Kimber Brinkley

Properly aligning a commercial door frame is crucial for smooth operation, security, and long-term performance. In this video, CDF Distributors’ experts walk you through step-by-step instructions to check, adjust, and install your door frame with precision, ensuring your doors perform at their best from day one.

What You’ll Learn in This Video

• How to assess your door frame before installation
• Steps to align the frame for optimal door performance
• Tips for maintaining proper frame alignment
• Common alignment mistakes to avoid

Why This Matters
A properly aligned door frame ensures smooth operation, maximizes security, and prevents premature wear. Following these steps helps contractors, installers, and building managers avoid common mistakes and ensures reliable door performance.

Who This Helps

• Contractors and installers
• Facility managers and building staff
• Maintenance teams
• Commercial property owners

Commercial Door Solutions from CDF
CDF Distributors provides commercial wood doors, hollow

Watch this detailed video from CDF Distributors to learn how to install a commercial metal door frame in a drywall opening. We guide contractors, builders, and DIYers step-by-step to ensure a square, plumb, and professional installation for smooth door operation and long-term durability.

Why Installing a Metal Door Frame Correctly Matters
A properly installed commercial metal door frame ensures smooth operation, long-term durability, and code compliance. CDF Distributors provides expert guidance to help contractors and builders achieve professional results every time.

What You’ll Learn in This Video

• Tools and materials required for installation
• How to prep your rough opening for accurate fitting
• Step-by-step frame assembly and anchoring
• Tips to ensure the frame is square, plumb, and level

Applicable to Commercial Metal Doors
This installation process is suitable for all standard commercial metal door frames in drywall openings. Following these steps ensures proper alignment and long-lasting

Watch this video from CDF Distributors to explore the full range of commercial door options we offer. In this quick overview video, you’ll see the different door types available, including solutions designed for durability, performance, and code compliance across commercial applications.

Explore CDF Commercial Door Options
CDF Distributors offers a wide range of commercial door solutions designed to meet the demands of various industries and applications. This video provides a quick look at the door types available for your next project.

Door Types Featured in This Video

• Commercial wood doors for performance and design flexibility
• Hollow metal doors for strength and durability
• Storefront doors for retail and commercial entrances
• Fire-rated doors for code compliance and safety
• Hurricane impact doors for high-wind and coastal environments

Solutions for Every Commercial Application
From offices and retail spaces to industrial and multi-family projects, CDF provides door packages built for

Discover why CDF is your go-to for commercial wood doors that deliver performance, design, and code compliance with expert guidance and ProBuilder quoting.

Why Choose CDF for Commercial Wood Doors?

At CDF, we don’t just supply commercial wood doors — we deliver complete door and frame packages tailored to your project. Our ProBuilder tool and expert team guide you through fire ratings, frame types, hardware prep, and compliance so you get exactly what your job site needs the first time.

What You’ll Get

• Fire-rated wood doors with 20, 45, 60, and 90-minute ratings
• Complete wood door + hollow metal frame packages
• Compatibility with commercial metal frames
• Heavy-duty hardware support for durability
• Prefinished, water-based environmentally friendly stain options
• Manufactured in-house with over 4,500 wood and metal doors in stock

Perfect for High-Traffic Commercial Environments

Our doors are engineered for hospitality, office, healthcare, education, multi-family, retail, and tenant build-outs

If you're planning a commercial project, choosing the right steel door system is critical. In this video, we break down everything you need to know about commercial steel doors and frames so you can make the right decision with confidence.

Commercial Steel Doors Explained

Commercial steel doors are designed for durability, security, and long-term performance in high-traffic environments like schools, offices, healthcare facilities, and industrial buildings.

In this video, we walk through the key factors to consider when selecting the right steel door system for your project.

What You’ll Learn

• What makes commercial steel doors highly durable
• Differences between single and double door configurations
• Custom steel door options and applications
• Glass types, including tempered, insulated, and Low-E
• Core options and insulation performance
• Fire ratings, safety features, and code compliance

Why Steel Doors Matter

Choosing the right commercial door isn’t just about fit—it impacts safety, energy efficiency,

Commercial metal doors are essential for durability, safety, and compliance, but many projects get the details wrong. In this video, we break down how hollow metal doors, frames, fire ratings, louvers, and glass lite kits all work together to create a reliable commercial door system.

Commercial Metal Doors Explained
Understanding how a commercial metal door system works is crucial for high-traffic buildings such as schools, hospitals, warehouses, and offices. It’s not just the door itself—frames, hardware, and reinforcements all play a role in performance and code compliance.

What You’ll Learn in This Video

• Why 18-gauge galvanneal steel hollow metal doors are the industry standard
• Fire-rated door options from 20 minutes to 3 hours
• Wind-rated and HVHZ-certified doors for extreme weather conditions
• When and how to use glass lite kits for visibility
• How louvers provide ventilation for mechanical and utility rooms
• The benefits of factory-installed lite kits and louvers to reduce errors
• How