Door systems and door hardware components

A method of installing a door system including a door panel and a frame in an opening of a building having a sill, wherein the frame comprises latch side and hinge side vertical jambs and a header spanning tops of the latch side and hinge side vertical jambs, and wherein the door panel comprises a first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the door panel being hingedly mounted along the first side edge to the hinge side vertical jamb, and further wherein the door system comprises the method comprising:

• positioning the door system within the opening, wherein a bottom of the latch side vertical jamb and a bottom of the hinge side vertical jamb rest the frame of the door system rests on the sill of the opening, and wherein a gap is defined between a top of the frame the header and a top of the opening when the bottoms of the latch side and hinge side vertical jambs are resting on the sill in the opening;
• racking the door panel in the opening when the bottoms of the latch side and hinge side vertical jambs are resting on the sill of the opening, wherein the racking is caused by a bottom spacer positioned between a bottom edge of the door panel and the sill, wherein the bottom spacer is located closer to the second side edge and the latch side vertical jamb than to the first side edge and the hinge side vertical jamb;
• attaching the hinge side vertical jamb to the opening while the bottom spacer is located between the bottom edge of the door panel and the sill;
• and
• covering the gap with a mounting flange after attaching the hinge side vertical jamb to the opening.

A method of installing a door system including a door panel and a frame in an opening of a building having a sill, wherein the frame comprises a latch side vertical jamb, a hinge side vertical jamb and a header spanning tops of the latch side and hinge side vertical jambs, and wherein the door panel comprises a first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the door panel being hingedly mounted along the first side edge to the hinge side vertical jamb, the method comprising:

• positioning the door system within the opening, wherein a bottom of the latch side vertical jamb and a bottom of the hinge side vertical jamb rest on the sill of the opening;
• racking the door panel in the opening when the bottoms of the latch side and hinge side vertical jambs are resting on the sill of the opening, wherein the racking is caused by a bottom spacer positioned between a bottom edge of the door panel and the sill, wherein the bottom spacer is located closer to the second side edge and the latch side vertical jamb than to the first side edge and the hinge side vertical jamb and wherein the bottom edge of the door panel is located further away from the sill at the second side edge than at the first side edge;
• attaching the hinge side vertical jamb to the opening while the bottom spacer is located between the bottom edge of the door panel and the sill;
• and
• removing the bottom spacer from the door panel after attaching the hinge side vertical jamb to the opening.