Recommended Practice For Hardware Reinforcing On Standard Steel Doors and Frames
Recommended Practice For Hardware Reinforcing On Standard Steel Doors and Frames
Recommended Practice For Hardware Reinforcing On Standard Steel Doors and Frames
6-2020
Revision of ANSI/SDI A250.6-2015
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Approved August 18, 2020
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A250.6-2020
Revision of ANSI/SDI A250.6-2015
Recommended Practice
for Hardware Reinforcing
on Standard Steel Doors and Frames
Secretariat
Steel Door Institute
Tables
1 Minimum hardware reinforcing thickness. . .......................................3
2 #10-24 thread (nm).. .......................................................................4
3 #12-24 thread (nm).. .......................................................................4
4 Tap drills and clearance drills for machine screws
with American National Thread form (nm).......................................5
Figures
1 Examples of equivalent reinforcing methods...................................1
2 Full #12-24 (nm) threads................................................................2
3 Extrusion to create (3) full threads of #12-24 (nm).........................2
4 Maintain a minimum of 65% of full thread.. .....................................4
5 Full thread shall not fall below 65%................................................4
6 Proper thru-bolting.........................................................................6
7 Improper thru-bolting......................................................................6
Appendices
A Conclusion.....................................................................................7
B Bibliography...................................................................................8
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Foreword (This Foreword is not part of American National Standard A250.6-2020)
The first edition of this standard was developed under the auspices of the
Technical Committee of the Steel Door Institute and published in 1978 as
SDI-107 Hardware on Steel Doors (Reinforcement – Application). In 1994,
the word “standard” was added to the document’s title and the decision was
made to promulgate SDI-107 as an American National Standard. A250.6
was officially approved by the American National Standards Institute on Oc-
tober 22, 1997. Substantive changes between SDI-107 and the revised and
redesignated A250.6-1997 Hardware on Standard Steel Doors (Reinforce-
ment – Application) include the addition of metric equivalents, revised tap
and drill sizes to eliminate those that are not recommended, and a better
definition for “factory mortise.”
In 2001, the TC-1 Committee of the Accredited Standards Committee A250
initiated the 5-year review process, and changed the title of A250.6 to
Recommended Practice for Hardware Reinforcing on Standard Steel Doors
and Frames to more accurately define the content of the standard. In ad-
dition, this revision includes the following substantive changes: Addition of
Appendices A and B, both informative; discontinuation of the use of “gauge”
in favor of decimal equivalents; addition of information relating to continu-
ous hinges; redefinition of the scope to exclude “architecturally specified
or specialized conditions.”
In 2015, A250.6 was revised due to the following updates: Figure 1 – title
changed from “Rigidity of angle or channel versus plate” to “Examples of
equivalent reinforcing methods”; Figure 6 – Sex-bolted changed to “proper
thru-bolting. Description changed from sex nut full door thickness” to
“Grommet nut of sex bolt or barrel nut spans full door thickness”; Figure
7 – “Grommet nut does not span full door thickness changed to “Grommet
nut of sex bolt or barrel nut does not span full door thickness”; Section
1.3.1 – “equal strength” was changed to “equal strength, pull-out strength”
In 2020 the standard was balloted and approved as a revision, due to up-
dates in the “Reference documents” section.
Suggestions for improvement gained in the use of this standard will be
welcome, and should be sent to the Steel Door Institute, 30200 Detroit
Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44145-1967.
The organizations of the Accredited Standards Committee A250 that have
approved this standard are as follows:
Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association
Canadian Steel Door Manufacturers Assoc.
Cedar Valley Associates
D. H. Pace Company
Door and Hardware Institute
Door Control Services
ESTM Services, LLC
HMMA/Division of NAAMM
Intertek
MasterSpec
Ray and Associates
Steel Door Institute
Underwriters Laboratories LLC
Vetrotech / Saint Gobain
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The Accredited Standards Committee A250 TC-1 developed this standard
had the following personnel at the time of approval:
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AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD ANSI/SDI A250.6-2020
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threading, especially with the smaller diameter The installer shall use a template provided
screws. with the device or the device itself to locate
5.2 Field drilling and tapping hole spacing.
Doors and frames shall be prepared by the 5.2.1 A suitably sized punch shall be used
installer in the field for surface applied hard- to locate the drilling for pilot holes to prevent
ware, such as surface closers or holders, track drill creeping, off-center holes and improper
type concealed closers or holders, pulls, exit screw alignment.
device cases, or vertical rod latches. In addi- IMPORTANT NOTE: Use only the correct size
tion, some hardware such as anchor hinges, drill for pilot holes, as recommended by Ma-
thrust pivots, pivot reinforced hinges or floor chinery’s Handbook (see table 4). Larger holes
mounted pivots must be field prepared due to will decrease screw holding power causing the
design variations or to provide adjustment that screw to be pulled from the reinforcing under
can only be provided at time of installation. normal stresses (see figures 4 and 5).
