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Door Flashcards

1
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A hindged, sliding, or folding barrier of wood, metal, or glass for opening and closing an entrance to a building, room or cabinet.

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Door

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A door carried on and swinging about on a center or offset pivot, as distinguished from one hung or hinges.

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Pivoted Door

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3
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A pivoted door that is partially counterbalanced for easier opening and closing.

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Balanced Door

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4
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A doong hung on hinges that permit it to swing in one direction only.

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Single-Acting Door

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A door hung on hinges that permit it to swing in either direction from a closed position.

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Double Acting Door

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6
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The leaf of a pair of double doors to which the latching or licking mechanism is attached.

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Active Leaf or Opening Leaf

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7
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The leaf of a pair of double doors to which the strike plate is fastened to receive the latch or bolt of the active leaf, usually fixed in a closed position by bolts at the top and bottom of the door.

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Inactive Leaf or Standing leaf

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8
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A molding attached to one or both meeting stiles of a pair of double doors to prevent drafts or the passage of light, noise or smoke.

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Astragal

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9
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A slender vertical member dividing the opening for a pair of double doors, sometimes removable to permit the passage of large objects.

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Mullion

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10
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A folding door that divides into two leaves, the inner edge of each leaf being hung from an overhead track and the outer edges pivoted at the jamb.

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Bifold Door

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11
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A door that slides into and out of a recess in a doorway wall.

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Pocket Door

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12
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A door that operates or moves by sliding on a track, usually parallel to a wall.

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Sliding Door

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A large door consisting of horizontal, interlocking metal slats guided by a track on either side, opening by coiling about an overhead drum at the head of the door opening.

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Rolling Door

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14
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A large door constructed of one or several leaves, opening by swinging or rolling up to a position above the door opening.

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Overhead Door

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An entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, consisting of four leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot within a cylindrically shaped vestibule. Some revolving doors automatically fold back in the direction of egress when pressure is applied, providing a legal passageway on both sides of the door pivot,

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Revolving Door

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16
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One of the leaves of a double or revolving door.

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Wing

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17
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The flexible weatherstripping along the edges of a revolving door.

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Sweep

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18
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A stream of compressed air directed downward across a doorway so as to form a shiled to exclude drafts.

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Air Curtain

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19
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An opening in a wall into which a doorframe or window frame is fitter.

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Rough Opening

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20
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Either of the vertical sides of an archway, doorway, or window opening.

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Jamb

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21
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A doorless opening finished with trimwork.

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Cased Opening

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22
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The frame of a doorway, consisting of two jambs and a head or lintel.

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Doorframe

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23
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The fnished, often decorative framework around a door or window opening, esp. the portion parallel to the surrounding surface and at right angles to the jambs.

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Casing

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24
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A rough casing for a doorway or window opening.

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Subcasing

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25
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A subframe of wood or metal set in a partition to support the finish frame of a door or window.

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Buck or Rough Buck or Door Buck

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26
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The uppermost member of a doorframe or window frame.

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Head

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27
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Either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.

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Doorjamb

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28
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The projecting part of a doorframe against which a door closes.

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Stop or Door Stop

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29
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A stop formed by attaching a molding to a doorframe or window frame.

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Planted Stop

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30
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A stop formed integrally by a rabbet in a doorframe or window frame.

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Rabbeted Stop

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31
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A doorjamb having no stops, nor prepared to receive hardware.

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Black Jamb

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32
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The horizontal member beneath a door or window.

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Sill

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33
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The sill of a doorway, covering the joint between two flooring materials or providing weather protection at an exterior door.

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Threshold

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34
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A raised piece of flooring between the jambs of a doorway, to which a door fits closely so as to prevent its binding when opened.

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Saddle

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35
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The clearance required to prevent binding between a door and its doorframe or the finished floor.

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Door Clearance

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36
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The angle of the lock edge in relation to the face of the lock stile, usually an inclination of 3.2mm for each 51mm of door thickness, allowing the door to swing free of the door frame.

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Door Bevel

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37
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An ornamental painting, carving, or section of woodwork directly above a doorway.

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Overdoor

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38
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A crosspiece separating a doorway from a window or fanlight above it.

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Transom

39
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A window above the transom of a doorway.

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Transom Window, Transom, Transom Light

40
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The part of a jamb of a window or door opening that is visible between the outer wall surface and the window or doorframe.

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Reveal

41
Q

The reveal of a window or door opening from the frame to the inner face of the wall.

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Sconcheon, esconson, scuncheon

42
Q

A doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.

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Venetian Door

43
Q

A semicircular or semielliptiacal window over a doorway or another window.

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Fanlight

44
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A window at the side of a door or another window.

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Sidelight, winglight

45
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A surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where a window or door opening widens from the frame toward the face of the wall.

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Splay

46
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A door having a framework of stiles, rails, and sometimes muntins, filled with panels of a thinnel material.

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Paneled door

47
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Any of various horizontal members framing panels, as in a system of paneling, a paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers.

