 All right, welcome, welcome to Unhinge with the DoorDork, where door hardware nerds get together, we knock and we slam on different doorfills, we learn, we laugh and sometimes we even cry, but most importantly, we have fun while we door got on doors. Today, we've got a very special guest, Mr. Matt Donaldson. Matt, why don't you introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about you and maybe a fun fact. Let's mix it up a little bit. Hi, nice to meet you guys and thanks for obviously bringing me here to discuss with you. So I have been with the group here for six and a half years. In August, I'll be here for seven years, basically lead up the product management for Glass Solutions and the Brockwood products as well. A fun fact about myself is when I was a junior in high school, actually I was part of a boy band that actually went in one talent show. We only performed one time, but we did attribute to the Backstreet Boys. So that's probably my fun fact about myself. So you're undefeated. Exactly. It was a one-time performance and we nailed it. I think we won $50 and that money was spent wisely. On pizza, right? Just pizza? Pizza and soda. I'm glad you said Backstreet Boys and not in sync because then we were gonna like a battle here. I'm just kidding. It was a battle between the two, but yeah, we ultimately went with that. It fit more of our voice range anyways at that time. My wife is a big in sync thing and I was a Backstreet Boys fan growing up. And so that was a big confrontation in our marriage. We had to like work through that. I'm just kidding. Well, welcome, Matt. Glad to have you. And as always, you know her. You love her. The lovely Mrs. Mia Mera. Why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself and maybe a fun fact? Yeah, so Director of Product Management for Sergeant Corbin Ruslan Yale. My fun fact is definitely not as fun as Matt's, although I guess I could pull out some fun. But this year, inspired by Benji, what you guys have been doing, we're also trying the 1000-hour challenge, but we're shooting more for like 500 hours because the kids are little and they're not able to do everything. So we're already trying to get outside more even in January with the snow. So that's what we're doing this year. That's fun. And I can tell you that 1000-hour outside challenge is a great, great challenge. Even if you fall short of the 1000 hours like we did last year, it just gets you outside more and more conscious or aware of your outside time. You know, the benefits of sunshine and vitamin D and all that stuff, right? Yeah. The kids are really loving it and the cold doesn't bother them. So we made sure we got a lot of good layers and they did a hot chocolate walk today and they really liked that. So it'd be fun. And inventive to get them outside, right? Exactly. Okay, so for those who don't know how unhinged works, I will pop up a picture of a door fell or a bad installation. We will slam, we will knock on the door and then give it a knocking score. One being not too bad and 10 being pretty knocking bad. Like this needs to get written up right now. Like let's get this person in prison or something like that. So yeah, how does that sound? You guys ready for me to jump in? Let's do it. Are you waiting for it? We're waiting. Waiting. Is it building up? How much? Suspense. So Matt, because you're with Glass Solutions, this is definitely a more glass door themed episode. So hopefully you enjoy what I've pulled together for you and the rest of the door hardware nerds. You need. First of all, I thought it was cool that they use these. These are ice hammers as the door pulls for this hiking store down in downtown Portland. What else do you guys see or notice about this picture? Well, I know that Matt and I are now gonna get custom pull requests for this. Yeah, this is really gonna bring in the custom work. Looks like that's attached to an exit device. It is, yes. I don't wanna like shame any brand names or anything like this, but this exit device is known for a certain type of latch at the top. And I double checked to make sure that they had a roller latch at the top with an electric strike. And you can actually rock these doors open if you get like the timing correctly because that roller latch only engages with a certain part of the electric strike. So I thought that that right there in itself was a glass door fell. I'm glad they have these hammers bolted on correctly because it would be hilarious if this was like a Phillips screwdriver or something like that. And you just unscrew the hammer that you used to break. So I'll come the outside. So I'm glad they got that right. And it's definitely unique and out there. I don't know if it's gonna get much of a knocking score, but what do you guys think? Not too knocking bad, right? Yeah, I don't think anything's wrong with the installation. I mean, I think it's interesting that they chose this for pulls. And I mean, we've seen a lot of custom pulls, kind of crazy pulls out in the wild. So I think this is low, like a two. I would also say it's low as well. We as well see the custom mating pull request for our panic device as well. Wood pulls, this is definitely creative. From a safety standpoint, not quite sure. They're on that one pull, looks like maybe a sharp object is extruding at one point. So maybe, you know, you could get caught on that. So they may need to fix that up. Yeah, I think they did like round off the edges because these are like ice pit, but it's still extended out from the door. So if someone's like walking through or if you open it up and there's a kid there right there, I mean, there could be some liability issues there. I agree with you. Okay, I'll jump on to the next one. Nice. Rope pull. Yeah, it zoomed in at first glance, I thought this was like an actual wire, which, you know, you'd probably need like an electrician to install, I'm just kidding. Hopefully this is a very temporary fix for a broken door pull. When people talk about wanting a cable device, I don't think this is what they mean. Either that or they're waiting for the inventory for the actual pull to arrive maybe. Yeah, with the supply chain the way it is now, you're right, this could be what we're up to. Eco-friendly pull here with the rope. I think someone said it's a lead credits, it's sustainability, you know. Compostable too. It's material. What's some of the liability you see with this or what else catches your eye? Is that a reader on the other, on the frame? What is that? It is, yeah. I believe it's a contact reader with missing cover, which is never a good sign. I'm wondering if someone tried to break in to this door and like that's why the door pull busted off and then they were like trying to mess with the reader or something to see if they could, you know, trip the access control system. Yeah, yeah, but for there to be a pull there and then a cylinder in the middle of the, it must have been an offset pull. Offset. Yeah. If it wasn't, we'd probably be having the same picture here. That'd be the next step fail. Yeah. I love a good like straight on pull with the cylinder underneath it. You know, I call it a knuckle hitter or knuckle bender. It's just anti-vandal. There you go. Keep people from messing stuff. Can't, I would say one thing I would hate for someone to like get looped up in this door. For them just cut it off completely so you can't open it from the out. I mean, you could probably grab that cylinder and pull it open and probably a little difficult, but. Yeah, that would be a little tricky depending on if it's nightlap or something. Okay, knocking score. What do you guys think? I mean, let's hope the locksmith is coming later this afternoon. In which case I would say, I mean, it's like a five. It's middle of the road for me. I was gonna give it a six. So we're close on that. Hopefully either the new pull arrives or they take some action here swiftly. I would agree with you. I don't think there's any obvious door code violations or life safety threats, but there is a little bit of liability that comes with a jankety pole like that. Yeah, I mean, they can still get out from the inside. They can still lock it. So like the function of the door for the most parts there, we just don't want anybody to get hung up. This technician that took the picture wasn't called out to fix this door. It was for a different issue. So. Living on the edge. I mean, the cord's still pretty white. It should be fairly new. You know, they're using ads like a hands-free pole. Hands-free, yeah, you can get your arm in there and pull it out. Yeah, innovative, but yet cost effective. Well, Matt, thank you. Appreciate your expertise and advice. And Mia, always it's a pleasure to have you. And join us next time on the next episode for Unhinged. Our doors are always open because they're unhinged. Don't forget to click like and subscribe to our channel. Thanks for watching.