Windows and Doors

MSA Chapter 29
 MLOs
• Label the various types of windows and doors
• Label the pieces that define windows and
doors
• Describe the installation process for Windows
(and Doors)
• Determine the “handing” of Doors

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 Evolution of windows & doors
• Early windows and doors fabricated and
assembled on site using wood
– Good artisanry required
– Minimal performance criteria
• Keep out rain
• Let in light
• Open and close
– Small panes of glass provided many opportunities for
leakage

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 Evolution of windows & doors
• Contemporary improvements include
– New materials including metal, vinyl & fiberglass and
combinations of two materials
– Much higher performance characteristics
• Improved thermal performance
• Decreased air infiltration
• Larger sizes
• Fire rating
– Mass production reduced cost
• Reduced detailing requirements to
– Installation
– Decorative surrounds

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 Window styles: fixed

Nothing Moves

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 Window styles: single-hung

Metin
Metin

One Pane Moves

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 Window styles: double-hung

Two Panes Move

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 Window styles: casement

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 Window styles: awning

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 Window styles: hopper

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 Window styles: sliding

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 Window styles: pivoting

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 Hybrid: hopper Doors/windows

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 Window materials
• Wood is oldest material used
– Shrink-swell, decay and termite vulnerability affects performance
– Must be painted or sealed periodically
– Exterior frequently clad with more weather resistant material
– Good R-value
• Aluminum is most commonly used today
– Used in curtain wall and storefront assemblies
– Will not shrink or swell
– Extruded cross-sections snap together for easy assembly
– Low R-value.

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 Window materials
• Steel
– Stronger than aluminum
• Form slimmer, more elegant profiles
– Subject to corrosion
– Requires frequent painting
– Largely replaced by aluminum
• Vinyl (PVC)
– Extruded cross-sections almost maintenance free
– Significant thermal shrink and swell
– Good R-value
• Fiberglass
– Dimensionally stable & strong
– Available in many colors
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 Extruded aluminum frame assembly

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 Extruded aluminum frame section

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 Assembling aluminum frames

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 Snap together mullions attach two windows

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 Vinyl window section

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 Vinyl-clad wood windows

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 Performance rating systems
• Performance rating types
– Energy performance
• NFRC (National Fenestration Rating Council)
– Structure and water leakage
• Industry adopted standards include resistance to
– Wind loads
– Water leakage
– Air leakage
– Forced entry
• Manufacturer ratings for
– Opening force
– Life cycle
– Vertical deflection
– Acoustical qualities

• Material neutral
– Applied evenly to all window assemblies
• Frame, sash and gaskets
• Glass
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 NFRC Label

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Abbreviations for commonly used window
styles in the window-rating designation
Window Style Code
Fixed F
Single/Double/Triple Hung H
Casement C
Horizontal Sliding HS
Awning/Hopper AP
Vertically pivoted VP
Horizontally pivoted HP
 Typical testing label based on
testing standards
HS - LC25 120 X 59

Style
Maximum
allowable size
Window performance,
class & grade
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 Installing an aluminum window with flange

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 Self adhering tape surrounds window opening (or tar
paper): overlaps important!

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 Window anchored with nail through flange to wood
framing - note level

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 Window with Flange Trim Details

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 Classification of doors
• Interior or exterior
• Type of material
• Operation
• Style
• Construction details

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 Doors based on operation

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 Doors based on style

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 Wood panel door

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 Hollow metal flush-door styles

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Standard
door sizes

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 Door hand conventions
Rule of Thumb:
Standing with your back to the hinge side of the door, which arm swings
with the door. That is the “handing” of the door.

These are really just the opposite of

the “handings” on the left

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 Door hardware
• Hinges
• Lockset
• Push & pull bars
• Panic hardware
• Closer
• Stop & holder
• Kick plate
• Threshold
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 Wood door frame

a.k.a. “stop”

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 Metal door frame

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 Metal door jamb & anchorage detail
wood stud wall

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 Metal door jamb & anchorage -
steel stud walls

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 Metal door jamb details - CMU wall

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 Window terminology

kasa
kanat
menteşe
pervaz
denizlik
parapet

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 Door terminology

kanat
kasa
eşik
pervaz
menteşe

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