Why specifications are so important for floating door configurations

Designing an aircraft hangar with a floating door? Omitting critical details from the architectural drawings and hangar door specifications often results in a door that’s difficult to manage and prone to complaints.

Here’s why:

To ensure consistent bids and avoid functionality problems, your drawings and specifications must clearly indicate where the push button stations should be located and what functions they must perform.

Basic floating doors will only include “left,” and “right” push buttons. But a fully functional floating door system should also include buttons labeled—or functioning as—“extend” and “stack,” positioned on specific inside or outside leading edges for safe, directional operation.

Including this level of detail in your bid documents ensures your hangar door is quoted and built correctly from the start.

Need help? Aero Door offers free specification packages. Just ask—we’ll also show you animations of different floating door setups to help you confirm you’re selecting the right system for your project.

The details make all the difference.