Therma-Tru SHOP 1 General Information - U1 Revised - Manual (Page 5)

General
Information
Shop 1 2014 (U1 REVISED) 1.5
Glossary of Door Shop Terms
Edge Bore: The hole bored through the
edge of a door to allow the latch to pass
through, into the strike.
Electric Strike: A mechanism which allows
a switch to open the latch of a door.
End Seal Pad: A closed-cell foam piece,
about 1/16 inch thick, in the shape of a sill
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jamb to seal the joint.
Escutcheon: A stamped decorative plate,
usually circular to trim the shaft of a door
knob or deadbolt latch, to trim the opening
where the shaft or latch adjoins the face of a
door.
Etched Glass: Glass used for doorlites on
which a decorative pattern is engraved by
means of chemical action or mechanical
sand-blasting.
Extension Unit:
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shop-installed adjacent to a two-panel patio
door, to make the door unit into a three-
panel door.
Faceplate: The plated or solid metal trim
piece, usually about 1 x 2-1/4 inches,
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through which projects the latch of a pas-
sage lock or deadbolt.
Finger Joint: A way of joining short sections
of board stock together, end to end to make
longer stock. Door and frame parts are of-
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Fire Door: A door of a construction type
which has been tested to contain the spread
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another. Fire doors are listed and labeled
to show their ratings in terms of time, i.e.,
20-Minute, 90-Minute, etc.
Flush-Glazed: A type of glazed door which
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or set down from the face of the surrounding
door.
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weight and cellular in structure, used in door
construction. Rigid foam is used as the in-
sulating and binding core for doors. Flexible
foam is sometimes used as gasket.
Foot Bolt: A steel pin housed in a door
bottom edge or astragal, with a latch mecha-
nism, which can be driven down to project
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threshold, to better secure the door when
closed.
Frame: In door assemblies, the perimeter
members at the top and sides, to which the
door is hinged and latched. See jamb.
Gain: A notch across the end of a board or
wood part.
Galvanized: An adjective used to describe
steel which has been zinc-coated. Galva-
nized steel is resistant to corrosion.
Gasket:
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an assembly of parts, prevents air and water
from penetrating or passing through joints
between parts.
Glazing: The elastic material used to seal
glass to a surrounding frame.
Grille: For doors with glass lites or inserts,
a removable face-mounted assembly of thin
wood or plastic pieces, which when in place,
gives the lite or insert a patterned multi-pane
look.
Grooved Glass: Glass which has been
decorated with abrasively-routed recesses.
Grooving can give a single piece of glass a
multi-paned look.
Handing: A term which describes or deter-
mines the direction of swing of a door w hen
opening.