DOORS WINDOWS AND GLASS

Question 1

What is the most effective kind of door opening for thermal and acoustical control?

Answer 1

A swinging door… Which is also the most common type

Question 2

What kind of door has a little window at the top?

Answer 2

A sash

Question 3

What is a solid core door made of?

Answer 3

Two rails and two stiles framing and inner core of wooden blocks glued together. All this below crossbanding and a face panel.

Question 4

What gauge steel are steel doors usually made out of?

Answer 4

14 to 20 gauge cold rolled steel, or sometime stainless steel

Question 5

The bottom portion of the door can be called a threshold or what two other terms?

Answer 5

A sill or a saddle

Question 6

Why are aluminum doors not used as fire doors?

Answer 6

Low melting point… Oh some aluminum fire doors have a fireproof core

Question 7

Maximum fire door size

Answer 7

4’ x 10’

Question 8

What are glass doors made out of?

Answer 8

One half or three-quarter inch thick transparent or obscured tempered glass

Question 9

A fire door labeled A has a fire rating of how many hours? And how much glazing is permitted? Where?

Answer 9

Three hours, no glazing

Firewalls separating buildings or fire areas with in a building

Question 10

A fire door labeled B has a fire rating of how many hours? And how much glazing is permitted? Where?

Answer 10

1.5 hours, 100 in.² of glazing

Vertical and closures, fire stairs and elevators

Question 11

A fire door labeled C has a fire rating of how many hours? And how much glazing is permitted? Where?

Answer 11

3/4 hr, 1296 in.² of glazing

Corridors and partitions

Question 12

A fire door labeled D has a fire rating of how many hours? And how much glazing is permitted? Where?

Answer 12

1.5 hr, no glazing

Exterior walls, severe fire exposure

Question 13

A fire door labeled E has a fire rating of how many hours? And how much glazing is permitted? Where?

Answer 13

3/4 hr, 720 in.² of glazing

Exterior walls, moderate fire exposure

Question 14

Doorknobs are about __ inches from the floor

Answer 14

38

Question 15

Door poles and panic bolts are about __ inches from the floor

Answer 15

42

Question 16

Why would the pin within the hinge not be removable?

Answer 16

In security situations

Question 17

When a bolt is used in conjunction with a latch it is called a…

Answer 17

Lock

Question 18

Which locks are the most popular, inexpensive, and easy to install?

Answer 18

Cylinder locks

Question 19

What shape are rim locks? Where are they mounted?

Answer 19

Square or rectangular, mounted on the interior surface of the door

Question 20

What shape are mortise locks? Where are they mounted?

Answer 20

Square or rectangular, in a cavity within the door

Question 21

Where are unit locks installed?

Answer 21

They fit into a through-door cut out and are therefore installed quickly and easily

Question 22

What are escutcheons?

Answer 22

Decorative plates to cover the locking mechanism

Question 23

What is BHMA 600?

Answer 23

Steel primed for painting

Question 24

What is BHMA 630?

Answer 24

Satin stainless steel

Question 25

Two types of weatherstripping

Answer 25

Friction devices or interlocking devices

Question 26

The four basic window types

Answer 26

Residential, commercial, industrial, and monumental

Question 27

All the materials you can make windows from

Answer 27

Straight grain wood treated with preservative paint or clad with vinyl -or- Extruded or rolled metal sections such as aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and bronze

Question 28

Common window woods

Answer 28

Pondarosa pine, white pine, Sugar pine, Fir, redwood, Cedar, and Cypress

Question 29

What kind of finishes protect an aluminum window from oxidation?

Answer 29

Baked enamel or plastic

Question 30

And Austral window combines a...

Answer 30

Hopper down below and awning up above

Question 31

Steel window frames become corrosion resistant with what finishes?

Answer 31

Factory applied baked enamel finish or a plastic finish

Question 32

How come operating closers, fasteners, and anchors on stainless steel windows must be compatible?

Answer 32

So that no galvanic action can occur

Question 33

Advantages of the storefront system

Answer 33

Integration and standardization of elements

Question 34

The definition of curtainwall

Answer 34

Exterior wall that supports no wait other than its own, functioning solely as an enclosing skin

Question 35

What is the most popular kind of skylight?

Answer 35

Pre-fabricated stock units, glazed with acrylic

Question 36

How do you make float glass?

Answer 36

Poor molten glass onto the surface of molten tin, producing a glass but it's perfectly flat and brilliantly clear

Question 37

How much stronger is tempered glass than plate glass?

Answer 37

3-5 times stronger... But it cannot be cut, drilled, or otherwise altered after manufacture

Question 38

What is actinic glass?

Answer 38

Heat-Absorbing glass... Tinted to absorb a high degree of solar radiation, thus transmitting less solar heat and glare into a building

Question 39

Two types of laminated glass

Answer 39

Safety glass, used in automobiles and skylights, and bulletproof glass, with four or more layers of glass laminated to three or more layers of plastic, used in banks and prisons

Question 40

Which kind of glass is best for fire resistance?

Answer 40

Wired glass

Question 41

Which usually costs more, plastic or glass?

Answer 41

Plastic!

Question 42

A wood stop or face putty do what? What does a similar thing on an aluminum frame?

Answer 42

These are two ways to finish and closing the window within the rabbeted frame. For an aluminum frame you may have a snap-on bead.