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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ellis.charles11d 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.ryan11d 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.