Terminology 1

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  1. 2. A decorative door handle plate attached to the stile directly behind the handle(s). Generally square or rectangular shaped.
  2. 6. A tube inserted into the insulating glass spacer that allows the inside and outside air pressure to equalize in higher elevations. These will allow gas fills other than air to escape.
  3. 7. Is a rating system that is based on testing for structural performance under static air pressure. Water leakage, air leakage, operating force and forced entry must also comply to attain a DP rating.
  4. 8. The piece of the frame on a double hung window located between the jambs and the casing. This forms a rabbet that supports either a storm sash or screen.
  5. 11. A former term used to describe a side or lateral part.
  6. 15. This is the manufacturer’s reference number for a standard size unit
  7. 18. Anything designed to fill an opening in a structure. Used in our industry to specifically apply to doors and windows.
  8. 19. A door which specifically targets the non-residential market and may not meet WDMA standards for water penetration. This door comes standard with an 11 3⁄8” (289) bottom rail and a ½” (13) low profile sill allowing it to meet ADA codes.
  9. 20. The aluminum frame around a screen or energy panel.
  10. 23. The bottom rail of the top sash and the top rail of the bottom sash of a double hung window that meet horizontally in the center of the unit or the two vertical members of sash in a slider window that meet in the center. This is also sometimes called the meeting rail.
  11. 24. A series of windows installed in a bay which is two flanker units and a center sash.
  12. 26. A series of adjoining window units, installed on a radius.
  13. 27. The top member of a frame.
  14. 30. The width and the height of the visible glass.
  15. 31. A hardcoat Low E coating for the indoor IG surface, providing excellent heat reflectance. When used in conjunction with an E2 or E3 coating, it provides exceptional thermal properties – approaching that of a tripane unit with two Low E coatings.
  16. 33. The stationary portion of a window that encloses either the glass (direct glaze) or the sash (operating or stationary)
  17. 34. A high performance Low E coating, providing excellent balance for cold winters and warm summers. It offers increased solar heat gain coefficient values allowing heat from the winter sun to enter while reducing heat loss to the exterior.
  18. 35. A combination of frame and sash, hinged at the top of the vertical jambs which allows the unit to pivot from the top with the sash opening to the exterior of the building.
  19. 36. A series of fingers machined into the ends of two pieces of lumber to be joined together. They are then held firmly in position by adhesive. This is very strong and has a lesser chance of warping than does a clear piece of wood the same length.
  20. 37. Glass that is coated with a thin microscopic, virtually invisible, metal or metallic oxide layer. The primary function is to reduce the U-factor by suppressing radiative heat flow. A secondary feature is the blocking of short wave radiation to impede heat gain.
  21. 39. An article or product of vinyl or metal-made by the process of extruding. These include vinyl sill and head jamb tracks, vinyl jamb liners and aluminum cladding used on the exterior of clad units.
  22. 40. Windows that have two movable sash which operate vertically. The sash are held in an open position with the use of coil spring block and tackle balancing devices.
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  1. 1. An exterior moulding of window and door frames that buts the exterior facing material of the structure. The casing serves as the boundary moulding for brick or other siding material and helps to form a rabbet for screens and/or storm sash or a combination door.
  2. 3. A combination of frame, sash, weather-strip, concealed hinges and operating device assembled as a complete and properly operating unit. They have a flat sill and a sub-sill; screens and/or energy panels are optional. Operating units have a crank handle for smooth operation.
  3. 4. Any system of block and tackle or spiral springs used in the jamb liner of double hung or single hung units to counterweight the sash and allow for easier opening and top sash retention.
  4. 5. Refer to wood window and door parts which are covered with an extruded permanent colored aluminum jacket on the exterior side of the frame and sash.
  5. 7. Refers to a window with no sash. The glass is glazed directly into the frame and is stationary.
  6. 9. A glass assembly with two or more panes of glass sealed with a perimeter spacer. Hint: Acronym, 2 letters.
  7. 10. Also known as True Divided Lite. Permanent stationary muntins and bars separate the glass in a window sash or door panel to give the sash two or more lites of glass.
  8. 12. A narrow rabbeted, horizontal or vertical sash or door member in an authentic divided lite unit, extending from rail to rail or stile to stile along the total length or width of the glass opening.
  9. 13. Glass composed of two sheets of glass fused together with a sheet of transparent plastic between the sheets. When broken this glass will generally not leave the opening. Hint: first four letters of the word
  10. 14. Refers to an escape opening in a room designated as a sleeping area. Windows and doors must meet a minimum size requirement to qualify.
  11. 16. A factory installed or supplied metal strip with holes used with windows or doors to attach the unit in the rough opening in lieu of nailing through the casing, thus eliminating unsightly nail holes. Available as an option for all Marvin wood windows or door products.
  12. 17. A double or single hung window with the top sash smaller than the bottom sash.
  13. 21. A high performance Low E2 glass, providing excellent winter and center of glass temperatures. It offers reduced solar heat gain coefficient values providing customers cool summer glass temperature. Additionally, ultraviolet light transmission is greatly reduced.
  14. 22. Division of light by the use of muntin bars.
  15. 25. A colorless and odorless gas used to fill the airspace between insulating Low E glass.
  16. 28. A moulding applied to one stile of a French Door, Sliding French Door, or Ultimate Casement window unit which the other door panel or window sash strikes.
  17. 29. A high performance Low E glass, providing the best winter U-factor and center of glass temperatures. It offers extremely low solar heat gain coefficient values providing customers a summer glass temperature that is very low. Additionally, it provides the best reduction in ultraviolet light transmission.
  18. 32. A measure of a surface’s ability to emit long-wave infrared radiation or room temperature radiant heat energy. Varies from 0 (no emitted infrared) to 1 (100% emitted infrared). The lower the emissivity, the lower the resultant U-Factor and the better insulating the performance of the material.
  19. 38. A term used to describe the right- or left-hand operation of a window or door.