North Central Supply Inc

07/19/2024

Are you looking for a new career? Join our team at North Central Supply as a Door Hardware Technician. This position is a trade profession in the access control, commercial door and hardware industry. This role will get you out of the office to perform installation work, service work, and eventually access control integration within the Black Hills area. Our standard work week is Monday through Thursday 7:00am – 4:30pm and Fridays 7:00am-11:00am. We do require a valid driver’s license, and candidates must be able to pass a drug test.

Experience is a plus but not required – WE PROVIDE ON THE JOB TRAINING! If you have any experience with wiring stereo systems or construction/building experience, please consider this position. Wage depends on experience but starts at $19/hour. Other benefits include 401k employer match, health insurance, PPL, and paid holidays.

If interested, please send resumés to [email protected] or feel free to stop by our office at 818 E. St. Andrew Street, Rapid City, SD 57701.

11/10/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/11/ww-not-another-exit/

Tim Weller of Allegion sent me today's Wordless Wednesday photo...if I had a nickel for every time I saw an egress door changed to "not an exit" by someone whose authority was based on their access to a printer or a Sharpie, I'd be rich! :|

11/03/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/11/ww-smh-shaking-my-head/
SMH (=Shaking My Head)

Austin Bammann of CIH sent me today's Wordless Wednesday photos and I have no words left. How do we reach retailers to educate them about their door openings??

10/25/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/10/ff-at-the-airport/

People always send me photos with a note saying, "I saw this door and thought of you..." I LOVE getting those messages (who wouldn't?)! And last week when I was flying home from the BHMA meetings, I saw these doors and thought of YOU! :D This might seem a little picky, but for

10/03/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/ff-hard-wired/

Scott Tobias of arkaSpecs sent me today's Fixed-it Friday photos of a pair of automatic doors with electric latch retraction panic hardware. I don't claim to be an expert on wiring for electrified hardware, but this doesn't look right to me. :-| Note: Scott was not responsible for this spec!

09/29/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/qq-fire-door-assembly-with-transom-panel/

Sometimes when I receive a Quick Question, I have to 'phone a friend' for help. That was the case with today's question: In our facility there is a mechanical room where we need a removable transom panel in a fire door assembly, to allow for

09/29/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/ww-double-trouble-4/

Today's Wordless Wednesday photos were sent by John DeHaan, a self employed door repairman in Utah. Yet another restaurant's secondary means of egress secured with non-code-compliant hardware. :(

09/22/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/ww-another-restaurant-exit-2/

I can hear some of you saying, "But there's no exit sign above this door!" While that appears to be true, it doesn't mean the door can have non-code-compliant hardware. Maybe an exit sign is not required for this door, or maybe the missing exit sign is just one more violation along with the

09/21/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/wwyd-fire-walls/

The photo below is a great illustration of a problem that has come up before, and I don't have a good solution. I'm hoping you do. A fire wall is defined by the International Building Code (IBC) as: A fire-resistance-rated wall having protected openings, which restricts the spread of fire and extend...

09/20/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/qq-security-gates-on-multi-stall-restrooms/
Security Gates on Multi-Stall Restrooms

This is not the restroom in question. It's just an example of a security grille. Jim Elder of Secured Design LLC recently sent me a link to a discussion on Reddit, where a student posted about a change that had been made at his

09/19/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/ff-supermarket-exit/
Supermarket Exit

These Fixed-it Friday photos were sent by Daniel White of Top Notch Distributors. We have all seen retail doors with non-code-compliant security methods. This has only gotten worse with the pandemic and the current security issues in some areas of the U.S. In the supermarket pictured here, the manag...

09/14/2022

https://idighardware.com/2022/09/ww-school-security-modification/
School Security Modification

This Wordless Wednesday photo was taken in a school - the good news is that this hardware is in the process of being replaced. Remember, if a door is provided for egress purposes, the International Building Code (IBC) requires it to be code-compliant. Here's a bonus