DOORS

solid barrier fixed to frame in an opening in

wall to hinge ,pivot and slide open or to
close .it allow access and exit from buildings
and between rooms.
The earliest records are those represented in
the paintings of the Egyptian tombs, in which
they are shown as single or double doors .
-All ancient doors were hung by pivots at the
top and bottom of the hanging stile which
worked in sockets in the lintel and sill, the
latter being always in some hard stone such
as basalt or granite
-The ancient Greek and Roman doors were
either single doors, double doors, sliding
doors or folding doors.

-The Greek scholar Heron of Alexandria

created the earliest known automatic door .
-Privacy and security
-Safety
-Ventilation and light
-strength and stability
-Climate Control
-Prevent spreading of fire
-Barrier to noise
-Aesthetic -durability
-The door jamb fits inside the rough opening.
-Jambs may be wood or metal.
-A jamb consists of two side jambs and a head (top
part of frame ).
-Is the sill of a doorway, usually used in external
doors
-Found in different materials as like tile ,wood,
steel ,rubber
-covering the joint between Two flooring materials
-providing weather protection at the exterior
doors
Are simple parts used to prevent a door from
coming into contact with another object
(typically a wall).
Main function
 These are the decorative moldings that are
fixed to the edge of the door lining, to cover
the junction between the lining and the wall,
thus creating a good decorative finish to the
frame.
1) Timber door frame

-Are assembled from three members for internal

doors and four to most external doors .
-The members frame are usually cut with rebate
timber as door stop because the frame carry weight
of door by itself .
-Members jointed to each other by mortice and
tenon joints
-Metal frame are manufactured into one of
three standard profiles
-The same profile is used for head and
jambs of the frame
-Steel members are welded together at
angles
-Two loose pin butt hinges are welded
to one jamb of the frame -.
 Interior doors

-Common types of interior doors include:

Flush, panel, folding, sliding, pocket.
-Interior doors are protected from the
weather so they can be made of less
-substantial materials than exterior doors
 Exterior doors

-Exterior doors are generally solid core and

thicker than interior doors.

-Exterior door styles include flush, panel, and

swinging or sliding glass doors.
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NATALY SAQAA
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