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Types of DoorsTypes of Doors

Doors can be categorized according to the following;Doors can be categorized according to the following;Location: either interior or exteriorLocation: either interior or exteriorMaterial from which they are made: (wood, fiberglass, Material from which they are made: (wood, fiberglass, steel…)steel…)Operation: such as hinged door, sliding door, folding door…Operation: such as hinged door, sliding door, folding door…End use: new construction or replacementEnd use: new construction or replacementPurpose: closet door, garage door, fire door..Purpose: closet door, garage door, fire door..Construction: solid core, foam, hollow core…Construction: solid core, foam, hollow core…Style: raised panel, flat panel, arched top…Style: raised panel, flat panel, arched top…Installation method: pre-hung, hung on site.Installation method: pre-hung, hung on site.

Any door can be described using a combination of these Any door can be described using a combination of these terms. For example a door could be described as a pre-terms. For example a door could be described as a pre-hung, exterior, hinged, wooden door.hung, exterior, hinged, wooden door.

Flat-Panel DoorsFlat-Panel Doors

Sometimes referred to as a flush door or slab Sometimes referred to as a flush door or slab door. The entire surface is flat.door. The entire surface is flat.Slab doors are made with plywood, hardboard, Slab doors are made with plywood, hardboard, metal, or some other suitable facing applied over metal, or some other suitable facing applied over a light framework and core.a light framework and core.The cores are either solid or hollow. The solid core The cores are either solid or hollow. The solid core doors consists of strips of wood, particleboard, doors consists of strips of wood, particleboard, rigid foam, or other core material. Used often for rigid foam, or other core material. Used often for exterior doors. exterior doors. The hollow core door consists of a light framework The hollow core door consists of a light framework of wood or corrugated cardboard faced with thin of wood or corrugated cardboard faced with thin plywood or hardboard… birch, oak, & mahogany plywood or hardboard… birch, oak, & mahogany are popular surface veneers for these doors.are popular surface veneers for these doors.

Raised-Panel DoorsRaised-Panel Doors

Raised-Panel DoorRaised-Panel Door Raised panel wood Raised panel wood doors have panels that doors have panels that are thicker at the are thicker at the center than the edges. center than the edges. They consist of They consist of stiles stiles or vertical side or vertical side members and members and railsrails or or horizontal cross pieces.horizontal cross pieces.The stiles and rails are The stiles and rails are generally made from generally made from solid wood with the solid wood with the panels made of solid panels made of solid wood or plywood.wood or plywood.

Door FramesDoor Frames

Parts of a Door FrameParts of a Door Frame All doors are mounted in All doors are mounted in frames which are attached frames which are attached to the wall in a rough to the wall in a rough opening similar to a opening similar to a window.window.The door frame consists of The door frame consists of two side jambs and a head two side jambs and a head jamb. Molding is usually jamb. Molding is usually nailed to the door frame on nailed to the door frame on the inside of the house the inside of the house after the frame is installed.after the frame is installed.Door jambs are installed so Door jambs are installed so that their outer edges will that their outer edges will be flush with the finished be flush with the finished wall surface.wall surface.

HardwareHardware

HingesHinges The loose-pin butt mortise The loose-pin butt mortise hinge is one of the most often hinge is one of the most often used hignes for hanging used hignes for hanging residential doors. It consists residential doors. It consists of two metal leaves that pivot of two metal leaves that pivot on a removable metal pin.on a removable metal pin.The door can be removed The door can be removed from the jamb by simply from the jamb by simply removing the hinge pins and removing the hinge pins and lifting the door out. On lifting the door out. On exterior doors hinges are exterior doors hinges are mounted so the pins cannot mounted so the pins cannot be removed from the outside be removed from the outside to prevent intruders from to prevent intruders from doing so.doing so.

HardwareHardware

Gains or MortiseGains or Mortise The leaves of the hinge The leaves of the hinge fit into fit into gains gains cut into cut into the edge of the door the edge of the door and the jamb.and the jamb.A gain is a mortise A gain is a mortise (notch) that has a (notch) that has a depth equal to the depth equal to the thickness of a single thickness of a single leaf.leaf.The size of a hinge is The size of a hinge is given as the length of given as the length of the leaf in inches.the leaf in inches.

LocksetsLocksets

Sample LocksetsSample Locksets Passage doors are fitted Passage doors are fitted with different types of with different types of opening hardware. The opening hardware. The assembly of knobs, latch, assembly of knobs, latch, and locking mechanism is and locking mechanism is called a called a locksetlockset..Locksets are available in Locksets are available in three basic types: three basic types: entry, entry, privacy, and passageprivacy, and passage..Locks can be Locks can be bored,bored, (they (they fit into large holes drilled fit into large holes drilled into the door) or into the door) or mortised ,mortised , (they fit into a large notch (they fit into a large notch cut into the edge of the cut into the edge of the door stile).door stile).

Entry, Privacy, & Passage Entry, Privacy, & Passage LocksetsLocksets

Entry Locksets are used on exterior doors and Entry Locksets are used on exterior doors and contain a locking mechanism and key. They may contain a locking mechanism and key. They may be bored or mortised.be bored or mortised.Privacy Locksets are light duty and used mostly Privacy Locksets are light duty and used mostly on doors leading to bedrooms and bathrooms. on doors leading to bedrooms and bathrooms. They can be locked from the inside by turning or They can be locked from the inside by turning or depressing a button on the knob. There is usually depressing a button on the knob. There is usually a small slot or hole in the non-locking knob to a small slot or hole in the non-locking knob to unlock the set. All privacy locksets are bored unlock the set. All privacy locksets are bored types.types.Passage Locksets are sometimes called Passage Locksets are sometimes called latchsetslatchsets. . They are similar in design to privacy locksets but They are similar in design to privacy locksets but do not include a locking mechanism. do not include a locking mechanism.

Direction of SwingDirection of Swing

When ordering and installing a door, it is When ordering and installing a door, it is important to know the direction in which important to know the direction in which the door should swing. A door that opens the door should swing. A door that opens in the wrong direction may interfere with in the wrong direction may interfere with wall switches, cabinetry, and traffic wall switches, cabinetry, and traffic patterns.patterns.

The direction in which a door swings is The direction in which a door swings is called its called its handhand..

Doors are either left hand or right hand.Doors are either left hand or right hand.

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