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______________ The leaf in a pair of doors which the lock is applied to and which is the first to open.
______________ A threshold that may be adjusted up or down in order to customize a doors seal for different types of weather or humidity.
______________ A series of components that closes the gap between a pair of doors. Components may overlap or meet along the centerline.
______________ A measure of the horizontal distance from a lock face to the center of the keyhole or cylinder. Measured from the center of the
lock edge for a beveled front, and from the lower step of the lock face for a rabbeted front.
______________The angle of a door's edge to the outer surface of its stile. The typical bevel is 1/8" in 2".
______________Glass which has had the edge of one face ground down at an angle along the perimeter in order to create a better fit.
______________A tubular or cylindrical lock placed into a door via a bored opening.
______________ A mould around the outside of a door's frame.
______________A metal strip, typically made of brass, which is used to hold pieces of glass in place. Used for more decorative designs. The
color is usually brass, zinc or patina, and is often matched with hinges and/or threshold.
______________A decorative wood paneling attached to the interior edge of a window or door frame. It covers the gap where the door frame
meets the wall.
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______________ Contains the tumbler and keyhole of a lock. This is the part of the lock into which the key is fit.
______________The leaves of the full door, attached to the frame.
______________The part of the frame upon which the door panel rests when closed. It limits the door's opening swing.
______________A frame with two rabbets.
______________Door which is hinged in such a way that it may be swung open both inward and outward.
______________A door with both a top leaf and a bottom leaf that can be attached by a bolt to serve as a single door or unbolted so that the
top leaf may be opened independently.
______________The bolt used to lock in the bottom leaf of a Dutch door with the top leaf.
______________A flush bolt connected to the operating mechanism via a rod piercing the doors thickness through a bored hole.
______________A measure of the space between the floor and the bottom of the door.
______________A bolt that is flush with the face or edge of the door when retracted.
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______________The leaf in a pair of doors which the lock is applied to and which is the first to open.
______________A threshold that may be adjusted up or down in order to customize a doors seal for different types of weather or humidity.
______________ A series of components that closes the gap between a pair of doors. Components may overlap or meet along the centerline.
______________ A measure of the horizontal distance from a lock face to the center of the keyhole or cylinder. Measured from the center of the
lock edge for a beveled front, and from the lower step of the lock face for a rabbeted front.
______________ Contains the tumbler and keyhole of a lock. This is the part of the lock into which the key is fit.
______________The leaves of the full door, attached to the frame.
______________The part of the frame upon which the door panel rests when closed. It limits the door's opening swing.
______________A frame with two rabbets.
______________Door which is hinged in such a way that it may be swung open both inward and outward.
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______________Glass which has had the edge of one face ground down at an angle along the perimeter in order to create a better fit.
______________A tubular or cylindrical lock placed into a door via a bored opening.
______________ A mould around the outside of a door's frame.
______________A metal strip, typically made of brass, which is used to hold pieces of glass in place. Used for more decorative designs. The
color is usually brass, zinc or patina, and is often matched with hinges and/or threshold.
______________A decorative wood paneling attached to the interior edge of a window or door frame. It covers the gap where the door frame
meets the wall.
______________A door with both a top leaf and a bottom leaf that can be attached by a bolt to serve as a single door or unbolted so that the
top leaf may be opened independently.
______________The bolt used to lock in the bottom leaf of a Dutch door with the top leaf.
______________A flush bolt connected to the operating mechanism via a rod piercing the doors thickness through a bored hole.
______________A measure of the space between the floor and the bottom of the door.
______________A bolt that is flush with the face or edge of the door when retracted.
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Active Door The leaf in a pair of doors which the lock is applied to and which is the first to open.
Adjustable Threshold A threshold that may be adjusted up or down in order to customize a doors seal for different types of weather or
humidity.
Astragal A series of components that closes the gap between a pair of doors. Components may overlap or meet along the centerline.
Backset A measure of the horizontal distance from a lock face to the center of the keyhole or cylinder. Measured from the center of the lock edge
for a beveled front, and from the lower step of the lock face for a rabbeted front.
Bevel of Door The angle of a door's edge to the outer surface of its stile. The typical bevel is 1/8" in 2".
