Found a neat trick for hiding door sensor wires in metal frames

Last Tuesday I was installing at an office park in Phoenix and kept struggling with wire pinch points on those thin metal door frames. Used a tiny dab of silicone caulk to hold the wire in place before closing the frame - saved me like 20 minutes per door. Anyone else got quick fixes for metal frame installs?

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3 Comments

ellis.charles2mo ago

I was doing a residential job in Mesa last week and ended up using a dab of hot glue instead of caulk, which worked fine until the Arizona heat turned it into a sticky mess an hour later. Had to rip the frame back open and scrape it off with a putty knife. Learned my lesson about keeping a tube of silicone in the truck for those metal frames.

johnson.ryan2mo ago

Laughed out loud reading this because I've definitely done the same thing with hot glue on a bathroom job... thought I was being clever until the whole thing slid off an hour later. Nothing quite like scraping melted glue off a frame while questioning every life choice that led you there. We all learn the hard way in this heat, I guess.

jamesmason22d ago

Man I feel your pain, I learned that lesson the hard way too. What finally worked for me was using a two-part epoxy instead of hot glue or standard caulk on those metal frames in the heat. You mix it up yourself and it holds solid even when the sun is cooking the job site, just gotta make sure you let it cure fully before testing the seal. Have you tried that stuff yet?