Nomenclature Of Sliding Door

The current edition is a revision and replaces the ansi standard a123 1 1898 document.

Nomenclature of sliding door.

Nomenclature for standard steel doors and steel frames the material contained in this document has been developed under the auspices of the technical committee of the steel door institute. 25 4 mm 1 mm 039 in. The door slab is the actual door while the door unit includes the slab and the frame. X marks the side of the window that operates not the direction that it slides.

Swinging doors swing open on a hinge while sliding doors open side to side on a track. Door unit a door with a jamb hinges and is bored for door hardware. Let s start with the basics. A sliding glass door patio door or doorwall is a type of sliding door in architecture and construction is a large glass window opening in a structure that provide door access from a room to the outdoors fresh air and copious natural light a sliding glass door is usually considered a single unit consisting of two panel sections one being fixed and one a being mobile to slide open.

Sliding folding door hardware 3 nomenclature explained metric conversions 1 in. Inches millimeters 1 16 2 1 8 3 3 16 5 1 4 6. Exterior door units also include casing brick molding astragal and weather strips and is pre hung. There are two main types of doors.

A slider left xo means the operator is on the left side and slides to the right. Swinging doors and gliding sliding doors. L imits the door s opening swing it is part of the frame and the door rests on it when closed. Operation vs sliding direction.