Doors

Question 1

What type of door is most commonly used for exterior residential applications?

Answer 1

Steel clad insulated door

Question 2

How are steel clad insulated doors made?

Answer 2

Two sheets of steel with insulating foam sandwiched in the middle. Wood strips are embedded in the foam, between the steel layers, around the outside edges of the door to provide support for hinges and lockers.

Question 3

Insulated steel doors can significantly reduce heat loss and when finished properly require very little maintenance. T or F

Answer 3

T

Question 4

What are the 3 common types of wood doors?

Answer 4

Solid core
Hollow core
Panelled

Question 5

What type of door should be selected if a wood door is needed to act as a sound-deadening door?

Answer 5

Solid core doors

Question 6

Solid core doors are usually used as exterior doors, sound-deadening doors and fire rated doors. T or F

Answer 6

T

Question 7

What is the most popular door used in interior openings?

Answer 7

Hollow core doors are the most popular for use in interior openings because they provide privacy at a reasonable cost.

Question 8

Why should you not use a hollow core door as an exterior door?

Answer 8

Too weak for security and lack the needed insulating properties.

Question 9

If you want a decorative door to separate two rooms and still allow light into the room, what style would you choose?

Answer 9

French doors

Question 10

What style of door obscures your view into a room, but allows the passage of air?

Answer 10

Louvered doors

Question 11

If the space in front of the opening is limited, what type of door could you put in this opening that only projects half the width of the door into the room?

Answer 11

Bi-fold doors

Question 12

What are screen or storm doors usually attached to?

Answer 12

Screen or storm doors are usually installed onto the brickmould

Question 13

When would you use a rabbeted door jamb for an interior door opening?

Answer 13

Rabbeted jambs may be used for interior openings that require a heavy jamb for style or security.

Question 14

How could painting the exterior side of a steel-insulated door a dark colour cause problems?

Answer 14

If it is in an opening that is in direct sunlight, it should NOT be finished in a dark colour. The heat generated can cause the outside panel to warp and tear away from the insulating foam core.

Question 15

Rabbeted jambs are the standard for exterior door openings in regards to safety. T or F

Answer 15

T

Question 16

Half jambs are primarily used for openings of bi-fold doors because they help hide the track at the top. T or F

Answer 16

T

Question 17

In order to provide a weather-tight seal at the bottom of the door, most exterior door jambs also include a member across the bottom of the opening called a _____.

Answer 17

Threshold

Question 18

The threshold is also sloped to drain any moisture to the outside with a ____ (small groove) cut in the underside close to the outside edge so it cannot seep underneath.

Answer 18

Drip edge

Question 19

When swinging doors are used without a divider in between, a mounding called an _____ is attached to the edge of one door to provide an edge for the door to close against.

Answer 19

Astragal

Question 20

What is the face of wall to face of wall minimum measurement for the pull side for a barrier free door?

Answer 20

1600

Question 21

What is the minimum size opening for a barrier free door?

Answer 21

910

Question 22

Doors with a fire rating must have a special sticker or plate fixed to them, showing the manufacture, the words FIRE DOOR and the fire protection rating. T or F

Answer 22

T

Question 23

You can paint over the label on a fire rated door. T or F

Answer 23

F, the label must be visible

Question 24

What is the most common type of door hinge?

Answer 24

Standard butt hinge

Question 25

Template hinges are made similar to standard hinges, except the screw holes in the leaves are drilled to match the screw pattern typically found on preset metal doors and jambs. T or F

Answer 25

T

Question 26

Ball bearing hinges have two or more sealed ball bearings to withstand the wear caused by heavier doors. T or F

Answer 26

T

Question 27

What is a flush door?

Answer 27

A door with a flat finish surface.

Question 28

What is the name given to the strip of wood, metal or other material used at the junction of two different floor finishes under doors?

Answer 28

Threshold

Question 29

When standing in a hallway facing a door that opens into a room with the hinges on the right hand side, the swing of the door is:

Answer 29

Right hand

Question 30

When standing in a room facing a door that opens towards you with the hinges on the left hand side, the swing of the door is:

Answer 30

Right hand

Question 31

Where are storm doors installed?

Answer 31

onto the brick mould of an exterior entrance door

Question 32

What are the elements of a steel clad door?

Answer 32

steel, insulating foam, and wood strips

Question 33

Describe a “dutch door”?

Answer 33

A door made in two pieces, upper and lower

Question 34

Cardboard is an example of the core material used in a hollow core door. T or F

Answer 34

T

Question 35

What part of a lockset is attached to the door jamb?

Answer 35

strike plate

Question 36

Windows above doors are called ______.

Answer 36

Transoms

Question 37

Minimum door size for main entrance?

Answer 37

2-8 x 6’6. (810 x 1980)

Question 38

What is the minimum size for a secondary door?

Answer 38

810 x 1980

Question 39

First bathroom minimum size and additional?

Answer 39

760 x 1980

610

Question 40

Minimum size for basement and utility room doors?

Answer 40

810 x 1980