Module 7:

Doors and Openings

WOOD DOOR CONSTRUCTION
MODES OF DOOR OPERATION  Hollow Core Flush Doors
 Swinging – most common  Have a framework of stiles and rails
 Turns on hinges about a side jamb when encasing an expanded honeycomb core of
pushed or pulled
 Bifold
 Accordion
 Pocket Sliding
 Bypass Sliding
 Surface Sliding
 Overhead
 Coiling corrugated fiberboard or a grid of
interlocking horizontal and vertical wood
strips
 Solid Core

DOOR HAND CONVENTIONS

 Left Hand (LH) – door open inwards to the left
 Right hand (RH) - door open inwards to the
right
 Left hand reverse (LHR) – door open outward
to the left
 Right hand reverse - door open outward to the
right

TYPE OF DOORSTOPS
 Rabbeted Stop
 Planted Stop

STEEL DOOR FRAME

WOOD DOOR
 Flush Type
ALUMINUM GLASS DOORS
 Stile and rail type
 Horizontal – rail
 Vertical – mullions
 Mullions
  Determined by the glass strength and  Material, finish, texture, and color
thickness, wind load  Durability in terms of anticipated frequency of
 Storefronts – coordinated systems of extruded use and possible exposure to weather and
aluminum frames, glass panels, glass entrance corrosive conditions
doors, and hardware fittings.
WINDOW ELEMENTS
DOOR HARDWARE  Window Frame
 Finish Door Hardware  The fixed, non-operable border of a
 Locksets incorporating locks, latches and window designed to receive and hold the
bolts, a cylinder and stop works and sash or casement and all necessary
operating trim hardware
 Hinges  Head – uppermost horizontal member of a
 Closers window frame
 Panic Hardware  Jamb – two sides members of a window
 Push and Pull bars and plates frame
 Kick Plates  Sill – horizontal member beneath a door
 Door stops, holders and bumpers or window opening, upper surface is
 Thresholds sloped to shed rainwater
 Weather stripping  Sub-sill – additional sill fitted to a
 Door tracks and guides window frame to cause rainwater to drip
farther away from a wall surface
 Architrave – casing that surrounds a window or
doorway,
 Plinth Block – used to terminate a jamb casing
above the floor

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SASH
HARDWARE FACTORS:
AND GLAZING
 Function and ease of operation
 Sash – fixed or movable framework of a
 Recessed or surface-mounted installation
window in which panes of glass or set
 Pane – one of the divisions of a window,
consisting of a single unit of glass set in a
frame
 Glazing – refers to the panes of sheets of
glass set in the sashes of a window
 Rails – horizontal members framing a
window sash
 Muntins – vertical members holding the
edges of windowpanes within a sash
  Stiles – the upright member framing a  Heat Treated Glass
window sash or paneled door  Tempered Glass – 4x stronger than
 Mullion – vertical member separating a annealed
series if windows or doorways  Heat-Strengthened Glass – 2x stronger
WINDOW OPERATION  Chemically Strengthened Glass – more
 Fixed Window expensive, does not affect the optical
 0% ventilating, consists of a frame and quality of glass, lens for eyes
stationary sash  Safety Glass
 Casement Window  Tempered Glass – breaks into minute
 100% ventilating, has operating sashes pieces
that are hinged swinging outward  Laminated Glass – made from polyvinyl
 Awning and Hopper Window butyral (PVB) interlayer
 100% ventilating; has operating sashes  Bullet-proof Glass
that swing outward on hinges attached to  Fire-rating glass
the top of the frame  Wired glass -for building construction
 Sliding Windows  Specially tempered glass
 50% ventilating, 2 slashes, 1 slide along a  Ceramic glass – cooking top, glass bowl
track for cooking
 Double-Hung Windows  Insulating Glass with intumescent gel –
 50% ventilating; 2 vertically sliding resistant to heat
sashes, each in separate tracks, closing  Insulating Glass Unit
different parts of the window  Double glazed – 2 glasses placed together
 Jalousie window but not sticked
 100% ventilating, has horizontal glass or  Triple Glazed - 3 glasses
wood louvers that pivot simultaneously in
a common frame GLASS THICKNESS
 Pivoting Windows  Single Strength – 2.5mm thick
 100% ventilating, sashes that rotate 90 or  Double Strength – 3mm thick and above
180 degrees about a vertical or horizontal
axis at or near the centers GLASS COATING
 More on the issue for controlling the amount of
STEEL WINDOWS light
 Manufactured from hot-rolled and cold-rolled  Tinted
steel, allow larger lights to be installed  Non-removable, shade/already dark
GLASS  Spandrel
 Glazing – installation of glass  Coated
 Film, removable sheet
TYPES OF GLASS  Fritted (silkscreen), reflective (reduces the
 Crown Glass amount of heat), low emissivity glass
 optical glass used in lenses and other (Low-e)
optical components  Self-cleaning
 Cylinder Glass
 Artsy, related to construction, sheet glass Formula:
R = 1/U
 Plate Glass
U = I/R
 Mirrors
 Float Glass/Annealed Glass
 Low Emissivity
 sheet of glass made by floating molten
 High VT
glass on a bed of molten metal, typically
 Infrared radiation (glass)
tin
 Titanium dioxide
 Breaks into shards
 Self-Cleaning Glass
 Titanium oxide  Backup Wall – structural member and can
 Causes the water to clean out affect the beam
 Other Glass
 Acrylic
 Polycarbonate

GLAZING
 Sealant
 Gunnable liquid
 Solid
 Thermal break
 Divider to divide cold/temperature
 Setting blocks and ease blocks
 Where glass is placed
 Must be leveled
 ¼ from edge
 Weep Holes

Other notes:
 Primary seal – for ensure gas to not escape
 Argon fill -
 Secondary seal – hold the glass together
 Extruded aluminum – molded frame
 Dimmable Glass
 Spider Fittings
 Rain screen
 Anchored masonry veneer
 Balloon framing – wood
 Stucco – plaster
 EIFS – Exterior insulation and firing system
 Spandrel (tinted) – space between windows

CURTAIN WALL
 Stick-built system – everything is assembled
on-site
 Unitized system – aligned installation
 Unit and Mullion system – variant of unit
system
 Panel System – fiberglass, GFRC, Mullion is
installed first
 Column Cover and Spandrel system – outdated,
old, wall system

CLADDING WALL
 Curtain wall
 Glass is hung on an anchor
 Not structural
 Veneer Wall
 Infill Wall