The Owner called with a problem with the doors. First it was getting the door hardware installed on the job - hardware that must be programmed for multiple users to have access into the school with complex software- and now it’s the closure mechanism.
The problem is that the form of the door pull has to meet ADA requirements (it looks like a “C” form in shape with a required certain depth before it returns flush with the surface of the door and the key hole has to be inside that form to comply) but for the closer to hold the door open, you have to push the door open beyond 90 degrees to activate the mechanism that holds the door open. We didn’t design for that space, 4″ depth for the hardware. When the doors are fully open, the pulls knock into each other. In order for the doors to be held open, you have to push the door beyond 90 for the closure to click and activate. We can’t do that in all instances of our brand new building because that consideration was skipped in the design process. One door can hold open at a time, but we lack 8″ for both doors to remain open at one time.