Bob,
You better hurry and buy what you saw. My cost on a 1 hour rated
door is $245. A label jamb is about $140. Add LCN closer, Falcon
mortise lockset, air seal, bottom sweep, and ball bearing hinges I
go over 600 quick.

Any 18 gauge commercial metal door and jamb will make 45 minutes.
Your biggest problem will be finding a jamb throat that will take
studs and 2 layers of rock on both sides. "Normal" 5 and 3/4
jamb has a 4 and 7/8 throat.

2 and 1/2 " studs with double rock will be slightly over 5:, a
mighty tight fit to shove the rock into. You can run the finish
layers with J mold against the jamb, but will look a bit strange.


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DanG (remove the sevens)




"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
I'm building a large wine cellar in the basement, and would like
to make it reasonably fire resistant, since there will be a
valuable inventory in there. A proper steel (metal content)
fire door and frame, new, from Home Despot is around $300. What
are my chances of finding one from a building that's being
gutted, or from a building materials salvage dealer in the NYC
area? Any suggestions? Thanks

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Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)