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Rail

48
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The uppermost rail connecting the stiles of a peneled door or window sash.

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Top Rail

49
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The rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lockset.

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Lockrail

50
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The lowest rail connecting the stiles of a paneled door or window sash.

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Bottom Rail

51
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A distinct section or division of a wall, ceiling, or door, recessed below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame.

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Panel

52
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Any of various upright members framing panels, as in a system of paneling, a paneled door, window sash, or a chest of drawers.

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Stile

53
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The stile of a door by which it is hung.

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Hinge Stile or Hanging Stile

54
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The stile of a door that closes against the frame of the opening.

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Lock Stile or Shutting Stile

55
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A stile within the frame of a door.

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Muntin

56
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One of the abutting stiles in a pair of double doors.

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Meeting Stile

57
Q

A small light in the upper portion of a door glazed with clear glass for viewing.

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Vision Light

58
Q

An opening fitted with slanting, fixed or movable slats to admit air but exclude rain and snow or to provide privacy.

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Louver or Louvre

59
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A door having a louvered opening for the passage or circulation of air.

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Louvered Door or Blind Door

60
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A door having rectangular glass panes extending throughout its length, and often hung in pairs.

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French Door or Casement Door

61
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An outer or supplementary door, usually glazed, for protecting an entrance door from drafts, driving rain, or severe weather.

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Storm Door

62
Q

An exterior door having wood or aluminum stiles and rails that hold a wire or plastic mesh to admit air but exclude insects

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Screen Door

63
Q

An exterior door having a frame into which different types of panels can be inserted, such as screen for summer or storm sash for winter.

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Combination Door

64
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A door of heat-strengthened or tempered glass, with or without rails or stiles, used primarily as an entrance door.

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Glass Door

65
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A door divided horizontally so that the upper or lower part can be opened or closed separately.

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Dutch Door

66
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A door constructed of vertical boards held together by horizontal battens and diagonal bracing.

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Batten Door

67
Q

A door hinged to be flush with the wall on either side and treated so as to be indiscernible when closed.

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Jib Door or Gib Door

68
Q

A doorframe having a split head and jambs for installation in various wall thickness.

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Adjustable Doorframe

69
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A door hung in a doorframe before installation in a wall, sometimes prefinished and prefitted with all necessary hardware and casing trim.

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Prehung Door

70
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A wood flush door having a solid core of staved lumber, particleboard, or a mineral composition.

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Solid-core door

71
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A wood flush door having a framework of stiles and rails encasing an expanded honeycomb core of corrugated fiberboard or a grid of interlocking horizontal and vertical wood strips.

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Hollow-core door

72
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A door having a smooth-surfaced faces.

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Flush Door

73
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A wooden construction, as in a door, forming a backing for face veneers.

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Core

74
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The plywood or hardboard veneer immediately beneath the face veneers of a flush door.

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Crossbanding or Crossband

75
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A surface veneer of plywood, hardboard, plastic laminate, or medium density overlay, bonded to the crossbanding or core of a flush door.

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Doorskin

76
Q

The opening between the backbends of a metal doorframe.

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Throat

77
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The face at the outer edge of a metal doorframe that returns to the wall surface.

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Backbend

78
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A doorframe having a head and jambs formed from a single piece of metal.

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Hollow metal frame

79
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A door having face sheets of light-gauge steel bonded to a steel channel frame, reinforced with channels, a kraft honeycomb structure, or a rigid plastic-foam core.

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Hollow metal door

80
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A door having a structural wood core clad with galvanized sheet metal.

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Kalamein Door

81
Q

A door having a sound-deadening core, gasketed stops along the top and sides, and an automatic drop seal along the bottom.

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Acoustical door or sound insulating door

82
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A metal doorframe composed of three or more parts for assembly in the field.

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Knockdown Frame

83
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A metal doorframe that is completely set up and welded at the factory.

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Welded Frame

84
Q

A stop having a closed end that terminates above the floor line at a 45d or 90d angle.

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Cutoff Stop or Hospital Stop, Sanitary Stop

85
Q

A protective lining, usually of stainless steel, at the base of a doorframe.

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Spat

86
Q

Any of various metal devices for securing the jamb of a doorframe to a masonry, steel stud or wood stud wall.

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Jamb Anchor

87
Q

Any of various metal devices for binding one part of a structure to another.

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Anchor

88
Q

A metal clip or device for securing the base of a doorframe to the floor.

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Base Anchor

89
Q

A metal doorframe designed to be installed during the construction of a masonry or stud wall.

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Flush Frame

90
Q

A knowdown frame having a double-return backbend for installation after a drywall partition is finished.

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Drywall Frame

91
Q

A metal doorframe completely filled with plaster or mortar for structural rigidity and increased fire resistance.

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Grouted Frame

92
Q

A metal doorframe prepared to receive a pair of single-acting doors that swing in opposite directions.

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Double Egress Frame

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