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An automatic sliding door arrives on site as a set, not as a single machine. The operator, the track, the rollers, the sensors and the small fixing parts are packed together, and the configuration is settled at the quotation stage rather than during installation. This guide sets out a verification s

Handrail fittings are counted point by point, not ordered as a set. A straight balcony rail may need no more than an end cap at each end and a pair of flanges to fix it, while a stair that turns at several landings and branches onto a second flight may need elbows, tees and base plates at a dozen po

When a door closer is specified for a project, closing speed and price usually come up first. The decision that shapes everything else, however, is where the body sits. A door closer can be mounted on the surface of the door, where the mechanism stays in full view, or built into the door frame, wher

A glass clamp is the fitting that holds a fixed glass panel in place, and the material it is made from decides how it answers to moisture, load and time. Two clamps can share the same angle, the same size and the same finish, and still perform differently on site because the material underneath is d

Frameless glass shower doors depend on carefully matched hardware forboth movement and structural support. For project buyers, glassfabricators, contractors, and hardware distributors, selecting a showerhinge involves more than choosing a finish. Glass thickness,installation type, door weight, mater

A patch fitting is a compact hardware piece that clamps onto the edge of a frameless glass door. It carries the connection points a glass door needs — the bottom point that works with a floor spring, the top point that meets the frame or an L patch fitting, the lock, and the fitting that joins the d