Commercial · Provo, Utah
Panic bar installation in Provo puts hardware on your exit doors that opens with one push from inside, even when the door is locked from outside. We install, repair, and adjust rim, vertical rod, and mortise exit devices for churches, schools, restaurants, event spaces, and offices, and help you choose the outside trim and dogging each door needs.
An exit device, often called a panic bar or crash bar, pulls its latch back when someone pushes the bar or touchpad on the inside. A typical installation includes:
We also repair existing devices, from sticky touchpads to bent rods, as part of our commercial locksmith work.
Panic hardware is required on many exit doors. Under the International Building Code (2006 and later), latched exit doors serving assembly or educational occupancies with a calculated occupant load of 50 or more need it, as do high-hazard occupancies at any load. NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, sets its trigger at 100 or more occupants for assembly, educational, and day-care spaces. Your building official and fire marshal decide what applies.
Source: iDigHardware (Lori Greene, Allegion), "Panic Hardware," July 9, 2025.
On existing exit devices, call when:
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Call (801) 555-0142| Device | Where it latches | Typical door | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rim | One latch at the edge, into a strike on the frame | Single doors, or pairs with a removable mullion | Simplest to install and service |
| Surface vertical rod | Top and bottom, with rods on the door face | Pairs with no center post | Exposed bottom rod can be bumped or clogged with ice and grit |
| Concealed vertical rod | Top and bottom, with rods inside the door | Pairs in storefronts and finished lobbies | Clean look, more labor to service |
| Mortise | Latch in a pocket in the door edge | Single high-use doors | Strong, but needs a mortise pocket |
Outside trim decides what happens from outside: nothing for exit-only doors, a pull for doors left dogged during business hours, or a lever or thumb-piece that a key locks and unlocks.
Dogging holds the latch retracted so the door works push-pull, set with a hex key or a cylinder. Fire-rated doors are different: they need fire exit hardware, which has no mechanical dogging, because a fire door must latch every time it closes.
Prices vary widely by brand, grade, and door, so no single national figure is worth quoting. We give you the exact price on the phone once we know the door, device, and trim, and confirm it on site before drilling.
Utah enforces current codes: Utah Code 15A-2-103 adopts the 2024 International Building Code, and the state fire code adopts the 2024 International Fire Code. In Provo that reaches church meetinghouses, classrooms, restaurants, and event spaces, from downtown on Center Street to the Provo Towne Centre area. Occupant load is figured from floor area and use, so a modest room can cross the 50-person line.
Winter is the other local factor. Provo's average January low is 23.8°F, according to NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals, and snow packed around a surface bottom rod can stop an exterior pair from latching. On those doors, ask about a less-bottom-rod device, which latches only at the top, or a rim device with a removable mullion.
Why Choose Us
1 push
An exit device that needs a shove, a jiggle, or a second try is failing at its only job. After installation we push the bar at several points along its length, check that the latch clears the strike cleanly, and confirm the door closes and latches again without help. A door that releases easily and relatches every time is what we test for before we leave.
500,000
Allegion's guide to BHMA grading lists 500,000 test cycles for a Grade 1 exit device. That matters on a meetinghouse's main doors, a school entrance, or a restaurant's back door that swings all night. On lighter-use doors a lower grade may be fine, and we will tell you where the extra cost buys longer service life and where it does not.
24/7
When an exit device stops latching at closing time, you are left with a door that will not lock, and wedging something against it blocks the way out. We answer at any hour and come to the building to get the door latching again, so it is secure tonight and still opens with one push for anyone inside who needs to leave.
Our Promise
Locksmithing runs on trust. These are the commitments you can hold us to on every call, from a 2 a.m. lockout to a full office rekey.
We quote on the phone, then confirm the total on site before any work begins. If the job turns out to be different than described, you approve the new number before we continue.
We confirm you live at the address or own the vehicle before we open anything. It takes about a minute, and it is the same check that protects your home from someone else claiming to be you.
We pick, bypass, or decode before we ever consider drilling. If a lock truly has to be drilled, we explain why and get your OK first, and we can replace it on the spot.
Nights, weekends, and holidays use the same phone number. You get a person, a price, and an arrival estimate, not a voicemail box.
FAQ
It depends on the occupancy and the occupant load. Under the IBC, latched exit doors in assembly and educational spaces for 50 or more people need panic hardware, and NFPA 101 uses 100. We are not a code authority, so confirm your requirements with your building official or fire marshal before buying hardware.
Yes. Outside trim with a key cylinder lets you lock and unlock the outside lever or thumb-piece while the bar inside still lets anyone out. An exit-only door has no outside trim. Either way, the push bar inside must always open the door without a key.
Usually the vertical rods are out of adjustment, a rod is bent, or a door has sagged on its hinges so the latch misses the strike. A worn closer that stops short of full closure causes the same symptom. Usually the rods can be readjusted and the hinges tightened without a new device.
Yes, through electric latch retraction. A motor or solenoid in the device pulls the latch when a valid card is presented or the opener is triggered, and the bar still works mechanically for anyone leaving. Some devices accept a retrofit kit; others must be replaced with an electrified model.
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