MIL-HDBK-1036 Bachelor Housing See Notice 1 For Replacement InformationThis military handbook, MIL-HDBK-1036A, provides the basic design criteria for Navy and Marine Corps bachelor housing. It presents guidance for development of designs for bachelor housing, enlisted and officer,taking into account local program operations and requirements, as well as the new Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD Construction Standards. Refer to the Secretary of Defense Memorandum, dated 6 November 1995, in the front of this handbook, before the table of contents.

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4.31.3    Doors.  Specify doors, frames, and hardware to meet sound separation, fire separation, and security requirements unique to bachelor housing.  Bedroom doors may be vented as necessary for HVAC movements.  Exterior doors should be fully weather-stripped and include a heavy-duty metal threshold which prevents drafts, dirt, water, and insect entry.  Exterior doors should be solid core, thermally insulated.

a)  Provide lobby and entry vestibules with glass commercial style store front doors with automatic openers for major entrances.  Bachelor housing managers should designate which entrances require this feature.

b)  Other entry doors should be solid core wood or thermal insulated metal to provide sound separation.

c)  Provide apartment entry with solid core wood or thermal insulated metal door to provide sound isolation.  Provide a wide angle peephole and electromechanical or plastic coded key lock system.

d)  Provide bedrooms with solid core wood door with ventilation openings as required for the apartment system. Provide a lock with non-removable hinge pins and keyed to match the associated closet door only.

e)  Provide closets and bedrooms with solid core wood doors with non-removable hinge pins and locking hardware keyed to match the closet door lock with its associated bedroom door

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4.31.3.1  Hardware and Locks.  Provide dead bolt locks, and night latches, peepholes, keys without room numbers, and door guard. Hinges should conform to Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) 101, Butts and Hinges.  Use of plastic key cards (smart cards), programmable locks, or magnetic reader cards are preferred over key/tumbler hardware.  Navy and Marine Corps hardware requirements are different.

a)  For the Navy:  Provide a key to each sailor which opens the apartment entry door, one sleeping room door, and one closet, without access to the other sleeping room or closet.

b)  For the Marines:  Provide a key to each Marine which opens the apartment entry door.  Provide hasp hardware for personal closets.

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