame Rough Opening

Heavy duty steel construction.

Knock down door frame rough opening. De la fontaine industries designs and manufactures steel doors and steel frames. 3 sided 2 1 3 0 x 7 0 op 38 x 85 ro. Primarily used for interior drywall openings for a wall thickness of 4 7 8 in. We offer the industry s leading standard widths and heights for your openings.

Welded frames are already welded together in our shop and are ready for installation upon delivery. What is the rough opening. Heavy duty steel knock down door frame. Kd frames are the least expensive because they are shipped disassembled allowing them to be tightly packed for shipping and jobsite storage.

Frame prepped for 3 in. For fire rated openings drywall must extend at least 1 2 into frame. If you have any further questions please contact us. Also see our door and hardware offerings.

As a general example a truck might be able to hold 1 000 kd frames or 300 welded frames. The knocked down drywall frame is for interior stud walls and for use with steel or wood doors. Using a 3068 door as an example the rough opening size for a welded frame would be 3 4 1 4 x 6 10 1 4. Hinges and a 4 7 8 in.

Note there isn t a rough opening size or dimension for this wall construction. Frames are installed in rough openings after the wall has been constructed and finished. Interior knockdown frames that wrap wall a opening width 2 b opening height 1 the rough opening would be 38 x 85 for a 3 0 x 7 0 door frame. Kd drywall frames allow for assembly into the drywall opening after wall construction.

Frame type add to opening width add to opening height example std. All commercial doors come at a thickness of 1 3 4. They are supplied with a kd knock down corner. Learn more about hollow metal frames.

On a 3068 door the nominal measurements are 3 0 x 6 8 while the actual measurements are 2 11 3 4 x 6 7 1 8. On non rated openings you can run the drywall down to the frame or caulk the seam if it is going into block. Suited for 1 3 4 steel or wood doors. The rough opening dimensions are the same for either welded sua or knock down kd frames for f fn fe de mu three sided frames and four sided borrowed light frames.

Drywall frames are designed for light to heavy duty applications in both commercial and institutional buildings. Rough opening guide for knockdown drywall frames overall frame size 2 on width 1 height varying face dimensions will not change rough opening sizes in most applications. Their design has visible seams and screws because they are not welded. In commercial settings our doors and frames can be found in such diverse locations the pentagon usa the boston museum of fine arts usa the colorado state university stadium as well as countless schools residences and industrial facilities around the world.

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