Cornell Commercial Rolling Doors and Security Grilles Blog

Just as a chef cooking with a scratched pan and worn out spatula won’t end his time in the kitchen with a culinary masterpiece, getting a fire door without a properly suited operator is a recipe for disaster. If the chef gets the right tools, cooking will be easier. If you arm yourself with knowledge about fire door operators, choosing the best one will lead to easier maintenance and a safer building.

All signs point to success in the cannabis industry, from booming business and increasing sales to ideally, a more relaxed public. But with all the benefits increasing, so do the risks, especially as marijuana is legalized across the U.S. (currently in 48 states for medical use and in 16 for recreational use), and more dispensaries propagate.

Security rolling doors are unsung heroes – securing building openings with their durable, customizable, and compact selves. Much like the stage crew dressed in black seamlessly sets up the next scene, rolling doors quietly go about their duties, smoothly running in the background. And that’s the main goal of a rolling door: to work so well and only need a daily once-over that it blends into the background.

In American public schools, it’s now considered a best practice to have a written protocol in place for how to proceed if a shooter opens fire on school grounds or inside school walls. But for architects who design schools, the planning starts much earlier, before the first brick is laid.

When determining security needs for large corporations, industries and institutions, one aspect that often gets overlooked is the parking facility security needs. Security grilles are a perfect solution to help increase safety at all times.

“The details are not the details. They make the design,” said American architect and designer Charles Eames. At CornellCookson, we couldn’t agree more. The details really do make the design when selecting the best high performance door for your application.

If you have ever specified a rolling service door and a rolling fire door, you know that they look very similar to each other. As the old saying goes, “looks can be very deceiving”. There is much more to a rolling fire door than meets the eye.

Cornell Iron Works is the industry leading rolling door, security grille and closure product experts since 1828. To inquire how Cornell Iron Works long history of innovation and customer service can help you with your next rolling door project, call 1-800-233-8366!

At CornellCookson, our dedicated Architectural Design Support (ADS) Team can assist in tackling any challenges and issues head-on. We’ve gathered a few answers to some of the most common questions we hear from architects in part 2 of this week’s blog.