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Posted by Andrew McCrea (Member # 674) on 09-12-2006, 09:51 PM:

Ever stop and think that sometimes Google having over eleventy billion pages to search from is sometimes a bad thing?

I've been searching through the search engine trying to find out the width and height of standard commercial doors, and the width (and height) of double doors specifically.

Can anyone help me out?

Posted by Dustin Mitchell (Member # 372) on 09-12-2006, 10:58 PM:

If this is in regards to cinema design, a good place to start would be to check what local building codes require. Hopefully there is one place you can find out this info as there are probably several different codes covering this-fire codes might specify one width and codes requiring accomadations for handicap accessability might require another. The largest number would apply I imagine.

After that you could just call a supplier of comercial grade doors and find out what sizes they offer.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 09-12-2006, 11:19 PM:

Standard commercial doors are 36" wide and 84" tall. Double doors are typically 6' across. At least those are the standards for American commercial doors. Don't know the metric standards for countries in Europe, etc.

I only know this from drawing up plenty of building elevations for electrical sign projects, as well as laying out plenty of door graphics.

Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 09-13-2006, 08:57 AM:

I know at the office I work at during my day job (Architectural / Engineering Firm) - we use the standard of 6'-0" wide x 7'-0" tall for a typical aluminum storefront set of double doors. Typical aluminum storefront members are nominal 2" x 4" - although actuall dimensions vary 1/4" - 1/2" depending on manufacturer.

Aluminum Store Front Doors & Glazing

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 09-13-2006, 10:50 AM:

Andrew each province has there own codes of exit dorr requiremnets often with conflicting local fire codes