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1 CURTAINS AND DRAPES Section Page 1 of 5 PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section. 1.2 SUMMARY A. Section includes draperies and drapery tracks. B. Related Requirements: 1. Division 05 Section "Decorative Formed Metal" for drapery pockets. 1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS A. Product Data: For the following: 1. Tracks: Include maximum weights of draperies that can be supported. a. Motorized Tracks: Indicate motor weights, motor-mounting requirements, and electrical requirements. 2. Fabrics and textile treatments and woven wire fabric. B. Shop Drawings: 1. Tracks: Show installation and anchorage details and locations of controls. 2. Draperies: Show sizes, locations, and details of installation. C. Samples: For each drapery fabric and woven wire, and for each color and texture specified, 10 by 8 inches (250 by 200 mm) in size. D. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type of product indicated. E. Samples for Verification: As follows: 1. Tracks: 18 inches (450 mm) long, with carriers, controls, and accessories. 2. Drapery Fabrics Samples for Verification: For each color and pattern indicated, full width by 36 inches (1000 mm) long, from dye lot to be used for the Work. Mark top and face of fabric. 3. Drapery Fabrication Samples: For each heading, fabric, color, and pattern indicated, a complete full-size panel to verify details of fabrication and thread colors. F. Product Schedule: For draperies and drapery tracks. Use same designations indicated on Drawings. 1. WT-1: Owner Furnished / Owner Installed. 2. WT-2: Owner Furnished / Owner Installed. 3. WT-3: See Division 12, Section " , Roller Window Shades. 4. WTT-1: Kirsch, Ripplefold Track. 5. WTT-2: Cascade Coil; 1300 Series, Track System. 1.4 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

2 CURTAINS AND DRAPES Section Page 2 of 5 A. Coordination Drawings: For track installation; reflected ceiling plans drawn to scale and coordinating track installation with openings and ceiling-mounted items. Show the following: 1. Suspended ceiling components. B. Product Certificates: For each fabric treated with flame retardant, signed by fabric supplier and indicating treatment durability and cleaning procedures required to maintain treatment effectiveness. 1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTAL A. Maintenance Data: For products to include in maintenance manuals. 1.6 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS A. Furnish extra materials that match products installed and that are packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents. 1. Track Carriers: For each size indicated, equal to 5 percent of amount installed, but no fewer than 10 of each size. 2. Track Controls: For each type indicated, equal to 5 percent of amount installed, but no fewer than 10 of each type. 1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE A. Installer Qualifications: For draperies and tracks, fabricator of draperies. 1.8 FIELD CONDITIONS A. Field Measurements: Verify dimensions by field measurements before drapery fabrication, and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings. B. Scheduling: Do not deliver or install draperies until after other finish work, including painting, is complete and spaces are otherwise ready for occupancy. PART 2 - PRODUCTS 2.1 DRAPERY TRACKS A. Manually Operated Track WTT-1: 1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the following: a. Kirsch. b. Silent Gliss USA Inc. c. Springs Window Fashions. 2. Corded Window Covering Product Standard: Provide drapery tracks operated by pull cords complying with WCMA A Construction: Extruded aluminum, slotted for mounting at interval of not more than 24 inches (610 mm) o.c., and bendable to radii indicated.

3 CURTAINS AND DRAPES Section Page 3 of 5 a. Lengths and Configurations: As required by manufacturer's written recommendations. b. Support Capability: Weight of drapery indicated mounted on track length indicated. c. Finish: Manufacturer's standard. 4. Mounting Brackets: Aluminum, of type suitable for fastening track to surface indicated and designed to support weight of track assembly and drapery plus force applied to operate track. a. Mounting Surface: Drapery pocket. b. Size: As required by manufacturer's recommendations.. 5. Installation Fasteners: Sized to support track assembly and drapery, and fabricated from metal compatible with track, brackets, and supporting construction. Provide two fasteners to fasten each bracket to supporting construction. 6. Operation: Baton. a. Draw: Two way, center opening. 7. Carriers: Rollers with snaps. a. Master Carriers: Overlap. 8. End Stops: Manufacturer's standard. 9. Accessories: As required. B. Manually Operated Track WTT-2: 1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide product the following: a. Cascade Coil 2. Construction: Extruded aluminum, slotted for mounting at interval of not more than 24 inches (610 mm) o.c., and bendable to radii indicated. a. Lengths and Configurations: As required by manufacturer's written recommendations. b. Support Capability: 228 lb mounted on track length indicated. c. Finish: Clear anodized coating. 3. Mounting Brackets: Aluminum, of type suitable for fastening track to surface indicated and designed to support weight of track assembly and drapery plus force applied to operate track. a. Mounting Surface: Drapery pocket. b. Size: As required by manufacturer's recommendations. 4. Installation Fasteners: Sized to support track assembly and drapery, and fabricated from metal compatible with track, brackets, and supporting construction. Provide two fasteners to fasten each bracket to supporting construction. 5. Operation: Baton. a. Draw: Two way, center opening. 6. Carriers: Slides with nylon wheel carriers. a. Master Carriers: Overlap. 7. End Stops: Manufacturer's standard with track end cap. 8. Accessories: As required.

