Do adhesives used in the assembly of an exterior sliding door FRAME need to comply with the onsite VOC requirements? The adhesives would be applied between separate tracks of the sliding door frame. (Minimal exposure as this adhesive is really intended to "glue" the components together tightly-like wood glued together). Each sliding door is on its own track, so when the sliding doors are in closed position, the adhesive which would be applied continuously between the tracks at the head and jambs could potentially be classified as being INSIDE the building for a portion of the track.
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
January 18, 2013 - 12:10 pm
If the adhesives are being installed on the door offsite as part of its assembly, then they are not subject to the credit requirements.
Tes .
January 18, 2013 - 1:39 pm
Thanks for your quick response. If this adhesive needs to be applied ONSITE to glue the tracks together, will this need to comply with LEED VOC requirement? It is my understanding that ONSITE is considered within the LEED project boundary, not just within the building. Is this correct?
Abena Darden
Senior AssociateThornton Tomasetti
273 thumbs up
January 18, 2013 - 2:05 pm
I think the language is intended to capture the actual installation tasks for materials, products and systems that take place inside the weather proofing barrier. Technically, if the adhesive to assemble the sliding door takes place somewhere on the construction site outside the building and then taken inside to install, it would not need to comply with IEQ4 requirements (within the letter of LEED law). However, the intent of the credit is to minimize exposure to off-gassing VOCs. Without adequate conditioning-allowing the off-gassing to occur outside the building for a pre-determined length of time-it's a safe bet that emissions will still be occurring when the assembly is installed. Can you ask the sub/installer to find a compliant substitute?