Glossary of door shop terms – Therma-Tru SHOP 1 General Information - U1 Revised User Manual
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General 
Information
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2014 (U1 REVISED)
Shop 1
Glossary of Door Shop Terms
for fastening a door more securely at night.
Nosing: An edge piece, usually molded with 
a rounded face or corner, which runs the 
length of an assembly. Oak adjustable sills 
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inside edges.
NRP Hinge: An abbreviation for a hinge 
with a non-removable pivot pin. NRP hinges 
are used when exterior doors swing out, as 
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impossible to remove a door by driving out 
pivot pins.
Open-Cell Foam: A foam material which 
has passageways between cells. Open-cell 
foam will absorb and retain water, because 
the water will penetrate deeply inside the 
foam.
Outswing: An exterior door assembly in 
which the door panel swings outside the 
building.
Panic-proof Lock: A lock and latch device 
which permits a door to be opened outward 
by pressure being applied to a bar mounted 
across the inside face of the door.
Passage Lock: A lockset which will retain a 
door closed, but which cannot be locked.
Passive: In a double or two-panel door 
assembly, the door which usually remains 
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The other door panel is used for regular 
passage.
Plant: A decorative molding applied to the 
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ance of a raised-molding design.
Plates: In residential wood-frame construc-
tion, the horizontal parts of a wall frame 
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atop the stud ends, on which framing from 
above bears.
PVC: Abbreviation for polyvinyl chloride,
a plastic material used to make molded or 
extruded parts.
R-Value: A number which describes in 
relative terms, the ability of a material or 
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of heat. Assemblies or materials with high R-
values are better insulators than those with 
lower R-values.
Rabbet, Rebate: A rectangular recess cut 
or formed along the long edge of a part, 
usually a wood part.
Rail: In insulated door panels, the part, 
made of wood or a composite material, 
which runs inside the assembly, across the 
top and bottom ends, and makes up the top 
or bottom edge. In stile and rail doors, hori-
zontal pieces at top and bottom edges, and 
at intermediate points, which connect and 
frame between the stiles.
Ramp: In a sill or threshold, the horizontal 
face which is sloped.
Rebate: See rabbet.
Reveal: The offset or margin between 
edges of parts.
Riser: A term which describes the part of 
an adjustable sill which can be moved up or 
down by turning adjusting screws.
Riveted-Pin Hinge: See NRP hinge.
Rough Opening: A structurally-framed 
opening in a wall which receives a door unit 
or window.
Saddle: In adjustable sills, another term 
for riser. Also, a shop-applied label applied 
around the corner or edge of a door, which 
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structions.
Safety Glass: Glass which when broken, 
shatters into small pieces without sharp 
edges.
