Therma-Tru SHOP 1 General Information - Book Size - Manual (Page 9)

General
Information
Shop 1 2014 (BOOK SIZE) 1.9
Glossary of Door Shop Terms
Screen Track: A feature of a door sill or
frame head which provides a housing and
runner for rollers, to allow a screen panel to
slide from side to side in the door.
Scribe: A mark for a cut which has been
made by using a template or pattern.
Sealant: Elastic material pumped or trow-
eled into a joint to prevent water penetra-
tion.
Self-Cased: A steel frame for which the
edge detail finishes to the surrounding wall,
without the need for additional applied cas-
ing molding.
Self-Locating Hinge: A hinge with indexing
or locating tabs to aid in exact placement
against a door edge.
Shim: A thin piece of material used be-
tween parts of an assembly, to change and
fix the distance between parts, when parts
are fastened.
Sidelite: A fixed narrow panel, installed
next to a door panel, for decorative pur-
poses.
Sidelites almost always contain glass lites.
Sill Saddle: See riser.
Slide Bolt: The part of an astragal assem-
bly which, by means of moving latches at
tops and bottoms of astragals, places bolts
into frame heads and sills, for fixing passive
door panels closed.
Smoke and Draft Door: Where building
codes define use, a fire door which has
been rated for 20-Minute fire resistance,
and which does not need test certification
as having passed the hose stream portion
of the fire test.
Spacer, Glass Spacer: A lineal part with
rectangular cross section, running along the
perimeter edges, between the glass pieces
of an insulating glass unit.
STC: Abbreviation for sound transmis-
sion coefficient. A value which describes
in relative terms the ability of a door to
dampen the passage of noise. Doors with
higher STC values permit less noise to pass
through.
Stile: In insulated door panels, the full-
length parts, usually wood, which make up
the long edges. In stile and rail doors, the
vertical edge parts.
Strike: A metal part with a hole or recess
for receiving a door latch, also with a curved
or ramped face so a spring-loaded latch
contacts it when closing. Strikes are fit into
mortises in door jambs or mullions, and
screw-fastened.
Style: A number or name defining a door
design or configuration.
Subfloor: The concrete or wood floor
surface lying under the finished floor. Pre-
hung door assemblies are installed atop the
subfloor.
Substrate: The base or core material in an
assembly of parts. In sills, the full length
wood or composite part of the sill, visible
only from the bottom side, or ends.
Tempered Glass: Glass sheet which has
been strengthened by heat processing.
Tempered glass when broken, shatters into
small pieces without sharp edges. See
safety glass.
Template: A pattern or jig used to machine-
cut a precise hole or recess into a door or
frame part.
Thermal Break: A feature of a door or
frame assembly which separates metal or
glass exposed to outside temperatures,
from coming into contact and transmitting
heat to or from inside-exposed parts.