Ever get confused installing a door?  Can’t quite figure out where the hinges should be installed or where the key should be? Here is a simple list to help you keep it all straight!

Door 101

Left Hand Door

• Hinges on the left
• Key Side on the right
• Push door away from you to open

Right Hand Door

• Hinges on the right
• Key Side on the left
• Push door away from you to open

Left Hand Reverse

• Hinges on the left
• Key Side on the right
• Pull door toward you to open

Right Hand Reverse

• Hinges on the right
• Key Side on the left
• Pull door toward you to open

Door 201

Double Doors, Right Hand Active

• Left door is fixed
• Right door is the active leaf
• Hinges on the right side of the right hand door
• Key Side is on the left side of the right hand door
• Push right hand door away from you to open

Double Doors, Left Hand Active

• Right door is fixed
• Left door is the active leaf
• Hinges on the left side of the left hand door
• Key Side is on the right side of the left hand door
• Push left hand door away from you to open

Double Doors, Right Hand Reverse Active

• Left door is fixed
• Right door is the active leaf
• Hinges on the right side of the right hand door
• Key side is on the left side of the right hand door
• Pull right hand door toward you to open

Double Doors, Left Hand Reverse Action

• Right door is fixed
• Left door is the active leaf
• Hinges on the left side of the left hand door
• Key Side is on the right side of the left hand door
• Pull left hand door toward you to open

Recently, I began estimating glass shelves for a bay window to accommodate a client’s orchids. I asked Zack Zoll of Standard Glass what type of glass I needed for the shelves, and I learned some glass basics.  Here is a brief description:

Plate

1. Not safety rated
2. Comes in varies sizes, standard is 1/8” thick on up.
3. Most common

An exampled of installed tempered glass

Tempered

1. Safety rated
2. Comes in varies sizes, standard is 1/8” think on up.
3. Tempered process means it has been heated up to 1300 or 1400 degrees then gradually cooled down to adjust the stress level.
4. Lead time for tempered increases by a couple of weeks, glass made to size, not meant to be recut.
5. Typically put in doors or windows.  New codes say 18” from ground and 18” from exterior doors.
6. Typically in side windows in cars
7. When it breaks it shatters, therefore less likely to cause severe injury
8. Best in horizontal applications

Laminated

1. Safety rated
2. Standard sizes are ¼ and 3/8.
3. Two pieces of plate glass bonded together
4. Weaker than tempered glass
5. Blocks UV light
6. Sound blocking properties
7. Difficult to break thru, when it is shattered it stays together
8. Not best in horizontal applications
9. Typically in car windshields

Thank you Standard Glass for the great information on windows.

CCM selected best place to work in New Orleans

With the World War II Museum, Wilson Elementary, and Port Sulphur Government projects in progress our business life was hectic and the email was forgotten.

Then months later, I received a voicemail saying “we had been nominated for…”. The cheery voice (Autumn Giusti) on the phone then explained that we had actually won! To be acknowledged by CityBusiness, and show the City of New Orleans what we are made of, was a proud moment for me.

New Orleans CityBusiness picks Hal Collums Construction as Best Place to Work in 2009