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In paired or double doors, the hinged door leaf which is primarily operable
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Active
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Air passing through a door system when the door is under pressure, is usually from wind
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Air Infiltration
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Regular glass which has not been strengthened or temppered. Most window glass.
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Annealed Glass
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The post-type fitting on the latch-side edge of one of a set of paired or double doors, which covers the margin between doors when they are closed, and which houses or contains the weatherstrip
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Astragal
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For locating a machined hole, recess, or mortise, the distance from an edge or surface to the center or edge of the recess, hole, or mortise
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Backset
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A heavier-duty hinge than the standard hinge, with bearings supporting the pivots. Usually used for heavy doors that will be in commercial or industrial use.
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Ball-bearing hinge
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An adjective that describes the feature of a part which inserts into a slot, and which has surface features that enable it to stay firmly inserted into the slot
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Barbed
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A term used for the rubber part at the bottom of the top end of an astragal, which beds the astragal end and seals between the end and the door frame or sill
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Boot
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A feature of a part which enables the fastening of a screw into the feature, thereby allowing assembly of the part with another. Common features of molded plastic lite frames and extruded aluminum door sills.
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Boss, Screw Boss
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In door and sidelite assemblies, a term used to differentiate door and sidelite units which are first framed as separate units, which heads and sill seperate and the width of the door or sidelite panels.
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Box-Framed
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A small nail with a small head, usually used to fasten small trim and moldings
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Brad
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A molding, used to trim the outside edge of a door frame. Most often applied to prehung units.
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Brickmould
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A term usually used in masonry construction to describe a door frame or sub-frame in a masonry opening, around which a steel door frame wraps and is fastened
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Buck
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A type of hinge commonly used to assemble doors
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Butt
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An organic compound, used in the door business as a sealant. Naturally black, and is heated and pumped through nozzles, or pumped cold.
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Butyl
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Formed metal stripping, usually made of brass or zinc plated steel, used between cut-glass pieces to assemble the pieces into a decorative glass panel. Soldered at joints to bond the glass assembly together.
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Came, Caming
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A spacer block used under a door sill to raise the sill an appropriate amount if carpet is used, so the door panel clears the carpet when opened.
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Carpet Shim
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A horizontal or vertical molding, which accents or trims edges of doors and windows to the surround walls. Covers or accents intermediate posts.
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Casing
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To fill or close seams or crevices, in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
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Caulk
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Provided with a facing or jacket which works as protection against weather, and provides a finished appearance. Maybe be painted metal, plastic, or a heavy coating applied by the manufacturer
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Clad
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Natural wood door frames, without paint or primer applied, and which are made of full-length pieces of stock, without joints or knots
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Clear Jambs
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Sponge-like material, usually used in gaskets and weatherstripping, which compresses into joints but absorbs little water
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Closed-Cell Foam
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An inside reinforcement, usually placed across the top edge of a door, to enable firm fastening of self-closing hardware to the door
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Closer Block
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A sill used for a type of door and sidelite unit in which the unit has fullwidth top and bottom frame parts, and internal post or posts seperarating sidelites from the door panel
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Continuous Sill
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The center section or part of a door or door part
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Core
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A small part, usually made of resilient material, used to seal water which gets beyond the bottom ends of weatherstrip in doors, from getting between the door edge and the jambs, adjacent to the bottom gasket
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Corner Plug, Corner Seal Pad
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A small molded wood lineal piece, usually formed with a scooped face, used to trim and fasten a panel of some type into a frame
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Cove Molding
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A large through-hole, near the edge of a door panel, usually 2-1/8 inch in diameter, which houses a dylinder lockset or deadbolt latch
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Crossbore
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Lock hardware which mounts into a door which has been prepared with a bored hole or holes through the face, and into the edge
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Cylinder Lock, Cylindrical Lock
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A machined or sawn groove, across the width of a part
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Dado
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A latched used to secure a door closed, the latch being driven from the door into a receiver in the jamb or frame
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Deadbolt
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The distance a door has moved away from its closed and latched position, usually measured at the top unsupported latch-side corner. May be caused by wind pressure or heat. Temporary, the door returns to position when the force is removed.
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Deflection
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Moisture absorbing material used inside the spacer in an insulated glass assembly, so as to control moisture levels and prevent moisture from frosting or condensing on the inside glass surface of the insulated unit
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Desiccant
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An assembly of frame or glass panel, which when fitted to a door in a formed or cut-out hole, creates a door with a glass opening
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Doorlite
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Outfitted with two panes of glass with a sealed airspace between
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Double-glazed
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In exterior doors, a fitting used across the outside face of the door adjacent to the bottom edge, to divert cascading rain away from the door bottom edge and away from the door/sill joint
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Drip Strip
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A rectangular opening in a wall, usually an interior wall, prepared to the size necessary to receive a pre-hung assembly
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Drywall Opening
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A term no longer used in the glass business, which meant "Double Strength, 'B' Quality". When furnished by Therma-Tru in doors is 1/8 inch thick, a single pane, and not insulated.
