How to Install a Steel Door Frame in Masonry Construction | Steel Door Institute 

Thank you so much for this video. For those of us who happen to get to these technologies now only - value this opportunity to learn so much - you would not believe!

SDI's your white paper "the Risk of Grouting Steel Frames" also says grouting is usually not necessary for masonry construction. However if done properly it will not cause any issues w/ the frame. But when not coordinated properly a thin slurry is often used & that excess water often causes rust.

Very informative video, well presented. Thank you

Very informative. Thank you for sharing.

This helped a lot. Thanks for sharing

I appreciate your video. Thanks 🙏 have learnt a lot

I did not know that the mason also installed the door frames, this order seems odd to me, but I don't know any better. thanks for this.

Good vid ,sorry to see the OSHA bust on the mason's backwards hard hat in your professionally done video , oh well ,but I have a great tip ,since I have installed thousands if masonry frames ,when the frame is set ,I always install the rubber mutes ,or silencers ,as the mortar or grout added will seep out the silencer holes ,and drilling will be required later to install the silencers ,I remove them when I remove the braces ,as they will interfere with the painting of the frames ,but saves time and labor !! I also keep 4'x8' x 1/2" thick styrofoam sheets on hand to cut into stop width strips ,and apply with silicone caulking where any surface mounted hardware re- reinforcements are ,this does not impede the frame grouting ,and saves your drill bits when hardware time comes !!

very good Installation technique ... thanks for your efforts.

Thank you.

Very neat!

Great job guy's

If the contractor finish the mason block first, how to install the bracket that set on the floor??

My understanding from reviewing SDI literature is that the mortar...often incorrectly labelled on drawings as "grout"...is there primarily for sound deadening purposes, NOT anchorage integrity or fire resistance. In most contemporary buildings, interior partitions that include CMU that are located in "finished" areas usually include furred out gypsum wallboard and are thus "hybrid" in character. In those cases is it safe to assume that mortaring-in of the frame should not be done and that another type of anchor should be used? My understanding is that SDI is against the use of "grout" in any type of installation where the mortar or grout cavity communicates with any other partition cavity with gypsum wallboard materials.

good work

Anyone know how to remove one of these frames from an old house?

I´m a little confused - do I have to check for plum, level and square?

yea great job

im building a workshop in my yard thanks for advuse

Where can I get these door frames at??

Don’t remove the bar till the end before installing the saddle

You keep saying check the installation for plum. You never did a video on how to correct it if the door moves away from plum.

Umm I don't think I've ever seen a mason install door frames

Those shipping bars are always left on when ever we're doing masonry work and sometime we have to take them off ourselves.

这种安装方式，太老旧了！

I also put my level up to the screen to make sure it was level, plum, and square, head neck and chest !!!! ☠

What if the wall is build and the original door frame was wood ?Do they make "replacement" frames that are not new construction ?

Put the hardware side of the frame flush to the wall face. Not centered in the block. So door can open to 180 degrees to the wall.

What's the purpose of anchor?

Thanks for the information, its very useful..!

Very nice

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