The means of exit from a commercial property should allow one to escape from a commercial building in an effective and safe way. Panic bars, exit devices, or crash bars are installed to unlock a door upon pressing the horizontal bar of the device.

The New York Commercial Locksmith provides installation, repair, replacement, and adjustment services for commercial panic bars used in offices, shops, restaurants, schools, apartments, warehouses, events centers and other places.

How Panic Hardware Functions

The panic bar covers part or entire width of the interior surface of the exit door. If anyone presses the bar, the latch unlocks and allows one to open the door in the direction of exit.

This mechanism does not require the person to turn the door knob, find a key, or enter the code during an emergency situation. In addition, panic bars are convenient for those situations, when numerous persons have to get out of the building in a short period of time.

There are various styles of exit devices, such as rim exit devices, mortise exit devices, vertical rod exit devices, alarmed exit devices, and fire door exit devices.

Signs that Your Panic Hardware Needs Repair

Emergency exit hardware and panic bars should release smoothly and let the door close and latch after its operation, therefore in case if any of the following occurs, your exit device definitely needs repair:

• Bar does not move

• Latch is unlocked

• Door does not latch

• Device is loose

• Trim does not work on the outside

• Alarm works incorrectly

• Door is dragging along the frame

• Vertical rods do not lock the door

• A door opens from the outside although it’s locked

Since the panic bar interacts with hinges, door closer, frame, and strike, the visible device may be not the reason of the problem.

Repairs of Panic Bars

Our specialists examine the whole door before repairing. Depending on the problem, our staff will adjust the latch, tighten the device, replace the parts inside the device, repair the outside trim, align the strike, adjust vertical rods, or change the position of the door.

The door closer may also be adjusted to provide smooth closing and locking of the entrance.

Installation and Replacement of Panic Bars

In some cases replacement of the device is required, if the hardware is worn out, damaged, outdated, malfunctioning, or inappropriate for the door.

Choosing the new panic hardware requires the selection based on the type of the door, traffic flow, exit requirements, and fire rating.

New York Commercial Locksmith helps to maintain the security of the commercial exit doors on the outside and ensure safe exit from the building.