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Care & Installation Instructions: Bifold Door Pre - Installation Instructions Bifold Door Installation Instructions

1. Bifold doors require structural support above in the form of a lintel that is fitted 10mm above the door head and can support the door weight. 2. The bifold door unit must be installed square, plumb and level for proper operation, with a slight upward bow in the head preferable. 3. The door head is secured to the lintel above with screws or bolts drilled through the center head bead and door head and into the lintel at intervals no more than 1200mm.

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Care & Installation Instructions: Bifold Door Pre - Installation Instructions Bifold Door Installation Instructions

1. Bifold doors require structural support above in the form of a lintel that is fitted 10mm above the door head and can support the door weight. 2. The bifold door unit must be installed square, plumb and level for proper operation, with a slight upward bow in the head preferable. 3. The door head is secured to the lintel above with screws or bolts drilled through the center head bead and door head and into the lintel at intervals no more than 1200mm.

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Care & Installation Instructions

Care & Installation

Bifold Door Pre­-Installation Instructions Bifold Door Installation Instructions


1 A structural beam or lintel must be fitted above all Bifold Door units. 1 Fit flashing to sill and where required to stiles and head.
There should be a 10mm clearance between the lintel and the Bifold
2 The complete unit must be installed square, plumb and level. Doors
Door head. Recommended lintel position should be as shown in
will not operate successfully with a bowed sill or a dropped head. A
details 1, 2 and 3.
3mm upward bow in the head is preferable.
2 The lintel must be able to support the weight of the Bifold Door unit.
3 Drill 3mm diameter pilot holes (9mm clearance holes for steel lintel)
Bifold Door units weigh approximately 22kg per m2.
at no more than 1200mm centres through the centre head bead and
FOR EXAMPLE A 2100mm x 2400mm Bifold Door will door head up into the lintel. The end holes should be no more than
weigh 2.1m x 2.4m x 22kg = 110kg. 200mm from each door jamb. One hole should be drilled through
NOTE Twin glazing will double the calculation. the centre of the Bifold Door head.
3 The Bifold Door sill must not be directly tiled or concreted up to. This 4 With screws (bolts) provided, screw up through the pilot holes into
may result in the sill cupping and the sill track compressing. the lintel. The centre fixing should be fixed first. A spring washer
should be used with steel lintel fixings.
4 The Bifold Door sill must be supported over the full width. Failure to
do this may result in the outside of the sill cracking. 5 Make sure the head and sill are packed square and level.
The head should be packed at screw locations.
5 Do not cover sill drainage holes with tiles or concrete.
6 Frame to be secured by backnailing and packed accordingly. Fixings
6 Failure to comply with instructions may result in poor operation of the
through exposed timber should be hot dip galvanized steel, 300
unit and could void the warranty.
series stainless steel or silicone bronze. Do not use uncoated steel
fixings or steel wool for dressing timber.

Timber Lintel Detail 1 Timber Lintel Detail 2 Steel Lintel Detail 3

75mm screw
Packing

100mm screw Centre head bead 8mm dia.


100mm long
bolt

Pack at Fixing Points


1200mm (MAX) 1200mm (MAX)
Lintel
Head

Wall Stud Wall Stud

Sill

36

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