What To Do With Concrete-Filled Door Frames & Access Control?

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Brian Rhodes
Jan 10, 2024
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One of the common profit-killers on Access install jobs is concrete/grout-filled door frames because hiding, routing, and snaking wires by chiseling out or drilling spaces for access hardware becomes a nightmare that takes hours of time and good skill craft.

Often, walls are built around door frames, and filling the space behind the frames with concrete or masonry grout is a common architecture spec:

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Shannon Davis
Jan 10, 2024
IPVMU Certified

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Undisclosed Integrator #1
Jan 11, 2024

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Matthew Hoenig
Jan 17, 2024

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