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DSB Glass
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A lock without a latch, typically used for the passive door panel of a double door unit, so that the hardware appears equal to that used on the active panel
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Dummy Cylinder
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The hole bored through the edge of a door to allow the latch to pass through, into the strike
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Edge Bore
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A mechanism which allows a switch to open the latch of a door
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Electric Strike
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A closed-cell foam piece, about 1/16 inch thick, in the shape of a sill profile, fastened between the sill and the jame to seal the joint.
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End Seal Pad
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A stamped decorative plated, usually circular to trim the shaft of a door knob or deadbolt latch, to trim the opening where the shaft or latch adjoins the face of the door
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Escutcheon
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Glass used for doorlites on which a decorative pattern is engraved by means of chemical action or mechanical sand-blasting
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Etched Glass
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A framed fixed door panel, with a full-sized lite of glass, field-installed or shop-installed adjacent to a two-panel patio door, to make the door unit into a three-panel door
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Extension Unit
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The plated or solid metal trim piece, usually about 1 x 2-1/4 inches, housed flush into the edge of the door, through which projects the latch of a passage lock or deadbolt
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Faceplate
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A way of joining short sections of board stock together, end to end to make longer stock. Door and frame parts are often used
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Finger Joint
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A door of a construction type which has been tested to contain the spread of fire from one room or occupancy area to another. Listed and labeled to show their ratings in terms of time.
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Fire Door
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A type of glazed door which has its glass perimeter molding flush with or set down from the face of the surround door
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Flush-Glazed
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Rigid or flexible plastic, light in weight and cellular in structure, used in door construction. Used as the insulating and binding coor for doors. Sometimes used as a gasket.
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Foam
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A steel pin housed in a door bottom edge or astragal, with a latch mechanism, which can be driven down to project into a receiver socket or hole in the floor or threshold, to better secure the door when closed.
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Foot Bolt
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In door assembles, the perimeter members at the top and sides to which the door is hinged and latched.
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Frame
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A notch across the end of a board or wood part
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Gain
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An adjective used to describe steel which has been zinc-coated. Resistant to corrosion.
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Galvanized
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A strip of flexible material which in an assembly of parts, prevents air and water from penetrating or passing through joints between parts.
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Gasket
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The elastic material used to seal glass to a surrounding frame
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Glaszing
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For doors with glass lites or inserts, a removable face-mounted assembly of thin wood or plastic pieces, which when in place, gives the lite or insert a patterned multi-pane look
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Grille
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Glass which has been decorated with abrasive-routed recesses. Can give a single piece of glass a multi-paned look
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Grooved Glass
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A term which describes or determines the direction of swing of a door when opening
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Handing
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A steel pin housed in a door top edge or astragal
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Head Bolt
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The horizontal top frame member of a door assembly
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Head, Head Jamb
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An assembly of metal plates and a cylindrical metal pin, which when fastened to a door edge and to a door frame, allow the door to swing or rotate in its frame
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Hinge
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The full-length vertical edge of a door, at the side or edge of the door which fastens to its frame with hinges
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Hinge Stile
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A sill which has been coped or cut in such a way at its ends, so that the sill projects across the outside face of the bottoms of door jambs, allowing the bottom ends of the brickmould pieces to butt and join to the top of the sill
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Horned Sill
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Abbreviation for insulated glass unit
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IG Unit
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Doors manufactured with an internal reinforcement (steel plate) to comply with Coastal Building Code (Impace Resistance) requirements
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Impact Doors
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A term for a door panel fixed in its frame. Are not hinged and are not operable.
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Inactive
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A glass assembly of multiple full-lite pieces, seperated by a perimeter spacer and sealed as a unit. In residential doors, usually made with two thicknesses of 1/8 inch glass, seperated by an airspace up to 3/4 inch thick
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Insulated Glass, Insulating Glass
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A term used to describe an exterior entry door unit for which, when hinged panel is opened, the panel swings into the building
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Inswing
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A vertical perimeter frame part of a door system
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Jamb
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A fastener device for fixing a door frame to a wall structure, which allows the space or margin between the frame and the structure opening, to be varied by turning the fastener screw.
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Jamb Jack
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In exterior door frames, the molded-in rebate surface of a frame member against which door panels close and seal
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Jamb Stop
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A thin slot cut into a part of a molder or saw blade.
