It starts with a phone call. The frame is already on the jobsite, the installer is scheduled, and someone just realized the frame was never prepped for wiring. Or the back boxes are missing or in the wrong location. Then someone says, “What about the door position switches?” They are in Division 28, or by the owner. They have not been selected, and there are no frame preps at all. Whatever the specific trigger, the situation is the same: something was missed, the project is moving, and a fix is needed fast.
This scenario was not what Frame Frog was originally designed for. But it has become one of the most common reasons contractors reach for it.
The Frame Is Already in the Wall. Now What?
Access control preps get missed more often than anyone in the industry likes to admit. A frame ships from the shop without the right preparation. A back box gets installed in a location that conflicts with a card reader or electric strike. A device gets added to the scope after fabrication is already complete. By the time the problem surfaces, the frame is in the wall and the schedule has no room for a setback.
For general contractors and security installers, this is one of the most frustrating situations on a job site. The work cannot move forward, but none of the available options are good ones.
What the Old Fixes Actually Look Like
Before Frame Frog, the options for correcting a frame on the job site were limited and costly. Returning the frame to the shop means pulling it out of the wall, shipping costs, coordinating with the fabricator, waiting for corrections, and reinstalling, all while the project schedule slips. Field welding requires a certified welder on site, creates fire and damage risk in finished spaces, and is rarely practical in an occupied building. Surface mounting hardware or running exposed conduit gets the device installed but produces a result that looks like a workaround, because it is.
Every traditional fix costs time, money, or quality. Usually all three.
Why Frame Frog Works When Nothing Else Does
When a frame needs corrections in the field, Frame Frog is the fastest and cleanest path back to a professional result. It requires no welding and no return trip to the shop. Frame Frog can be quick-shipped and attached to the frame on site with our patented wing tabs before the frame goes in the wall, creating a complete, protected wire pathway without the delays and costs associated with traditional correction methods.
It is also the most adaptable solution on the market. Frame Frog accommodates the full range of access control devices and can be mounted anywhere on the frame with multiple ports for connection by the electrician. For a job site correction, that flexibility is the difference between a clean fix and another round of problems. View the full product lineup to see the available configurations.
A Fix That Should Have Been a Spec
The contractors who have used Frame Frog as a last minute correction tend to notice something quickly: the problem they are solving in the field is exactly the problem Frame Frog was designed to prevent at the shop. Our prep kits provide everything needed for a complete pathway around the full perimeter of the frame. Now each sub can do their work independently of the others. Install the frame; connect a single conduit drop; now low voltage cables can be fished when the IT contractor shows up toward the end of the project. Every job site emergency involving missing preps, conflicting back boxes, or frames shipped without wire pathways is a problem that proper specifications would have avoided entirely.
Frame Frog is at its most effective when it is specified up front, before fabrication begins, so the pathway is built into the frame before it ever leaves the shop. The How to Specify Frame Frog guide covers exactly how to do that, including how to write it into hardware sets and coordinate across spec sections. For general contractors and installers who have been through the last minute scramble, specifying it up front is how to make sure it does not happen again.
Stop Waiting for the Emergency
Frame Frog will be there when job site needs a correction. But the better outcome is getting it on the plan before the frame leaves the shop, so the installer shows up to a frame that is properly prepared; the devices go in cleanly, and nobody has to make that phone call.
To learn more or to get Frame Frog on your next project, contact the team or request a demo.