This document summarizes different types of doors, windows, and roofs for homes. It describes slab doors, French doors, gliding doors, Dutch doors, and bifold doors. For windows, it outlines casement, single hung, awning, hopper, slider, and fixed windows. The roof types discussed are gable, gambrel, mansard, hipped, flat, and shed roofs.
This document summarizes different types of doors, windows, and roofs for homes. It describes slab doors, French doors, gliding doors, Dutch doors, and bifold doors. For windows, it outlines casement, single hung, awning, hopper, slider, and fixed windows. The roof types discussed are gable, gambrel, mansard, hipped, flat, and shed roofs.
This document summarizes different types of doors, windows, and roofs for homes. It describes slab doors, French doors, gliding doors, Dutch doors, and bifold doors. For windows, it outlines casement, single hung, awning, hopper, slider, and fixed windows. The roof types discussed are gable, gambrel, mansard, hipped, flat, and shed roofs.
This document summarizes different types of doors, windows, and roofs for homes. It describes slab doors, French doors, gliding doors, Dutch doors, and bifold doors. For windows, it outlines casement, single hung, awning, hopper, slider, and fixed windows. The roof types discussed are gable, gambrel, mansard, hipped, flat, and shed roofs.
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TYPES OF DOORS:
SLAB DOOR WHAT IT IS: YOUR STANDARD DOOR; THE MOST POPULAR KIND. PRO: IT CAN BE FLUSH (FLAT) OR TEXTURED (WITH DETAILING). YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE IT WITH GLASS INSERTS.
FRENCH DOOR WHAT IT IS: TWO DOOR PANELS THAT LOCK IN THE MIDDLE AND SWING IN OR OUT. PRO: THE DOORS LET IN BREEZES AND NATURAL LIGHT. CON: YOULL NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR CLEARANCE ON EACH SIDE.
GLIDING DOOR WHAT IT IS: A DOOR WITH TWO TO FOUR PANELS THAT SLIDE PAST ONE ANOTHER. PRO: IT PROVIDES A TIGHT SEAL (SO ITS ENERGY-EFFICIENT) AND DOESNT REQUIRE ANY CLEARANCE. CON: ONLY ONE SIDE OPENS AT A TIME.
DUTCH DOOR WHAT IT IS: A DOOR DIVIDED HORIZONTALLY INTO TWO HALVES. PRO: YOU CAN LEAVE THE TOP OPEN AND THE BOTTOM SHUT (SO FIDO STAYS IN OR OUT). CON: AIR CAN LEAK IN OR OUT IF WEATHER STRIPPING IS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. BIFOLD
4 BIFOLD DOOR WHAT IT IS: A SYSTEM OF HINGED DOORS THAT STACK AGAINST A WALL. PRO: PERFECT FOR INDOOR-OUTDOOR LIVING, ITS WEATHER-TIGHT WHEN CLOSED. CON: ITS EXPENSIVE, AND YOULL HAVE TO BUY CUSTOM-MADE SCREENS.
TYPES OF WINDOWS: CASEMENT WINDOW - (OR CASEMENT) IS A WINDOW THAT IS ATTACHED TO ITS FRAME BY ONE OR MORE HINGES. CASEMENT WINDOWS ARE HINGED AT THE SIDE.
SINGLE HUNG WINDOW - CONSISTS OF TWO SASHES, ONE ON THE TOP THAT DOES NOT MOVE AND ANOTHER ONE ON THE BOTTOM THAT DOES MOVE VERTICALLY. CONTRAST SINGLE-HUNG WINDOWS WITH FIXED WINDOWS
(CONSISTING OF ONE SASH THAT DOES NOT MOVE) OR DOUBLE-HUNG WINDOWS
(CONSISTING OF TWO SASHES, BOTH OF WHICH MOVE UP AND DOWN).
6 AWNING- A WINDOW CONSISTING OF SEVERAL TOP-HINGED SECTIONS ARRANGED IN A VERTICAL SERIES, OPERATED BY ONE OR MORE CONTROL DEVICES THAT SWING THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE SECTIONS OUTWARD, AND DESIGNED ESP. TO ADMIT AIR WHILE EXCLUDING RAIN
HOPPER- THESE WINDOWS ARE HINGED AT THE BOTTOM AND OPEN INWARD FROM THE TOP - THE REVERSE OF AWNING WINDOWS.
7 SLIDER- A WINDOW THAT IS COMPOSED OF TWO WINDOWS, OR SASHES, THAT GLIDE OPEN AND CLOSED ON A METAL TRACK.
FIXED- (FIXED WINDOWS) DON'T OPEN AT ALL, AND THEREFORE CAN BE HAD IN JUST ABOUT ANY SHAPE AND ANY OF THE USUAL MATERIALS.
TYPES OF ROOF: GABLE ROOF- A ROOF SLOPING DOWNWARD FROM A CENTRAL RIDGE SO AS TO LEAVE A GABLE AT EACH END.
GAMBREL ROOF-A TWO-SIDED ROOF WITH A DOUBLE SLOPE ON EACH SIDE, THE LOWER SLOPE HAVING THE STEEPER PITCH.
9 MANSARD ROOF-A FOUR-SIDED ROOF HAVING A DOUBLE SLOPE ON ALL SIDES, WITH THE LOWER SLOPE MUCH STEEPER THAN THE UPPER.
HIPPED ROOF- A FOUR-SIDED ROOF HAVING SLOPING ENDS AND SIDES.
10 FLAT ROOFA ROOF ACTUALLY HORIZONTAL AND LEVEL, AS IN SOME ORIENTAL BUILDINGS A ROOF NEARLY HORIZONTAL, CONSTRUCTED OF SUCH MATERIAL AS ALLOWS THE WATER TO RUN OFF FREELY FROM A VERY SLIGHT INCLINATION.
SHED ROOFA ROOF HAVING A SINGLE SLOPE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I.
*TYPES OF DOORS SLAB DOOR.1 FRENCH DOOR .2 GLIDING DOOR..3 DUTCH DOOR.4 BIFOLD DOOR5 *TYPES OF WINDOWS CASEMENT WINDOW6 SINGLE HUNG WINDOW..6 AWNING WINDOW..7 HOPPER WINDOW ..7 SLIDDER WINDOW.8 FIXED WINDOW8