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Kerf
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A wood-framed rough opening, the stud which runs full length from floor plate to ceiling plate, against which trimmer stud attaches
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King Stud
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The feature of a hinge where the hinge leaf is cut for two or three projections which wrap and form a barrel or socket for the hinge pin
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King Stud
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The feature of a hinge where the hinge leaf is cut for two or three projections which wrap and form a barrel or socket for the hinge pin
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Knuckle
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A thin face of wood or plastic, adhesively bonded to a core or substrate, which makes up the decorative, wear or weatherable surface of the part
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Laminate
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A moveable, usually spring-loaded pin or bolt, which is part of a lock mechanism, and engages a socket or clip on a door jamb, retaining the door closed
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Latch
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A term which can apply to a door or hinge and which defines a part of the assembly which can swing on a pivot.
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Leaf
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An assembly of glass and a surrounding frame, which is assembled to a door, or is integrally built into the door at the factory
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Lite
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A rectangular block of wood or other solid material, placed inside a door assembly when the lock hardware is installed
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Lock Block
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For cylindrical locketsets, the large thrhough hole, usually 2-1/8 inches in diameter, bored near the door's panel lock edge, into which the lock mechanism is placed and installed
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Lock Bore
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In insulated door assemblies, the full-length part, usually wood, which makes up the lock edge of the door panel. 4 to 6 inches wide at the lock of the door.
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Lock Stile
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Glass which has been factory coated with a thin layer of material, nearly clear, which acts to absorb and reflect heat and light energy
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Low-E Glass
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Abbreviation for laminated strand lumber. Used in construction and building materials industry as a more cost effective structural support material versus dimensional lumber.
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LSL
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Abbreviated for laminated veneer lumber. A Manufactured wood product, in which veneer layers are adhesively bonded into a layup of multiple thicknesses. Made to specified strengths and is used for structural purposes.
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LVL
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An angled cut across the end of a lineal part, usually done to join a similarly cut part at a corner
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Miter
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A recess cut into the surface or edge of a part, usually for the purpose of housing hardware such as hinges and lock parts
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Mortise
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A lockset which usually has a rectangular-shaped mechanism, which is housed into a deep recess cut into the edge of a door
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Mortise-Type Lock
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A short term for mullion. Used occassionally as a verb to describe the joining of two door units toegether, or the joining of a door to a sidelite unit.
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Mull
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An adjective describing a door and sidelite unit which has been made up by edge-joining two framed units together
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Mulled
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A post or divider which runs from sill to frame top in a multi-panel door, door, or door and sidelite assembly. In stile and rail doors, the vertical wood parts which seperate panels.
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Mullion
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Any hardware that has multiple locking points which simultaneously lock into place through the action of a continous drive rail activated by a handle
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Multi-Point Hardware
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In glazed lite assemblies, thin vertical and horizontal divider bars, which the lite a multi-paned look. May be part of late frames, and on the outside surface of the galss, or assembled between glass in insulated units.
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Muntins
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A feature of some windows and patio doors which permits installation and fastening to a rough opening by nails or screws driven through the fin at the top and side edges of the unit, into the surrounding frame of the opening
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Nailing Fin
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Initials for National Fenestration Ratings Council, and industry association which sets standards for testing, rating, and labeling doors and windows with heat transmission and energy information
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NFRC
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A lever or knob-actuated bolt for fastening a door more securely at night
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Night Latch
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An edge piece, usually molded with a rounded face or corner, which runs the length of an assembly.
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Nosing
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An abbreviation for a hinge with a non-removable pivot point. Used when exterior doors swing out, as a security feature. The fixed pins make it impossible to remove a door by driving out pivot pins.
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NRP Hinge
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A foam material which has passageways between cells. Will absorb and retain water, because the water will penetrate deeply inside the foam
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Open-Cell Foam
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An exterior door assembly in which the door panel swings outside the building
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Outswing
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A lock and latch device which permits a door to be opened outward by pressure being applied to a bar mounted across the inside face of the door
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Panic-Proof Lock
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A lockset which will retain a door closed, but which cannot be locked
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Passage Lock
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In a double or two-panel door assembly, the door which usually remains closed and fixed by bolts at top and bottom. The other door panel is used for regular passage.
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Passive
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A decorative molding applied to the surface of a flush door, to give the appearance of a raised molding design
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Plant
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In residential wood-frame construction, the horizontal parts of a wall frame running atop the subfloor, and at the ceiling atop the stud ends, on which framing from above bears.
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Plates
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Abbreviation for polyvinyl chloride, a plastic material used to make molded or extruded parts.
