Private homes and business establishments alike enjoy the benefit of having a prefabricated door delivered right to your doorstep. When we talk about prefabricated doors, there are literally a lot out there; here are a few to provide a little idea on the different types:
Prefabricated Fireplace Doors
These prefabricated doors are mostly used on business establishments and buildings. Prefabricated fireplace doors must adhere to the NFPA 80 Standard to ensure safe and reliable use.
Prefabricated Metal Doors
These prefabricated metal doors are usually seen on car garages, industrial yards and other large-scale segregation.
Prefabricated Aluminum Doors
These prefabricated aluminum doors are commonly used in gardens, balconies and most residential homes today.
Prefabricated Wooden Doors
These prefabricated wooden doors are the most common used doors in the world today because of the fact that a lot of households up till now have wooden front doors.
Prefabricated Steel Doors
These prefabricated steel doors are mostly used on high-security storage and rooms. It is commonly used today in banks and restricted areas.
There are different inspection processes needed for all the prefabricated doors listed above to assure quality and reliability. A lot of people today choose to purchase these doors because it is easier to install. Here are a few of the inspection processes that InTouch uses in developing inspection protocols:
PREFABRICATION INSPECTION
The purpose of this inspection process is to ensure that all of the materials are in its proper category to ensure an easier and fluid operation. All items that have missing components will be returned to the first phase to follow up on the appropriate pair. Metal and steel-based doors will be molded and constructed prior to the initial inspection.
MATERIALS INSPECTION
The material inspection process is to verify that all of the necessary components, materials and resources are ready for production to ensure that all of the items on queue are in highest quality. Items that show any weak parts or base will be labeled as “DEFECTIVE” and will be rebuffed according to its status.
- Metals and Steel materials test:
- Needed components for materials listed above should undergo a strength and corrosion test to ensure that all of the materials to be used on the prefabricated doors are of good quality from base to finished product.
VISUAL INSPECTIONThe viusal inspection process is used to thoroughly inspect and verify that all of the prefabricated doors, regardless of the door type, are free from any holes, breaks, and more. Listed below is a more detailed inspection process to be taken on these prefabricated doors: - Thoroughly inspect for open holes, and as well as any breaks in the surface of the door and make sure everything is thoroughly fastened.
- Thoroughly inspect for any glazing beads, vision light frames or any production anomaly found in steel, iron and metal prefabricated doors.
- Thoroughly inspect the attachments of the door like the hinge slot, hardware and thresholds, and other mechanisms. Check for its consistency and verify success-fail ratio on sturdiness.
Analyze the proper clearance between the door and frame as per the consumers’ ideal layout on door sizes.MECHANICAL INSPECTIONThe mechanical inspection process is used to determine the effectiveness of the prefabricated door and its built-in handle mechanisms (if applicable) and make sure that everything is damage-free and operational to ensure that all of the prefabricated doors are working as expected. Should there be prefabricated doors that have poor door construction, item will be labeled as “DEFECTIVE” and will be rebuffed.
WEIGHT AND MEASUREMENT INSPECTION
The weight and measurement inspection process is used to verify that all of the prefabricated doors, regardless of the door type, have the same specifications in terms of height, length, width, diameter and weight to ensure that all of the prefabricated doors will most universal doorways as per ISO 9001 international standard of excellence.
QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION
The quality control inspection process is used to verify that all of the prefabricated doors are fully checked and tested for its functionality, and as well as putting the quality label for shipping and distribution. During this inspection process, there are a few important inspection processes to follow to pass the functional testing phase:
- Steel and metal-based doors must pass the strength and corrosion testing in order to pass the inspection process and be given the label for distribution.
- Latching hardware for all prefabricated doors must be thoroughly tested and retested for a minimum of ten (10) times to ensure that all the mechanisms will work in fine order.
- After the labeling process, it is very important to inspect each of the labeled doors for any field modifications which could null the label’s authenticity to ensure that no items are shipped as “DEFECTIVE.”
- Thoroughly inspect the gasket and edge seals of each prefabricated door are remaining intact and are still in pristine condition to ensure that the consumers will have the first-hand experience of unpacking.
