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Follow the steps below to collect your measurements and start building your double sliding screen doors.

Before you start

Tracking

Please ensure you have suitable tracking before starting. For details, see our Tracking Guide. Suitable tracking can also be added during the product builder process. If your current tracking is unsuitable and you’re installing new tracking, follow the Option 3 instructions below.

Interlocks

We also recommend you familiarise yourself with interlocks. See our interlocks guide.

Important

Please view the available videos and follow the instructions carefully. Please also take note of the required deductions. We do not apply any deductions to the final measurements. The measurements you submit will be the ‘make size’ used for manufacture, as shown on your confirmation email or approved quote. All measurements must be taken from the outside, looking in. Measure exactly where the product will be fitted, to the millimeter.

A few things to note for Double Sliding Doors (Centre Opening)

• Active Door:  Refers to the door with the lock. This will mirror your existing doors. 

• Non Active: Refers to the door receiving the lock. 

• All locks will be cut ready for immediate use. 

• Double sliding screen doors must have receiving interlocks, Learn more.

• Frame interlocks and the receiving H channel for the non-active door are supplied with your doors; plus 5/32 rivets for installation.

• The H-Receiver Channel houses the lock plate, the active door locks into this channel.

  H-Receiver

Three Measure Options are available:

Option 1: Measure your existing screen doors

If you have an existing door with the correct tracking and you're happy with the fit then we suggest that you measure this door and use these measurements for your new door.

Active Side: Stand outside with your doors closed; identify which door will have the lock, left or right, this is the active door.

Door Widths: Measure the top, middle and bottom widths of each screen door; send us the largest of the three measurements.

Door Height: Measure from top to bottom of each screen door on both the left and right hand sides; send us the shortest of the two measurements for each door.

Lock Height: You can use the existing lock height if desired; first make sure that the new handle will not interfere with the existing glass door handle, by following the lock height instructions in Option 2.

Note: All FLY range doors are supplied with a latch that is installed by the customer onsite when fitting the door.

Option 2: Measure from the tracks for new doors

Active Side: Stand outside with your doors closed; identify which door will have the lock, left or right, this is the active door.

Door Widths: Measure the full opening from the outside edge of the receiving interlock or fixed glass panel on the right-hand side (1.1) to the outside edge of the receiving interlock or fixed glass panel on the left-hand side. Deduct 6mm, then divide by two to determine the individual door width.

No receiving Interlock? If there is no receiving interlock you must install them, otherwise there will be nothing to stop the screen doors sliding all the way across and over the fixed glass panels. You can add receiving interlocks to your order via the addons section in the product builder. Follow our interlock measure instructions to determine the size of interlock required.

Door Height: Measure lengths at three to four points along the track; take this measurement from the top of the bottom track, to the bottom of the top track, deduct 12 mm from the shortest length and record this measurement. Your track will either have a raised rail (1.3) or it will be a flat U-shaped section (1.4).

If a variation of more than 4 mm exists this may result in the door not sliding properly, and additional tracking may have to be installed to make tracks parallel.

Lock Height: Take your lock measurement from the top of the bottom track, to the centre of where you want your lock handle. This will also be the centre of middle lock striker. This measurement must be either:

• A minimum of 120mm above the top of your existing solid door lock (1.5), or

• At least 60mm below the bottom of your existing door lock handle (1.6).

Note: All FLY range doors are supplied with a latch that is installed by the customer onsite when fitting the door.

Now you've gathered all your measurements Start Building!

Option 3: Measure double sliding doors, allowing for the new tracking.

Suitable tracking for SecOnline sliding screen doors can be purchased via the add-on section of the Product Builder. When using new tracking, height deductions must be taken from the overall opening, as well as the standard sliding door, to allow for correct fitment. The instructions below apply when installing tracking into a bare opening (i.e. where no existing tracks are fitted).

Note: For Centre Opening Sliders, the receiving channel is not required, as the doors look into each other at the centre.

1. Measure the full height of the opening at three to four points across the span. Take each measurement from the bottom of the opening to the top. Identify the shortest measurement.

2. From the shortest measurement, deduct:

• 8mm for the bottom pip track

• 8mm for the top sliding track

(total deduction: 16mm — this allows for the 8mm raise rail in both the top and bottom tracks; see 1.5)

3. Finally deduct a further 12mm from the shortest measurement, which is the standard height deductions for sliding doors.

Door Widths : Measure the full opening from the outside edge of the receiving interlock or fixed glass panel on the right-hand side (1.1) to the outside edge of the receiving interlock or fixed glass panel on the left-hand side. Deduct 6mm, then divide by two to determine the individual door width.

No receiving Interlock? If there is no receiving interlock you must install them, otherwise there will be nothing to stop the screen doors sliding all the way across and over the fixed panels. You can add receiving interlocks to your order via the addons section in the product builder. Follow our interlock measure instructions, to determine the size of interlock required.

Lock Height: Take your lock measurement from the sill when your bottom track will be installed, to the centre of where you want your lock handle. This will also be the centre of middle lock striker. This measurement must be either:

• A minimum of 128mm above the top of your existing solid door lock, or

• At least 68mm below the bottom of your existing door lock handle

Note: All FLY range doors are supplied with a latch that is installed by the customer onsite when fitting the door.

Now you've gathered all your measurements Start Building!