Week 12 Doors, Windows, Stairs Flashcards
What do doors do?
Doorways should be therefore large enough to move through easily and accommodate the moving of furnishings and equipment. They should be located so that patterns of movement they create between and within spaces are appropriate to the uses and activities housed by the spaces. True or false?
Doors and door ways provide access from the outside into the interior of a building as well as a passage between interior spaces.
True
Exterior doors should provide weathertight seals when closed and maintain the approximate thermal insulation value of the exterior walls they penetrate. Interior doors should offer the desired degree of visual and acoustical privacy. True or false?
There may be building code requirements for fire resistance, emergency egress, and safety glazing that must be satisfied. True or false?
True
true
Windows affect not only the physical appearance of a building but also the natural lighting, ventilation, view potential, and spatial quality of the building’s interior spaces. True or false?
True
Should windows provide a weathertight seal when close?
Windows frames should have low thermal conductivity or be constructed to interrupt the flow of heat. Window glazing should retard the transmission of heat and control solar radiation and glare. True or false?
yes
True
Manufacturers may have standard sizes and corresponding rough-opening requirements for the various door and window types. The size and location of doors and windows should be carefully planned so that adequate rough openings with properly sized lintels can be built into the wall systems that will receive them. True or false?
True
The manner in which they punctuate or divide exterior wall surfaces affects the massing, visual weight, scale, and articulation of the building form. True or False?
True
Hollow Core doors
Hollow core doors have a framework of stiles and rails encasing an expanded honey comb core of corrugated fiberboard or a grid of interlocking horizontal and vertical wood strips. They are lightweight and intended primarily for interior use. True or false?
What are the three hardwood veneer grades?
True
premium , good, sound
Solid Core doors
Solid core doors have a core of bonded lumber blocks, particleboard, or a mineral composition. Solid core doors are used primarily as exterior doors, but they may also be used wherever increased fire resistance, sound insulation, or dimensional stability is desired.
True or false?
True
Wood rail-and-stile doors consist of a framework of vertical stiles and horizontal rails that hold solid wood or plywood panels, glass lights, or louvers in place. The stiles and rails may be solid softwood or veneered hardwood. True or false?
True
Batten Doors
Batten doors consist of ________ sheathing nailed at right angles to cross strips or ledgers. _______ bracing is nailed between and notched into ledgers.
Batten doors consist of vertical board sheathing nailed at night angles to cross strips or ledgers. Diagonal bracing is nailed between and notched into ledgers.
Most door manufacturers offer doors that are ________ in door frames.
________ finishes the joint between a door frame and its rough opening: exterior joints may required sealing.
_________ openings may be used without doors and therefore have blank jambs with no stops.
Most door manufacturers offer doors that are prehung in door frames.
Casing trim finished the joint between a door frame and its rough opening: exterior joints may required sealing.
Cased openings may be used without doors and therefore have blank jambs with no stops.
Sliding doors
Consult ________ for stock sizes, required rough or masonry openings, glazing options, and installation details.
They are available with _______, aluminum, or ______ frames.
Sliding glass doors are manufactured as standard units complete with ___________ and __________.
Consult manufacturer for stock sizes, required rough or masonry openings, glazing options, and installation details.
They are available with wood, aluminum, or steel frames.
Sliding glass doors are manufactured as standard units complete with operating hardware and weatherstripping.
Overhead Doors
Overhead doors are constructed of one or several leaves of wood, steel, aluminum, or fiberglass and open by swinging or rolling up to a position above the door opening. The door may be operated manually or by a chain hoist or electric motor. True or false?
They are available with vision panels, pass-through sections, thermal insulation, and other options. Consult the door manufacturer for available sizes, designs, and installation requirements. True or false?
True
True
Window elements
_______- Space is required at the top, sides and bottom for leveling and shimming of the window unit.
Casing trim- Casing refers to the finishing trim work around a window opening, consisting of head and jamb casings, window sills, and aprons.
Building code requirements:
- Natural _______ and _______ of habitable spaces
- ______ insulation
- Structural resistance to _____ loads
- Clear opening as an _________ for a residential sleeping space.
- Safety glazing
Window elements
Rough opening- Space is required at the top, sides and bottom for leveling and shimming of the window unit.
Casing trim- Casing refers to the finishing trim work around a window opening, consisting of head and jamb casings, window sills, and aprons.
Building code requirements:
- Natural light and ventilation of habitable spaces
- Thermal insulation
- Structural resistance to wind loads
- Clear opening as an emergency exit for a residential sleeping space.
Sash and Glazing
____ refers to the fixed or movable framework of a window in which panes of glass are set.
_____ is one of the divisions of a window, consisting of a single unit of glass set in a frame
_______ refers to the panes or sheets of glass set in the sashes of a window
Operating sash should be _________ against windblown rain and air infiltration. The joint between the window frame and the surrounding wall should be sealed.
Sash refers to the fixed or movable framework of a window in which panes of glass are set.
Panel is one of the divisions of a window, consisting of a single unit of glass set in a frame
Glazing refers to the panes or sheets of glass set in the sashes of a window
Operating sash should be weatherstripped against windblown rain and air infiltration. The joint between the window frame and the surrounding wall should be sealed.