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PVC
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A number which describes in relative terms, the ability of a material or assembly to resist the flow or transmittance of heat.
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R-Value
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A rectangular recess cut or formed along the long edge of a part, usually a wood part
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Rabbet, Rebate
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In insulated door panels, the part, made of wood or a composite material, which runs inside the assembly, across the top and bottom ends, and makes up the top or bottom edge.
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Rail
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In a sill or threshold, the horizontal face which is sloped
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Ramp
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The offset or margin between edges of parts
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Reveal
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A term which describes the part of an adjustable sill which can be moved up or down by turning adjusting screws
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Riser
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A strcturally-framed opening in a wall which receives a door unit or window
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Rough Opening
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In adjustable sills, another term for riser. Also, a shop-applied label applied around the corner or edge of a door, which provides identification and installation instructions.
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Saddle
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Glass which when broken, shatters into small pieces without sharp edges
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Safety Glass
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A feature of a door sill or frame head which provides a housing and runner for rollers, to allow a screen panel to slide from side-to-side in the door.
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Screen Track
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A mark for a cut which has been made using a template or pattern
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Scribe
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Elastic material pumped or troweled into a joint to prevent water penetration
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Sealant
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A steel frame for which the edge detail finishes to the surrounding wall, without the need for additional applied casing molding
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Self-Cased
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A hinge with indexing or locating tabs to aid in exact placement against a door edge
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Self-Locating Hinge
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A thin piece of material used between parts of an assembly, to change and fix the distance between parts, when parts are fastened
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Shim
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A fixed narrow panel, installed next to a door panel, for decorative purposes. Always contain glass lites.
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Sidelite
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The part of an astrangal assembly which, by means of moving latches at tops and bottoms of astragals, places bolts into frame heads and sills, for fixing passive door panels closed
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Slide Bolt
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Where building code define use, a fire door which has been rated for 20-minute fire resistance, and which does not need test certification as having passed the hose stream portion of the fire test
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Smoke and Draft Door
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A lineal part with rectangular cross section, running along the perimeter edges, between the glass pieces of an insulating unit
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Spacer, Glass Spacer
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Abbreviation for sound transmission coefficient. A value which describes in relative terms the ability of a door to dampen the passage of noise.
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STC
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In insulated doors panels, the full-length parts, usually wood, which makes up the long edges.
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Stile
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A metal part with a hole or recess for receiving a door latch, also with a curved or ramped face so a spring-loaded latch contacts it when closing.
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Strike
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A number or name defining a door design or configuration
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Style
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The concrete or wood floor surface lying under the finished floor
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Subfloor
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The base or core material in an assembly of parts
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Substrate
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Glass sheet which has been strengthened by heat processing. When broken, shatters into small pieces without sharp edges
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Tempered Glass
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A pattern or jig used to machine-cut a precise hole or recess into a door or frame part
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Template
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A feature of a door or frame assembly which separates metal or glass exposed to outside temperatures, from coming into contact and transmitting heat to or from inside-exposed parts
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Thermal Break
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Another term for sill. The horizontal part of a door assembly, fixed under the door panel and bearing on the floor.
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Threshold
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Glass made with a green, gray, or bronze tint, so as to reduce light transmittance
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Tinted Glass
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Abbreviation for thermoplastic elastomer. Used to make weatherstripping and gasketing parts
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TPE
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A framed glass assembly mounted atop a door assembly. Rectangular in shape or have curved/arched tops.
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Transom
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A steel piece used to temporarily fasten a prehung door assembly closed for handling and shipping, which maintains the door panel's proper position in the frame
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Transport Clip
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In a wood-framed rough opening, the stud or framing member which runs vertically from the subfloor to and supporting the structural header member, into which the door frame is fastened.
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Trimmer Stud
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An insulated glass assembly made of three thicknesses of glass, with air spaces between the outer and inner thicknesses
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Triple-Glazed
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A number which describes in specific terms, the ability of a material or assembly to transmit heat from outside to inside surfaces.
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U-Value
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A plastic material made by reacting two polymers
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Urethane
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A thin film or facing , adhesively bonded to a core or substrate, which makes up the exposed and decorative face of an assembly
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Veneer
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A permanent curvature or deviation from straightness, which can be induced in a part or assembly by a load or force, or by exposure to heat or moisture
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Warp
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The unwanted passage of water through a door system
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Water Penetration
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Glass made for use in fire doors, which has embedded wires which bind the glass, and permit the glass to remain monolithic when exposed to fire
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Wired Glass
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A brass-look plating to steel parts, which is highly corrosion-resistant
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Yellow Zinc Dichromate
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