What Is The Best Door Closer For A Wood Door?

Door closers come in many hundreds of different brands and models. Choosing the right door closer for your commercial solid core door could seem like a complicated and overwhelming process. We are here to help contractors and building owners know exactly which door closer would work best for their commercial wood door application. In this article we go over in our opinion, the best door closer for installations on commercial wood doors.

Commercial Solid Core Wood Door Applications

Commercial wood doors, or architectural wood doors, are often found in hospitals, office spaces, schools, and many other buildings. These doors are considered solid core because they are constructed with a veneer face and a solid particle core. Commercial solid core doors come in a variety of finishes like birch, cherry, African mahogany, white maple, and more. Solid core wood doors are used to provide an elegant and professional look to the building. For this reason, the door closer used should be high quality with a finished appearance to match.

Liberty Northgrove Door Closer

The Northgrove door closer by Liberty Door Closers, offers the most finished look on commercial solid core wood doors. Liberty Door Closers is a manufacturer of high quality commercial door closers. The Northgrove model is their most robust design and is offered in a variety of finishes including silver or dark bronze to match any commercial wood door species. The dimensional size of the Northgrove door closer is perfect for standard mount, top jamb, or parallel mount on interior commercial wood doors as the footprint is not extremely large.

Finished Cover To Complement Wood Veneer

The Northgrove door closer is constructed from a heavy duty cast closer body. It is neatly concealed by a smooth finished door closer cover. The cover design is sleek and designed to not take away from the overall look of the commercial wood door veneer. It blends in with the commercial wood door perfectly. Silver or dark bronze door closer finishes are the most popular, as we find that they blend the best with wood door veneers. Other colored finishes of door closers, will cause the door closer to stand out and take away from the overall impression the door gives.

Fits Any Wood Door Size

The Northgrove door closer is designed with a fully adjustable closing spring ranging from ADA to Size 5. This door closer can be used on any size interior wood door, and still have the spring power to smoothly close the door. This makes it ideal for maintenance personnel as it allows them to stock a one size fits all door closer, and not have to worry about stocking a multiple non-adjustable spring door closers.

Smooth Control Of Swinging Wood Doors

Commercial wood doors are much more expensive than other door materials like hollow metal steel or aluminum doors. As a result, commercial wood doors should be viewed as an investment. Northgrove door closer helps protect that investment with it's reliable hydraulic valve system. Each Northgrove door closer features a main closing speed adjustment valve, a closing latch speed valve, and an opening backcheck speed valve. The special hydraulic fluid used in Northgrove door closers provides constant lubrication in the door closer, and smooth operation of the door. Other door closer models use inferior hydraulic valves and seals which results in the door closer leaking hydraulic fluid. With the Northgrove door closer, the heavy duty seals and valves allows it to run for a lifetime, when other door closers only work for a matter of months.

Grade 1 Design For A Long Life Span On Any Wood Door

Each Northgrove door closer is grade 1. Meaning the door closer has exceeded over 2 million cycle completions, the highest door closer grade available. Inferior grade 2 and 3 door closers are often utilized in new construction, due to their low cost. However, after a few months, lower grade door closers begin to fail, making their life span much shorter than the Northgrove door closer. The short lifespan of inferior grade door closers far outweighs the initial cost of the Northgrove door closer. In the course of a door's life time a single purchase of a Northgrove door closer is much less expensive than

Full Line Of Door Closer Accessories Available For Wood Door Applications

The Northgrove door closer is ideal for commercial wood doors since it has so many accessories that can be added to the door closer. This includes hold open arms for interior wood door applications where pedestrians need the door to remain open. An example of this application might include a storeroom door or office entry door. Another popular Northgrove door closer accessory is the drop plate. The drop plate is ideal for installations that have low head room and works as a mounting plate for the door closer.

Conclusion

The Liberty Northgrove door closer is the best solution for commercial wood doors. The adjustability from spring power, to closing speed, to backcheck opening speed will protect the life span of your wood door. All Liberty door closers ship FAST and FREE.



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