Warranties Standard Warranty Five Lakes Manufacturing Standard Warranty
The above manufacturer warrants all doors sold under this warranty (except those doors expressly excluded from this warranty), for 1 year from the date of shipment, and at the time of shipment to be of good material and workmanship and to be free of defects which would render said doors unserviceable or unfit for their ordinary recommended use. This warranty extends only to the first purchaser at retail of said door(s) and may not be enforced by any person to whom the said door(s) are transferred. Any implied warranties which the purchaser may have are limited in duration to 1 year from the date of shipment. This warranty applies to interior use only. TELEGRAPHING AND WARP TOLERANCES 1. Stile, rail, and core show-through (telegraphing of flush doors shall not be considered a defect unless the faces of the door vary from the true plain in excess of 1/100 inch in any three – inch span. 2. Warp shall not be considered a defect unless it exceeds ¼ inch in the plane of the door itself. The following warp tolerances are for 1-3/4 inch or thicker doors. Doors wider than 3’6” and higher than 7’ in height, the warp shall not exceed ¼” in any 3’6” section by the height of the door. Doors which are 1/8 inch or 1-3/8 inch thick, the warp shall not exceed ¼”, other than excluded below. 3. “Warp” is any distortion in the door itself and does not refer to the relationship of the door to the frame or jamb in which it is hung. The term “warp” shall include bow, cup, and twist. Measuring the amount of warp present in a door, the following method shall be used: bow, cup, and twist shall be measured by placing a straight edge, taut wire or string on the suspended concave face at any angle (i.e. horizontally, vertically, diagonally), with the door in its installed position. 4. The measurement of bow, cup and twist shall be made at the point of maximum distance between the bottom of the straight edge, taut wire and the face of the door. MATTERS EXCLUDED FROM THIS WARRANTY 1. Unsatisfactory service or appearance caused by failure to follow recommended “Handling, Job Finishing and Installation Instructions,” appearing at the bottom of this warranty, is not covered by this warranty. 2. The appearance of field finished doors is not warranted in any event. 3. Natural variations in color or texture of wood are not to be considered defects. 4. The warranty against warp does not apply to the following” A. All 1-3/8 inch and 1-3/4 inch thick doors which are wider than 3’0” or higher than 7’0”. B. Doors with face veneers of different species. C. Doors that are improperly hung or do not swing freely. 5. This warranty does not cover. A. Doors with cut-outs for lights and/or louvers, any edge of which is nearer than 5 inches to any edge of the door. B. Doors with cut-out areas exceeding 40% of the area of the face of the door. C. Doors with cut-out areas exceeding one-half of the height of the door. D. Doors having less than 5 inches between cut-outs for lights (flush doors) unit locks, closers, and / or other hardware cut-outs. E. Any delamination caused by failure to protect and seal all exposed surfaces of the door.
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