Beveled Glass Glass which has had the edge of one face ground down at an angle along the perimeter in order to create a better fit.
Bored Lock A tubular or cylindrical lock placed into a door via a bored opening.
Brickmould A mould around the outside of a door's frame.
Came/Caming A metal strip, typically made of brass, which is used to hold pieces of glass in place. Used for more decorative designs. The color
is usually brass, zinc or patina, and is often matched with hinges and/or threshold.
CasingA decorative wood paneling attached to the interior edge of a window or door frame. It covers the gap where the door frame meets the
wall.
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Cylinder Contains the tumbler and keyhole of a lock. This is the part of the lock into which the key is fit.
Door Panel The leaves of the full door, attached to the frame.
Door Stop The part of the frame upon which the door panel rests when closed. It limits the door's opening swing.
Double Rabbet Frame A frame with two rabbets.
Double-Acting Door Door which is hinged in such a way that it may be swung open both inward and outward.
Dutch Door A door with both a top leaf and a bottom leaf that can be attached by a bolt to serve as a single door or unbolted so that the top leaf
may be opened independently.
Dutch Door Bolt The bolt used to lock in the bottom leaf of a Dutch door with the top leaf.
Extension Bolt A flush bolt connected to the operating mechanism via a rod piercing the doors thickness through a bored hole.
Floor Clearance A measure of the space between the floor and the bottom of the door.
Flush Bolt A bolt that is flush with the face or edge of the door when retracted.
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Active Door The leaf in a pair of doors which the lock is applied to and which is the first to open.
Adjustable Threshold A threshold that may be adjusted up or down in order to customize a doors seal for different types of weather or
humidity.
Astragal A series of components that closes the gap between a pair of doors. Components may overlap or meet along the centerline.
Backset A measure of the horizontal distance from a lock face to the center of the keyhole or cylinder. Measured from the center of the lock edge
for a beveled front, and from the lower step of the lock face for a rabbeted front.
Cylinder Contains the tumbler and keyhole of a lock. This is the part of the lock into which the key is fit.
Door Panel The leaves of the full door, attached to the frame.
Door Stop The part of the frame upon which the door panel rests when closed. It limits the door's opening swing.
Double Rabbet Frame A frame with two rabbets.
Double-Acting Door Door which is hinged in such a way that it may be swung open both inward and outward.
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Beveled Glass Glass which has had the edge of one face ground down at an angle along the perimeter in order to create a better fit.
Bored Lock A tubular or cylindrical lock placed into a door via a bored opening.
Brickmould A mould around the outside of a door's frame.
Came/Caming A metal strip, typically made of brass, which is used to hold pieces of glass in place. Used for more decorative designs. The color
is usually brass, zinc or patina, and is often matched with hinges and/or threshold.
CasingA decorative wood paneling attached to the interior edge of a window or door frame. It covers the gap where the door frame meets the
wall.
Dutch Door A door with both a top leaf and a bottom leaf that can be attached by a bolt to serve as a single door or unbolted so that the top leaf
may be opened independently.
Dutch Door Bolt The bolt used to lock in the bottom leaf of a Dutch door with the top leaf.
Extension Bolt A flush bolt connected to the operating mechanism via a rod piercing the doors thickness through a bored hole.
Floor Clearance A measure of the space between the floor and the bottom of the door.
Flush Bolt A bolt that is flush with the face or edge of the door when retracted.
Active Door
The leaf in a pair of doors which the lock is applied to and which is the first to open.
Adjustable Threshold
A threshold that may be adjusted up or down in order to customize a doors seal for different types of weather or humidity.
Astragal
A series of components that closes the gap between a pair of doors. Components may overlap or meet along the centerline.
Backset
A measure of the horizontal distance from a lock face to the center of the keyhole or cylinder. Measured from the center of the
lock edge for a beveled front, and from the lower step of the lock face for a rabbeted front.
Bevel of Door
The angle of a door's edge to the outer surface of its stile. The typical bevel is 1/8" in 2".
Beveled Glass
Glass which has had the edge of one face ground down at an angle along the perimeter in order to create a better fit.
Bored Lock
Came/Caming
A metal strip, typically made of brass, which is used to hold pieces of glass in place. Used for more decorative designs. The color
is usually brass, zinc or patina, and is often matched with hinges and/or threshold.
