Installation Guide

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
for Swinging and French Patio Doors
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PREPARE SILL PAN
INSTALL SILL PAN
PREPARE BUCK
1. Cut a piece of sheet
material to the length
shown.
2. Lightly crease folding
lines 1/2" in from the
two short sides and
one long side.
3. Measure the width of
the frame from the
interior to the nailing
n/trim and add 9/16".
4. Take this distance
from the back edge
and lightly crease a
folding line across the
sheet material.
Frame
width
+9/16"
Folding Line
Length of rough opening sill plus 1"
1/2"
1/2"
Measure
frame
width
Interior
5. For step-down
landings, cut 1/2" in at
this line on both sides
of the sheet material.
6. For continuous slab,
cut across the folding
line.
7. Fold the three back
sides up to make a
3-sided box, and, for
step-down landings,
fold the front ap
down.
Continuous slab
Step down
Fold sides and back up
Fold corner
forward
Fold front
ap down
1. Set the sill pan in
the rough opening,
aligning the front
edge (for continuous
slab) or folded down
edge (for step down)
with the exterior of
the rough opening.
2. Mark a line across the
front and back of the
sill pan.
3. Apply three 3/8" beads
of sealant between
the lines.
4. Place the sill pan in
the rough opening.
Firmly press the sill
pan into the sealant
with a J-roller.
Sealant
Note! This section applies to installations into a buck only. For
installations into a stud-framed wall, begin with section 6, “PREPARE
STUD-FRAMED WALL.”
1. Seal any joint larger than 1/16" (1.5mm) in the buck and between the
buck and the concrete/masonry with sealant.
2. Cover the buck and the surrounding concrete/masonry at the head
and jambs and sill with liquid applied ashing as shown.
3. Apply diamond lath to all ashed surfaces to be covered by stucco.
END of Buck Instructions, SKIP to section 7, “INSTALL DOOR.”
Sealant joints
Diamond lath
Liquid applied
ashing