Hi ian and sarah,
Sarah thank you so much for passing this message on. Ian, thank you so much for alerting us, and to Sierk and Chicago for assessing this failure. I’m not in town and no I hadn’t noticed this condition, which sounds quite concerning.
I’ve just spoken with Bain, our locksmith - he should be there by about noon today to at least temporarily triage the situation while we assess a more lasting fix.
I’m not in town, but from the sound of it (and going from past experience elsewhere), the work may or may not possibly involve temporarily disabling the action of one of the double doors such as the inactive leaf, or possibly, temporarily putting in a slide bolt in the floor for one leaf if that is needed.
I’m not at all sure what temporary measures may be required, but to anyone who may be using omni, I would ask that we all please allow the locksmith to pursue a temp fix as he best sees fit. I have asked Bain to ensure that whatever the fix is, that the card reader if at all possible remain functional as a manifest consideration.
Should folks have questions or suggestions, if at all possible, folks should first try to reach to me or Sarah prior to directly engaging with Bain, mainly so he can focus on getting a fix committed as he’s doing this on very short notice and with limited time over the holidays -
I’ll apprise everyone of what was fixed as soon as I hear back from Bain probably in the afternoon sometime.
Best,
David
Thank you Ian! I think David is working on getting this fixed soon?
SL
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From:
Ian C <icumming2020@yahoo.com>Date: Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [omni-building] Omni front door keycard access issue
To: Sarah Lockhart <
sarah.ee.el@gmail.com>
Whist bailing out water from sudo-room ( 9 5 gallon buckets ),
Chicago brought it to my attention about people jimmying the front door,
and sleeping in the front couches:
Serig and I inspected the door:
The larger door on the left, has a missing hinge on the bottom of the three:
Which causes it to lean towards the door on the right, at the top,
and separates the lock portion, slightly.
The middle hinge needs to be moved to the bottom,
and shimmed out. ( the top and middle hinge do not sit flush to the jamb. )
I told Chicago I would communicate this.
Yours,
Ian
Was the location of the bolt the issue? Like are the hold opens currently installed at handle height or elsewhere? Was confused about “at grade”?
SL
Can't we just put a screw-in eye bolt, with a metal hook hanging from it that
hooks onto the door
That’s what the ‘hold-opens’ are
Also, I have not received any replies to my message about the door opener
motor, which is ready to install above the door. Did my message go into the
spam folder or something?
No, I didn’t see this message.. that’s great! I’ll check my spam
sent Wed, 8 Dec 2021 13:03:22
Subject "Front Door Opener Motor installation"
-jake
On Sat, 18 Dec 2021, David Keenan wrote:
> I’ll ask bain to take a look when he comes by to assess the small leaf’s
> panic bar which is jacked up somewhat, I’m guessing from ppl trying to open
> it without first opening the wider active leaf at right. There needs to be
> an “OPEN FIRST (active leaf)” type sign on the wider door.
>
> As the holidays have been upon us, things are just taking longer..
>
> Fwiw. A closer has been restored to the small leaf, but the tension on both
> closers need further adjustment. Since this is our (putative) ADA entrance,
> tension on the wider leaf’s closer can’t be too strong - while less tension
> makes it easier to leave the door slightly ajar (not quite latch) which
> also isn’t great, so we need to dial in a compromise. Closer tension on
> small leaf can and should be higher though.
>
> Fwiw.. Hold-opens (hooks) at grade should be installed at corner & 48th st
> doors now.. They don’t work as well as I thought they would, but I figure
> they’re still better than the big orange cones which impede egress, or the
> flip-up door stops that just get knocked off and also intrude on egress
> width..
>
> David
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:14 Yardena Cohen <yardenack@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Also I just noticed the lower hinge is loose. That can't help
>>
>
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