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Door & Types of Doors Used in Building Construction
What is Door?
A door is a panel made usually of a hard impermeable, and hard-to-break substance (such as
wood or metal), with or with out windows,but sometimes consisting of a hard frame into
which glass or screens have been fitted, attached to hinges by which it is attached to a frame
that constitutes a space for ingress into or egress from a building, room ,or wehicle such that
the panel may be moved in various ways (at angles away from the frame, by sliding on a
plane paralell to the frame.
Types of Doors:
There are different types of doors used in building works classified based on placing of
components, method of construction, working operations and construction material used. A
door is an accessible barrier which is provided in a wall opening to give an access to the
inside of a room of a building. The internal portions of a building are connected by doors.
Battens are vertical bonds which are having grooves are attached together by
horizontal supports called ledges as shown in below figure.
General Dimensions of batten are 100-150mm width and 20-30mm thick.
General dimension of ledges are 100-200mm width and 25-30mm thick.
This type of battened and ledged doors suitable for narrow openings.
6. Glazed Doors:
Glazed doors are generally provided in interior wall openings or in hospitals, colleges
etc.
The interior of room is visible through glazed doors and light also passes through
glazed portion of the door.
These may be fully glazed or partly glazed and partly panelled. Glass panels are
provided for glazed doors.
7. Flush Doors
In flush doors, a solid or semi-solid or core portion is covered on both sides with plywood or
face veneer. Now a days these type of doors are widely used because of good appearance,
economic, ease of construction and greater durability.
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11. Sliding Doors
In this type, with the help of runners and guide rails the door slides to the sides. The door
may have one or more sliding shutter depending up on the opening available.