Door Frame
Hardware Item
inches mm MSG No. (6) inches mm MSG No. (6)
Mortise Hinge 1-3/8" [34.9 mm] Door (1) 0.093 2.3 12 0.093 2.3 12
Mortise Hinge 1-3/4" [44.5 mm] Door (1) (2)
0.123 3.1 10 0.123 3.1 10
Mortise Lock or Deadbolt (1)
0.067 1.7 14 0.067 1.7 14
Bored Lock or Deadbolt (1)
0.067 1.7 14 0.067 1.7 14
Flush Bolt Front (1) 0.067 1.7 14 0.067 1.7 14
Surface Bolt (3) 0.067 1.7 14 0.067 1.7 14
Surface Applied Closer (4) 0.067 1.7 14 0.067 1.7 14
Hold Open Arm (3)
0.067 1.7 14 0.067 1.7 14
Pull Plates and Bar (3)
0.053 1.3 16 0.053 1.3 16
Surface Exit Device (3)
0.067 1.7 14 0.067 1.7 14
Floor Checking Hinge 0.167 4.2 7 0.167 4.2 7
Pivot Hinge 0.167 4.2 7 0.167 4.2 7
Continuous Hinges (5) Per Specification Per Specification
Kick / Push Plate Per Specification Per Specification
Note: The minimum steel thickness for each specific gage is derived from the published figures of
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Thickness listed is in addition to door/frame specified thickness.
(1)
Thinner steel may be employed as long as tapped holes used for mounting the hardware are
extruded to produce an equivalent number of threads.
(2)
If reinforcing is angular or channel shaped, 0.093″ (2.3 mm) is permitted.
(3)
When reinforcing is omitted, thru-bolting via the use of spacers or sex-bolts is required.
(4)
Reinforcement shall occur on both sides.
(5)
Refer to section 6.
(6)
MSG No. to be used for reference purposes only.
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Tables 2 and 3 illustrate the effect of variances required on hollow metal doors, spacers or
in pilot hole sizes on thread holding power. sex-bolts shall be used to prevent collapsing
5.2.2 The installer shall assure that tapped of face sheets as illustrated in figures 6 and 7.
holes have 75% of full thread (considered a NOTE: The most popular thru-bolting applica-
normal condition). This percentage shall not tions are door closers, exit devices, overhead
fall below 65% to be considered adequate holders, pulls and bar sets.
for proper hardware fastenings. Drills shall
be positioned so the bit enters the reinforced 5.4 Sheet metal screws
area in perpendicular position as holes formed Sheet metal screws are normally used to at-
at angles will not permit proper seating of the tach accessory hardware such as kickplates,
screw head. After the proper pilot holes are
mail slots, room numbers, identification signs,
drilled, proceed with the tapping operation.
and in many instances, push or pull plates.
The tap shall match the thread size of the
screws provided and the tap shall be held These areas are not reinforced beyond the
perpendicular to the surface. thickness of the face sheets. Properly sized
holes and correct sheet metal screws as pro-
5.3 Thru-bolting
vided with the hardware item or as specified
Where reinforcing has not been specified or in the mounting instructions shall be used for
provided for other than mortised hardware, hardware attachment.
attachment shall be accomplished by thru-
bolting. The hardware manufacturer’s instruc- 5.4.1 The best performance is achieved when
tion sheets shall be closely followed for rec- the space between the threads is equal to or
ommended procedures. Where thru-bolting is greater than the thickness of the face sheets.
Drill Size Drill Diameter % Full Thread Drill Size Drill Diameter % Full Thread
#23 0.154″ 66% #15 0.180″ 66%
#24 0.152″ 70% #16 0.177″ 70%
#25 0.149″ 75% #17 0.173″ 75%
#26 0.147″ 79% “Machinery’s Handbook” recommendation in BOLD
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64 53 .0595
1 .073 48 .0760 46 .0810
72 53 .0595
56 50 .0700
2 .086 43 .0890 41 .0960
64 50 .0700
48 47 .0785
3 .099 37 .1040 35 .1100
56 45 .0820
36* 44 .0860
4 .112 40 43 .0890 32 .1160 30 .1285
48 42 .0935
40 38 .1015
5 .125 30 .1285 29 .1360
44 37 .1040
32 36 .1065
6 .138 27 .1440 25 .1495
40 33 .1130
32 29 .1360
8 .164 18 .1695 16 .1770
36 29 .1360
24 25 .1495
10 .190 9 .1960 7 .2010
32 21 .1590
24 16 .1770
12 .216 2 .2210 1 .2280
28 14 .1820
20* 10 .1935
14 .242 D .2460 F .2570
24* 7 .2010
20 7 .2010
1/4 .250 F .2570 H .2660
28 3 .2130
18 F .2570
5/16 .3125 P .3230 Q .3320
24 I .2720
16 5/16 .3125
3/8 .375 W .3860 X .3970
24 Q .3320
14 U .3680
7/16 .4375 29/64 .4531 15/32 .4687
20 25/64 .3906
13 27/64 .4219
1/2 .500 33/64 .5156 17/32 .5312
20 29/64 .4531
* Screws marked with asterisk (*) are not in the American Standard but are from
the former ASME Standard.
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Appendix A
(informative)
Conclusion
It has been the experience of the Steel Door Institute that most failures of hardware attachments
have been caused by improper field installation rather than insufficient reinforcement. It is quite
obvious that it is easier to tap an oversize pilot hole than to tap one of correct size necessary
for maximum strength. Oversized holes will not ensure adequate product performance.
Manufacturing tolerances and dimensions may not always be consistent on machine and sheet
metal screws when compared with different sources of supply.
The material used for the manufacture of screws is also a factor in the overall performance of the
attachment. Stainless steel, for example, is a stronger fastener than aluminum or plain carbon
steel. On installations where vibration or unusual frequency of operation is a factor, the use of
thread locking inserts, liquids on threads, or binding heads should be considered.
Standard steel doors and builders hardware are made to provide many years of service and
are very compatible. The specification writer and construction superintendent must be aware,
however, that proper installation methods must be considered on an equal basis with door and
hardware construction requirements to achieve this compatibility on the job.
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Appendix B
(informative)
Bibliography
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