Doors And Wimdows

Question 0

How will you measure preparation of steel door frames to receive ironmongery? (2)

Answer 0

It should be included in the description of the steel door frames or given separately in NUMBER

Question 1

What does the term “En suite” locks mean, and how will you measure it? (2)

Answer 1

Locks that are suited for similar key operation, measured separately in NUMBER

Question 2

Generally, how will you measure steel hollow sections? (1)

Answer 2

In meters

Question 3

A 750mm long, 60x40x3.5 rectangular steel section has a mass of 3.56kg/m, it is welded on both ends to 150x150x6mm base plates.

Calculate the mass of this bracket showing all calculations (3)

Answer 3

0. 75 x 3.56 = 2.67kg
1. 25 x 0.15 x 6 x 7.85 x 2 = 2.12kg

Total = 2.67 + 2.12 = 4.79kg

Question 4

State the components that must be mentioned in the descriptions of steel door frames (5)

Answer 4

• Thickness of the door frame
• Size of the door
• Size of the wall
• Single or double rebated
• Ironmongery that is supplied with the frame

Question 5

When doing brickwork adjustments for door frames, what is the size of adjustments that you will do for:

a. Steel door frames
b. Timber frames

Answer 5

a. Size of the door

b. Size of the frame

Question 6

When measuring glass, what are the components that need to be stated in the descriptions? (5)

Answer 6

Type of glass
Thickness
To what it's fixed
With what it is fixed
Sizes in categories

Question 7

A steel window has an overall size of 1200x950mm high, the total,area of the glass is 1.026m2, give the typical paint descriptions and quantities for:

a. Steel window
b. Steel window with burglar bars?

Answer 7

a. Undercoat and two coats high gloss enamel
paint on steel windows 1.20 x 0.95 x 2

b. Ditto to steel windows with burglar bars
- 1.20x0.95 x 2

Question 8

If a window is in a wall with wall ties, when will you not deduct wall tiling? (1)

Answer 8

If the opening is smaller than 0.1m2