Millwork

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Millwork

• A Guide to Doors

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Materials

• Exterior Doors
• Steel
• Hardwoods
• Softwoods
• Plastic
• Solid Core
• Thickness 1 ¾
• Threshold

• Interior Doors
• Hardwoods
• Softwoods
• Recycled Lumber
• Hollow Core
• Thickness 1 1/8

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Parts of a Door

• Door Frame
• Top and Bottom Rail
• Stiles
• Panels
• Windows
• Mullions
• Lockset
• Threshold

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Construction of a Door
Particleboard interior
Foam interior
Cardboard interior
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Types of Doors

• Interior Doors
• Bi-Folding Doors
• Bypass Doors
• Pocket Doors
• Hinge Doors

• Exterior Doors
• Exterior Hinge Doors
• Patio Doors
• Exterior Slider Doors

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Interior Doors

• Bypass doors-are hung from an overhead track and
  run on rollers. Lightweight
• Folding doors-are found as hinged pairs. Use
  overhead track and rollers to open doors.

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• Hinge doors- Opens outwardly using hinges. Comes
  in right or left hand openings
• Pocket doors- slides into a wall. Uses tracks and
  rollers to open.

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Exterior Doors

• Opens outwardly using hinges. Comes in right or
  left hand openings. Also able to add glass, slide
  lights and other ornamental fixtures.

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• Double hinged doors that often times have glass
  in the center of the door. Common style French
  door
• Has a one fixed panel while the second panel
  slides on a set of tracks.

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Safety

• Fire- Each door is rated with a burn time. This
  is the rated time it takes the door to be burnt
  through
• Security- Various styles of locks and bolts can
  be purchased in order to increase security.

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Door Schedule
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Reference

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