{"id":3436,"date":"2019-04-16T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/how-to-install-a-2p-surface-mounted-panic-bar\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T11:31:32","slug":"how-to-install-an-overmounted-panic-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/blog\/how-to-install-an-overmounted-panic-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install an overmounted panic bar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install a panic bar on the non-opening leaf.<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A surface-mounted bar is usually installed on the inactive leaf of a double door. It consists of a towel bar and two latches that attach to the latches at the top and bottom of the door leaf and are used to open the door when the bar is activated. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For installation, we recommend following these steps:<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Place the door in a horizontal position and mark the anchor holes for the brackets. <strong>Fig. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Mark the anchor incisions for the upper and lower latches. <strong>Fig. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Secure the top and bottom latches with 4 screws each. <strong>Fig. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Secure the strike plate on the latch side with 4 screws. Attach the latch bolts to the center strike plate and mark the excess length on the top and bottom latches. Cut off the excess and attach the latch bolts to the latches. <strong>Fig. 4<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Position the hinge plate on the hinge side. Measure and cut the push rod, place it between the two hinge plates, and secure it with screws. Secure the hinge plate and handle by tightening the screws. Install and secure the hinge plate and latch housings. <strong>Fig. 5<\/strong>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Install a panic bar on the non-opening leaf. A surface-mounted bar is usually installed on the inactive leaf of a double door. It consists of a towel bar and two latches that attach to the latches at the top and bottom of the door leaf and are used to open the door when the bar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asturmadidoors.visualit.com.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}