4 CURTAINS AND DRAPES Section Page 4 of DRAPERIES A. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: For fabrics treated with fire retardants, provide products that pass NFPA 701 as determined by testing of fabrics that were treated using treatmentapplication method intended for use for this Project by a testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction. B. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the following: 1. Contract Shading Systems. 2. Coral, a division of Charles Samelson, Inc. 3. DesignTex, a division of Steelcase Company. 4. Erwin and Associates. 5. Fabricut. 6. Maharam. C. Source Limitations: Obtain each color and pattern of drapery fabric and trim from one dye lot. D. Drapery WT-1: 1. Owner Furnished / Owner Installed. E. Drapery WT-2: 1. Owner Furnished / Owner Installed. 2.3 DRAPERY FABRICATION A. Fabricate draperies in heading styles and fullnesses indicated. Fabricate headings to stand erect. If less than a full width of fabric is required to produce panel of specified fullness, use equal widths of not less than one-half width of fabric located at ends of panel. 1. Center-Opening Draperies: Add 10 inches (254 mm) to overall width for overlap or as recommended by manufacturer. B. Seams: Sew vertical seams with twin-needle sewing machine with selvage trimmed and overlocked. Join widths so that patterns match and vertical seams lay flat and straight without puckering. Horizontal seams are not acceptable. C. Side Hems: Double-turned, 1-1/2-inch- (38-mm-) wide hems consisting of three layers of fabric, and blindstitched so that stitches are not visible on face of drapery. D. Bottom Hems: Double-turned, 4-inch- (102-mm-) wide hems consisting of three layers of fabric, and weighted and blindstitched so that weights and stitches are not visible on face of drapery. PART 3 - EXECUTION

5 3.1 DRAPERY TRACK INSTALLATION CURTAINS AND DRAPES Section Page 5 of 5 A. Install track systems according to manufacturer's written instructions, level and plumb, and at height and location in relation to adjoining openings as indicated on Drawings. B. Isolate metal parts of tracks and brackets from concrete, masonry, and mortar to prevent galvanic action. Use tape or another method recommended in writing by track manufacturer. 3.2 DRAPERY INSTALLATION A. Where draperies abut overhead construction, hang draperies so that clearance between headings and overhead construction is 1/4 inch (6.4 mm). B. Where draperies extend to floor, install so that bottom hems clear finished floor by not more than 1 inch (25 mm) and not less than 1/2 inch (13 mm). C. Where draperies extend to windowsill, install so that bottom hems hang above sill line and clear sill line by not more than 1/2 inch (13 mm). 3.3 ADJUSTING A. After hanging draperies, test and adjust each track to produce unencumbered, smooth operation. B. Steam and dress down draperies as required to produce crease- and wrinkle-free installation. C. Remove and replace draperies that are stained or soiled. END OF SECTION

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7 ROLLER WINDOW SHADES Section Page 1 of 6 PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section. 1.2 SUMMARY A. Section Includes: 1. Manually operated roller shades with single rollers. 2. Motor-operated roller shades with single rollers. B. Related Requirements: 1. Division 06 Section "Miscellaneous Rough Carpentry" for wood blocking and grounds for mounting roller shades and accessories. 2. Division 07 Section "Joint Sealants" for sealing the perimeters of installation accessories for light-blocking shades with a sealant. 3. Division 26 Sections for electrical service and connections for motors, controls, limit switches, and other powered devices and for system disconnect switches for motoroperated shades. 1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS A. Product Data: For each type of product. 1. Include styles, material descriptions, construction details, dimensions of individual components and profiles, features, finishes, and operating instructions for roller shades. B. Shop Drawings: Show fabrication and installation details for roller shades and their seam and batten locations. 1. Motor-Operated Shades: Include details of installation and diagrams for power, signal, and control wiring. C. Samples: For each exposed product and for each color and texture specified, 10 inches (250 mm) long. D. Samples for Verification: For each type of roller shade. 1. Roller Shade: Full-size operating unit, not less than 16 inches (400 mm) wide by 36 inches (900 mm) long for each type of roller shade indicated. E. Roller-Shade Schedule: Use same designations indicated on Drawings. 1.4 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS A. Qualification Data: For Installer. 1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS A. Maintenance Data: For roller shades to include in maintenance manuals.

