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Major Topics
Doors
Windows
Hardware
Glass
Curtain Wall
Doors
Door Frames:
Panel Doors:
Metal Doors
Wood Doors
Door Operation
Weather Stripping
Special Doors
Windows
Window Types
[page 248; figure 8-16]
Fixed
Single or Double Hung
Awning
Sliding
Casement
Pivoted
Jalousie
Glass
Glass
Window or Sheet:
Manufactured by a horizontal flat or vertical draw
process
Float:
Manufactured by floating molten glass on a surface of
molten tin, then annealing slowly to produce a
transparent flat glass. This eliminates grinding and
polishing (most glass in US produced using this method
~ 90%)
Plate:
Transparent flat glass is ground and polished after
rolling.
Variations cont
Curtain Wall