Criterion®
RIGID VINYL FOLDING DOORS
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Designed for
tight budgets...for quick installation...for durability... for closets, utility rooms, and room dividers.
- Tough, lightweight 4” wide panels
- Full height, self mating, integral hinge
- Smooth rolling nylon wheels
- Extruded aluminum decorative track
- Full height jamb mould and magnetic latch
- Concealed jamb fasteners
Installation is Quick And Easy
No expensive stubbing out or heading down is required to install Criterion rigid vinyl panel folding doors. Engineered to travel smoothly on
lifetime nylon wheels and so light weight they may even be installed on existing ceilings.
Simply attach the aluminum track to the ceiling or header with supplied screws. Unique concealed jamb clips are provided to clip on the deep
nesting jamb mould which receives the end post latch and the permanent jamb. No exposed fasteners. Fast, neat and practical. These models
are really easy to handle on the job.
Guide Specifications For Criterion® Doors (Part 2. Products)
2.1 FOLDING DOORS shall be manually operated PVC, folding type as manufactured by Panelfold, Inc., Miami, Florida, U.S.A. and installed
by a authorized representative of the manufacturer in openings prepared by others to Criterion requirements.
2.2 TRACK AND HANGERS: Track shall be extruded aluminum. Hanger assemblies with two nylon wheels shall be suspended on alternate
panels and on each end post.
2.3 PANELS shall be 4-1/2 (114mm) wide by .040” (10mm) thick, permanently fire resistant, extruded, rigid Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).
2.4 HINGING: Criterion panels shall be interconnected by rigid, self-mating hinges formed as an integral part of each panel running the full
height of the door. Within the hinge structure, integrated, continuous, extruded PVC veins shall be incorporated for proper hinge alignment.
2.5 TRIM: Doors shall be supplied with (specify: decorative track; optional plain track with track mould to conceal track; or optional plain track
with extruded aluminum sub-channel for recessed track).
2.6 END POST: Rigid PVC 1-3/4” (45mm) wide by 1/2” (13mm) thick, double wall end post shall be equipped with handles and magnetic
latch with nesting jamb mould and integral strike plate.
2.7 JAMB POST: Centerline PVC jamb post shall snap over concealed jamb clips providing a tight attachment to the jamb. There shall be no
exposed fasteners.
2.8 HARDWARE: Each door shall be individually cartoned. Each carton shall contain track and all installing hardware and manufacture’s
illustrated installation and service instructions.
2.9 STACK FORMULA: Approximately 3/4”/ft.2 (19mm/m2) plus 2-1/2 (64mm) for each end post.
2.10 HANGING WEIGHT: Approximately 5/8 lbs./ft.2 (3KG/m2).
Criterion Features single wall panels and rigid, self-mating hinges that travel smoothly on lifetime nylon wheels along an aluminum track.

Rigid Vinyl Panel Color Selections
Because the color is added before the panels are extruded, the color can not wear off. The panels never need painting. Color selectors are
available.

Walnut Brown
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White Swan
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Silver Cloud
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Oak Sand
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Gray Sand
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Aqua Gray
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TYPES OF APPLICATIONS
VERTICAL SECTION - HEAD DETAILS
All Dimensions Shown In Parentheses Are Millimeters |
HEAD TYPE 1
SURFACE MOUNTED INSTALLATION
DECORATIVE TRACK BY PANELFOLD-STANDARD

CONTINUOUS LEVEL WOOD HEADER NOT BY PANELFOLD
TYPICAL |
HEAD TYPE 3
RECESSED INSTALLATION TRACK AND
SUBCHANNEL BY PANELFOLD-OPTIONAL
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