Warranty

stevesdoors.com
May 2017
HANDLING & CARE
RECOMMENDED HANDLING, JOB FINISHING AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Inspect door upon receipt and deliver door(s) to building site after plaster cement is dry. If doors are stored at job site
for more than one week, all edges should be sealed.
Handle with clean gloves and do not drag doors across one another or across other surfaces.
Store flat on a level surface in a dry, well ventilated building. Cover to keep clean, but allow air circulation.
Doors should not be subjected to: abnormal heat, extreme dryness, humid conditions or sudden change therein. They
should be conditioned to average prevailing relative humidity of the locality before hanging.
The utility or structural strength of the door must not be impaired in the fitting of the door, the application of hardware,
or cutting and altering the door for lights, louvers, panels or any other special details.
For all doors use three hinges, except two hinges may be used for hollow core doors weighing less than 50 pounds
or 6' 8" or less in height. All doors 7' 6" or higher require four hinges. Allow a fitting clearance of 1/16" on the hinge
side and 1/8" on the lock side.
When light or louver cutouts are made in interior doors, they shall be properly protected to prevent moisture from
leaking into the core. Where installed for outward swing with no protection from the elements, doors must be properly
protected by flashing or other suitable means.
Immediately after fitting, or cutting for closure, weather-strip and/or threshold, and before hanging any interior or
exterior door on the job, the entire door, including the top and bottom edges, must receive an application of a primer
and two coats of a good grade of paint, varnish or lacquer. Adequate drying time must be allowed between coats. For
job-site finishing, do not use a water-thinned paint unless an oil base prime coat is first applied.
Exterior finishes shall be used on the exterior face and all edges of exterior doors.
Interior doors will generally have approximately the same temperature and humidity on one side as on the other, in
which case warp will seldom occur. In cases where the door separates a heated from an unheated space, or a humid
space from a dry space, some bowing may be expected if the temperature or humidity differential is large.
After the doors have left the factory every possible effort should be made to hold moisture changes to a minimum
during the process of shipping, storing and installation. Doors should either be stored flat on a level surface or vertically
on the bottom edge. Storage area should be clean, dry and well ventilated. When stacked solid in a damp area they
should be stacked to permit free circulation of air; otherwise the four edges and the exposed side of the top panel will
pick up moisture rapidly while the parts in the center of the pile will change very slowly. The stresses developed by such
unequal changes may cause the top panel to bow upward and the other doors to twist.
If stops and jambs are not set plumb and in a true plane, or if jambs are not properly squared, opening and closing the
door will result in stress, and cause distortion.
Similarly, if hinges are not set in a straight line, the door will be constantly under stress. As stated previously under the
subject of door hardware, three hinges will restrain distortion better than two; but these must be set with greater care to
have all three in perfect alignment.