French doors shall be “La Porte” as manufactured by Lawson Industries, Inc., 8501 NW 90 Street, Medley, Florida 33166, USA.

Extrusion shall be 6063 aluminum inT5 and T6 temper.,with walls offrom.084”to .125”nominal thickness at allstructural locations.Frame jamb shallbe tubular shaped.Head,jamb and sillshall have a dimension of1 3/4”x 41/2”.Frame shall be assembled bysecuring head and sill to jambs usingeight concealed sheet metal screws.Panels shall be assembled using a5/16”diameter,continuously threadedsteel rod,running through top andbottom rail from stile to stile.Each rodend shall be held firmly with washeredhex nuts.Sill shall have an overallheight of2 1/8”and contain a 1 1/4”step for panel rail to seat.Exterior faceofrail shall finish flush with outsideedge ofsill.Door shall be exteriorswing,providing the best possibleprotection against water infiltration.Frame head shall contain integral hoodprojecting out from header to deflectclinging water from running directlydown head and into opening at top ofpanel.

Door panels,jambs and header shallreceive an electro-statically applied 1.0mil thick dry film coating which meetsthe performance requirements ofA.A.M.A.603.5 in a choice ofbronzeor white.All sills shall be mill finish.

Active door stile shall be routed for 21/8”diameter dead bolt and latch with 23/8”backset.Concealed face ofinactive leafshall contain top andbottom flush bolts with stainless steelshaft to engage into header and sill,preventing inactive leaffrom openingwhen bolts are engaged.Two heavy-duty extruded aluminum hinges withstainless steel hinge pin shall supporteach door leaf.

Muntins shall be adhesive applied tointerior and exterior surface ofeachpanel and sidelite.Configuration shallbe flat 1 1/4”interior bar and profileradiused exterior extrusion.

All stiles and rails shall be weatheredusing a combination ofa flexible virginPVC bulb and polypropolene pile.Weather-stripping shall be so placed asto provide two points ofprotection inall vertical locations,and four points ofprotection in all horizontal locations.

As added option a combination of a low profile sill and single action latch allows for wheel chair egress/ingress and ease of operation latch.

Panels shall be glazed with 5/16”thicklaminated glass consisting ofone lite of1/8”annealed glass on inboard andoutboard separated by a .090”thickinterlayer as standard.Optimal 7/6”thick laminated glass consisting ofonelite of3/16”thick annealed glass oninboard and outboard side of.090”interlayer is available as added option.Glass color is as specified.Both verticalstiles and horizontal rails are assembledconsisting ofbase extrusion and a snapfitted aluminum quarter-round glazingadaptor applied to the exterior side ofeach panel member to conceal andprotect the glazing pocket.Heatstrengthened glass is added option.

Panels shall be glazed with 5/16”thicklaminated glass consisting ofone lite of1/8”annealed glass on inboard andoutboard separated by a .090”thickinterlayer as standard.Optimal 7/6”thick laminated glass consisting ofonelite of3/16”thick annealed glass oninboard and outboard side of.090”interlayer is available as added option.Glass color is as specified.Both verticalstiles and horizontal rails are assembledconsisting ofbase extrusion and a snapfitted aluminum quarter-round glazingadaptor applied to the exterior side ofeach panel member to conceal andprotect the glazing pocket.Heatstrengthened glass is added option.