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Kitchens, back-of-house corridors, stockrooms and processing areas take a beating. Staff push through with carts, trays and full hands dozens of times an hour, and the doors in those openings are expected to swing both ways, close on their own and still look good after years of daily cleaning. Special-Lite designed its Double-Acting Traffic Doors for exactly that kind of opening.
What sets them apart
Special-Lite launched the line in 2024, building on the same foam-injected FRP technology behind its well-known SL-17 doors and its bathroom partitions. The result is a slim, lightweight door that is built to last.
- Foam-injected core. Closed-cell foam fills the panel, giving it strong resistance to moisture and corrosion while keeping it light enough to push open with a shoulder or a cart.
- Integral aluminum perimeter. The aluminum edge protects the door from impacts and gives it a solid yet flexible structure that outlasts doors built with passive fillers such as honeycomb.
- Stainless steel gravity pivot hinge. Special-Lite’s own double-acting hinge lets the door swing in both directions and return smoothly to centre under its own weight. No springs to adjust or replace.
Faces and finishes
The doors are available with three types of faces, so the back of house can look as finished as the front.
- Hybrid FRP: Pebble Grain texture in Special-Lite’s exclusive SpecLite3 FRP, Rustic Wood Grain, Contemporary Wood Grain and Sandstone. Easy to clean and sanitize.
- Aluminum: embossed (0.055″ face sheet), smooth or fluted.
- Stainless steel.
Where they work best
- Restaurants and commercial kitchens
- Food service and college cafeterias
- Retail stores, convenience stores and stockrooms
- Food processing facilities
- Laboratories
- Hotels and hospitality
For architects and specifiers
Special-Lite provides 3-part CSI specifications and CAD details for the Double-Acting Traffic Doors (MasterFormat 08 38 00, Traffic Doors). For projects in Quebec, Repère Architectural can help with French-language documentation that follows DDN conventions.
Let’s talk about your project
Repère Architectural represents Special-Lite in Québec, the National Capital Region of Ottawa and the Maritimes. Whether you are specifying a new restaurant, renovating a cafeteria or replacing worn-out doors in a processing plant, we can help you choose the right face, finish and configuration.
514-927-6762 · info@reperearchitectural.ca