JELD-WEN: Flush - Passage - Installation & Finishing

Handling

1. Avoid dragging doors across one another and keep doors clean.
2. Store flat on a level surface in a dry, well-ventilated building.
3. Doors should be conditioned to average prevailing relative humidity.
4. Doors should not be subject to extreme or rapid changes in heat or humidity. Avoid sudden changes such as forced heat to dry out a building. Doors should not be delivered to the job site or installed until concrete floors, foundation, plaster, or drywall are cured.
5. All ends and edges must be sealed with an effective coating to prevent undue moisture absorption. Additional coats of the finish materials will increase resistance to moisture absorption.

Fitting and Hanging

1. Allow approximately 3/16" clearance on width.
2. Caution must be used to avoid impairing the strength of the door when trimming. Trim no more than 3/16" from each side.
3. Use three hinges on all 1-3/4" solid core doors. Hinges must be set in a straight line to prevent distortion.
4. Jambs and stops must be set square and plumb.
5. Immediately after cutting and fitting (before hanging) seal all cut surfaces and ends of doors with an effective coating.

WARNING: The interior JELD-WEN product is manufactured with a urea formaldehyde resin and may release small quantities of formaldehyde. (Tests show JELD-WEN doors are very low formaldehyde emitters and are well below the .30 particles per million limit established by HUD.) Formaldehyde levels in the indoor air can cause temporary eye and respiratory conditions or allergies.

JELD-WEN Interior Doors - Finishing Recommendations

Unfinished Hardwood

1. Sand entire door lightly with fine grit sandpaper giving special attention to areas of raised grain and any soil marks resulting from handling; clean thoroughly. Do not spot sand heavily in one area only, as the finish will then appear blotchy.
2. It is important that finishes be compatible from base to top coat. It is recommended that the manufacturer's specifications be followed and that only one manufacturer's products be used on all coats.
3. Other than lauan, doors to be finished with a natural or a stain finish should be sealed with a clear sanding sealer or wood sealer.
4. Do not use penetrating stain on oak, birch, or ash species. If a door is to be painted, apply a good quality primer. Lauan species may be stained without a sealer.
5. For doors to be stained, we recommend an alkyd resin-based stain followed by wiping to remove excess stain and achieve the desired color tone and grain effect.
6. Apply at least two coats of clear top coat such as a polyurethane resin-based finish to natural or stained doors. Painted doors should receive a minimum of two coats of a good acrylic latex or trim paint.

Prefinished Doors and Hardboard

1. Doors furnished preprimed should be carefully wiped clean and finished with two coats of top-quality latex or oil-based paint.
2. Doors furnished prefinished require no additional finishing.
3. To properly seal and finish doors, use a high-grade product and apply in strict compliance with the manufacturer's specifications.
4. Ends must be sealed before hanging.
5. Doors should be finished on both sides before hanging or immediately after hanging.
6. Doors should not be allowed to remain unfinished when hung, nor should one side be finished when the other is not.

Edge and End Sealing - All Doors

• All surfaces of the door must be properly finished.
• Use a good grade of latex or oil-based paint.
• Do not use water-thinned latex paint.