Casing
A decorative wood paneling attached to the interior edge of a window or door frame. It covers the gap where the door frame
meets the wall.
Cylinder
Contains the tumbler and keyhole of a lock. This is the part of the lock into which the key is fit.
Door Panel
Door Stop
The part of the frame upon which the door panel rests when closed. It limits the door's opening swing.
Double-Acting Door
Door which is hinged in such a way that it may be swung open both inward and outward.
Dutch Door
A door with both a top leaf and a bottom leaf that can be attached by a bolt to serve as a single door or unbolted so that the top
leaf may be opened independently.
The bolt used to lock in the bottom leaf of a Dutch door with the top leaf.
Extension Bolt
A flush bolt connected to the operating mechanism via a rod piercing the doors thickness through a bored hole.
Floor Clearance
A measure of the space between the floor and the bottom of the door.
Flush Bolt
A bolt that is flush with the face or edge of the door when retracted.
Frame
The surrounding edge of the door to which the door panel is attached. Includes the head, sill and jambs of the door.
French Door
A door which panels consist of glass panes throughout their length surrounded by narrow stiles.
Glue Chip
Hand or Handing
Describes direction door opens and placement of the handle. When looking at a door from the outside, it is a right hand door
when the handle is on the left; it is a left hand door when the handle is on the right. This is reversed if the door swings out.
Hinges
The plates and pins used to attach the door panel to the frame allowing the door to swing open.
Inactive Door
Insulated Glass
Two pieces of glass spaced apart by a metal strip and sealed to create a more weatherproof joint.
Jamb
The vertical component of a door frame. Different types include the hinge jamb, upon which the hinges are attached, the strike
jamb, upon which the strike is installed, and a blank jamb, which is not prepared for either a hinge or a strike plate.
Jamb Depth
A measure of the depth or width of the jamb, perpendicular to the door panel when closed.
Kerf
The gut or groove manufactured in a door or window frame or sash which houses weather-stripping. The kerf normally measures
3/8" deep by 1/8" wide (saw blade width).
Knocked Down
Indicates that the product has been pre-assembled at factory, then subsequently unassembled and must be assembled on site.
Lintel
The top part of a doorway, also known as the head or top jamb . A lintel is usually concrete, steel or stone.
Lock Rail
Horizontal member of a door panel located where the locking mechanism would be installed.
Lockset
Mortise/Tenon Construction
Mortise Lock
Mull Cover
Mull Post
The post between the door and sidelite created by the door frame.
Mullion
Multiple locks located in various places on the door panel and frame.
Opening Size
The measure of the door frame's opening. Measured from the floor to the head rabbet vertically and between the jam rabbets
horizontally. Being larger than the actual size of the door itself: it also includes room for clearance.
Overhang
The distance how far the roof above the door extends past a wall.
Panel
A piece of wood or glass placed into openings in a wood door. A leaf placed inside the stiles and rails held in by molding. Hence
the door style names: Flat Panel, Raised Panel and Glass Panel.
Pre-Hung
A full unit with the door hinged and an assembled jamb, frame, sill and moulding.
Primer
Rabbet
The portion of the door frame the door panel is fit into.
Rails
Horizontal sections of the door between stiles (top, cross or intermediate, lock, and bottom).
Saddle
Sidelite
The side panels beside a door, typically filled with glass for decoration and lighting purposes.
Sill
The bottom horizontal piece of a door. Includes both the threshold and the subsill.
Stiles
Strikeplate
The plate that covers the latch and deadbolt of a lock. Used to protect the jamb.
Subsill
The area below the threshold. Often will have a way to drain water away from the door.
Swing-in
Swing-out
Tempered Glass
Glass that has been heated and cooled so that it shatters into small pieces when broken. Sometimes referred to as safety glass.
Threshold
Threshold Extension
A matching piece that usually slides into the outer edge of the threshold that extends the overall threshold width by additional 1-
3".
Transom
A piece of decorative glass placed atop the doorway, transoms come in various sizes and shapes.
Trim
Triple Glaze
Weather-strip
The flexible strips surrounding the door panel designed to slow airflow and reduce moisture when the door is closed.