8 ROLLER WINDOW SHADES Section Page 2 of MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS A. Furnish extra materials that match products installed and that are packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents. 1. Roller Shades: Full-size units equal to 5 percent of quantity installed for each size, color, and shadeband material indicated, but no fewer than two units. 1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE A. Installer Qualifications: Fabricator of products. 1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING A. Deliver roller shades in factory packages, marked with manufacturer, product name, and location of installation using same designations indicated on Drawings. 1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS A. Environmental Limitations: Do not install roller shades until construction and finish work in spaces, including painting, is complete and dry and ambient temperature and humidity conditions are maintained at the levels indicated for Project when occupied for its intended use. B. Field Measurements: Where roller shades are indicated to fit to other construction, verify dimensions of other construction by field measurements before fabrication and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings. Allow clearances for operating hardware of operable glazed units through entire operating range. Notify Architect of installation conditions that vary from Drawings. Coordinate fabrication schedule with construction progress to avoid delaying the Work. PART 2 - PRODUCTS 2.1 MANUFACTURERS A. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. or comparable product by one of the following: 1. Hunter Douglas Contract. 2. MechoShade Systems, Inc. B. Source Limitations: Obtain roller shades from single source from single manufacturer. 2.2 MANUALLY OPERATED SHADES WITH SINGLE ROLLERS A. Chain-and-Clutch Operating Mechanisms: With continuous-loop bead chain and clutch that stops shade movement when bead chain is released; permanently adjusted and lubricated. 1. Bead Chains: Manufacturer's standard. a. Loop Length: Coordinate with owner. b. Limit Stops: Provide upper and lower ball stops.

9 ROLLER WINDOW SHADES Section Page 3 of 6 c. Chain-Retainer Type: Clip, jamb mount. 2. Spring Lift-Assist Mechanisms: Manufacturer's standard for balancing roller-shade weight and lifting heavy roller shades. a. Provide for shadebands that weigh more than 10 lb (4.5 kg) or for shades as recommended by manufacturer, whichever criteria are more stringent. B. Rollers: Corrosion-resistant steel or extruded-aluminum tubes of diameters and wall thicknesses required to accommodate operating mechanisms and weights and widths of shadebands indicated without deflection. Provide with permanently lubricated drive-end assemblies and idle-end assemblies designed to facilitate removal of shadebands for service. 1. Roller Drive-End Location: Right side of inside face of shade. 2. Direction of Shadeband Roll: Regular, from back of roller. 3. Shadeband-to-Roller Attachment: Manufacturer's standard method. C. Mounting Hardware: Brackets or endcaps, corrosion resistant and compatible with roller assembly, operating mechanism, installation accessories, and mounting location and conditions indicated. D. Shadebands: 1. Shadeband Material: Light-filtering fabric. 2. Shadeband Bottom (Hem) Bar: Extruded aluminum. a. Type: Enclosed in sealed pocket of shadeband material. b. Color and Finish: Refer to General Notes on Sheet D0.00 for color and finish. E. Installation Accessories: 1. Recessed Shade Pocket: Rectangular, extruded-aluminum enclosure designed for recessed ceiling installation; with front, top, and back formed as one piece, end plates, and removable bottom closure panel. a. Height: Manufacturer's standard height required to enclose roller and shadeband when shade is fully open, but not less than 4 inches (102 mm). b. Provide pocket with lip at lower edge to support acoustical ceiling panel. 2. Installation Accessories Color and Finish: As selected by Architect from manufacturer's full range. 2.3 MOTOR-OPERATED, SINGLE-ROLLER SHADES A. Motorized Operating System: Provide factory-assembled, shade-operator system of size and capacity and with features, characteristics, and accessories suitable for conditions indicated, complete with electric motor and factory-prewired motor controls, power disconnect switch, enclosures protecting controls and operating parts, and accessories required for reliable operation without malfunction. Include wiring from motor controls to motors. Coordinate operator wiring requirements and electrical characteristics with building electrical system. 1. Electrical Components: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA 70, by a qualified testing agency, and marked for intended location and application. 2. Electric Motor: Manufacturer's standard tubular, enclosed in roller. a. Electrical Characteristics: Single phase, 120 V, 60 Hz. 3. Remote Control: Electric controls with NEMA ICS 6, Type 1 enclosure for recessed or flush mounting. Provide the following for remote-control activation of shades:

10 ROLLER WINDOW SHADES Section Page 4 of 6 a. Individual Switch Control Station: Maintained contact, wall-switch-operated control station with open, close, and center off functions. Provide manufacturer s standard. b. Color: As selected by Architect from manufacturer's full range. 4. Limit Switches: Adjustable switches interlocked with motor controls and set to stop shades automatically at fully raised and fully lowered positions. 5. Operating Features: a. Group switching with integrated switch control; single faceplate for multiple switch cutouts. B. Rollers: Corrosion-resistant steel or extruded-aluminum tubes of diameters and wall thicknesses required to accommodate operating mechanisms and weights and widths of shadebands indicated without deflection. Provide with permanently lubricated drive-end assemblies and idle-end assemblies designed to facilitate removal of shadebands for service. 1. Roller Drive-End Location: Right side of inside face of shade. 2. Direction of Shadeband Roll: Regular, from back of roller. 3. Shadeband-to-Roller Attachment: Manufacturer's standard method. C. Mounting Hardware: Brackets or endcaps, corrosion resistant and compatible with roller assembly, operating mechanism, installation accessories, and mounting location and conditions indicated. D. Roller-Coupling Assemblies: Coordinated with operating mechanism and designed to join up to three inline rollers that are operated by one roller drive-end assembly. E. Shadebands: 1. Shadeband Material: Light-filtering fabric. 2. Shadeband Bottom (Hem) Bar: Extruded aluminum. a. Type: Enclosed in sealed pocket of shadeband material. b. Color and Finish: Refer to General Notes on Sheet D0.00. F. Installation Accessories: 1. Recessed Shade Pocket: Rectangular, extruded-aluminum enclosure designed for recessed ceiling installation; with front, top, and back formed as one piece, end plates, and removable bottom closure panel. a. Height: Manufacturer's standard height required to enclose roller and shadeband when shade is fully open, but not less than 4 inches (102 mm). b. Provide pocket with lip at lower edge to support acoustical ceiling panel. 2. Closure Panel and Wall Clip: Removable aluminum panel designed for installation at bottom of site-constructed ceiling recess or pocket and for snap-in attachment to wall clip without fasteners. a. Closure-Panel Width: 2 inches (51 mm). 3. Installation Accessories Color and Finish: As selected from manufacturer's full range. 2.4 SHADEBAND MATERIALS A. Shadeband Material Flame-Resistance Rating: Comply with NFPA 701. Testing by a qualified testing agency. Identify products with appropriate markings of applicable testing agency.

11 B. Light-Filtering Fabric: Woven fabric, stain and fade resistant. 1. Source: Lutron.. 2. Type: 35% Fiberglass, 65% vinyl on Fiberglass. 3. Weave: Basketweave. 4. Roll Width: 96 inches. 5. Orientation on Shadeband: Railroaded. 6. Openness Factor: 10 percent. 7. Color: Refer to General Notes on Sheet D ROLLER-SHADE FABRICATION ROLLER WINDOW SHADES Section Page 5 of 6 A. Product Safety Standard: Fabricate roller shades to comply with WCMA A 100.1, including requirements for flexible, chain-loop devices; lead content of components; and warning labels. B. Unit Sizes: Fabricate units in sizes to fill window and other openings as follows, measured at 74 deg F (23 deg C): 1. Between (Inside) Jamb Installation: Width equal to jamb-to-jamb dimension of opening in which shade is installed less 1/4 inch (6 mm) per side or 1/2-inch (13-mm) total, plus or minus 1/8 inch (3.1 mm). Length equal to head-to-sill or -floor dimension of opening in which shade is installed less 1/4 inch (6 mm), plus or minus 1/8 inch (3.1 mm). C. Shadeband Fabrication: Fabricate shadebands without battens or seams to extent possible except as follows: 1. Vertical Shades: Where width-to-length ratio of shadeband is equal to or greater than 1:4, provide battens and seams at uniform spacings along shadeband length to ensure shadeband tracking and alignment through its full range of movement without distortion of the material. 2. Railroaded Materials: Railroad material where material roll width is less than the required width of shadeband and where indicated. Provide battens and seams as required by railroaded material to produce shadebands with full roll-width panel(s) plus, if required, one partial roll-width panel located at top of shadeband. PART 3 - EXECUTION 3.1 EXAMINATION A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for installation tolerances, operational clearances, accurate locations of connections to building electrical system, and other conditions affecting performance of the Work. B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected. 3.2 ROLLER-SHADE INSTALLATION A. Install roller shades level, plumb, and aligned with adjacent units according to manufacturer's written instructions.

12 ROLLER WINDOW SHADES Section Page 6 of 6 B. Electrical Connections: Connect motor-operated roller shades to building electrical system. 3.3 ADJUSTING A. Adjust and balance roller shades to operate smoothly, easily, safely, and free from binding or malfunction throughout entire operational range. 3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION A. Clean roller-shade surfaces after installation, according to manufacturer's written instructions. B. Provide final protection and maintain conditions, in a manner acceptable to manufacturer and Installer, that ensure that roller shades are without damage or deterioration at time of Substantial Completion. C. Replace damaged roller shades that cannot be repaired, in a manner approved by Architect, before time of Substantial Completion. 3.5 DEMONSTRATION A. Engage a factory-authorized service representative to train Owner's maintenance personnel to adjust, operate, and maintain motor-operated roller shades. END OF SECTION