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DOORS 101 - Proper
Overhang
All Entry doors that are installed
on any outer perimeter of a structure or home must have
an Adequate Protective Overhang. This overhang protects
the door from the elements and will insure that your
solid wood door gives you years of use.
An "Adequate Protective Overhang"
is defined as an overhang projecting a distance from
the structure equal to at least one half the elevation
distance between the bottom of the door and the base
of the overhang structure at the point that is the farthest
from the door.
That is just the legal description.
It is easier to use a story problem to come up with
an answer. Let’s say that you have a standard
80" tall door and an overhang that starts 12"
above the top of the door. The distance from the overhang
to the bottom of the door would be 80” plus 12"–
or 92". This overhang must project from the door
at least one half this distance – or 46"
away from the door.
If you do not have an "Adequate
Protective Overhang" in your particular use of
our door we will not be able warrant the door. You will
have to take extra care to insure that moisture and
elements do not affect your door adversely. Without
the protective overhang, you may have to reseal the
door more often than if you did have a protective overhang.
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