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Door anD WinDoWDOOR

by Julia Shenjaya

Door and doorways are the connection between two or more spaces which is provide access from outside to inside. There are variety types and style of doors that followed by different function. For the installation, there will be some criteria that need to be considered, size, strength and durability, apperance, weather proofing, material, finishing and head of opening.

1. Rough: The opening of the wall to fiting the door-frame. 2. Head: The uppermost member of door frame. 3. Jambs: Preventing the ingress of moisture from outer leaf to inner leaf. 4. Stop: Projecting part of the door frame against which a door closes. 5. Casing: The trim that finishes the joint between the doorframe and its rough opening. 6. Threshold: The silll of the doorway to prevent weather issues at an exterior door. 7. Door hardware: Adequate lock for security, which include the metal fastenings such as hinges, locksets and closers.

General doors operation Type of door frame on siteDoor

1. The aluminium door frames standard gauge is 14, 16 and 18. This door frame profiles vary with manufacturer and also it reinforced to receive hinges, strike and closer.

2. The wood door frame visually appealing, because of the natural appearane and provide excellent insulation.

Type of door operation and dimension on site

1. Panel door

- For the main open-ing door. - Wood rail and stile doors which consist of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails that hold solid wood. - The tiles and rails are vendered hard-wood.

2. Sliding door

- For the door that face to the garden. - The function of the door, to have an intetaction from inside to outside. - Material for sliding door is steel frames and normal tinted green glass.

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by Julia Shenjaya Door ConCtruCtion MethoD

1. Before hand, the contractor need to measure the distance between one door to another door. Stand the aluminium door frame and use tim-ber to support the doorway before the wall was built.

A wood was nailed between two door frames to stabilize it.

Due to the flat surface on the floor, to hold the wood from slip-ping, the rocks and bricks were used for it.

2. Next step is installing the wall by stacking bricks and there will be a door cramps between one level of brick stacking that used to tie the internal and external wall to door leaf. On the top of doorframe also have a lintel to support the weight of the bricks on top of the doorframe. The lintel that used in the site construction is concrete lintel.

Door cramps or Door frame tie

Lintel

3. Installing the door leaf to the door frame. Make sure the the opening of the door frame was enough for jamb to slip over. The standard size of the doors opening are 24-36”. For sliding door, make sure to install the bottom track.

4. Nail the Jamb to the door frame at the leg first, next go to the header of the door frame. For sliding door, need to level it and install it by using the punch holes and brush gasket.Make sure the jamb was attached to the door frame. installing the hinge on the jamb. The hinge was avaiable in steel, brass nylon and aluminium.

The hinge that used on site construction

5. Install the lockset and another door hardware such as lockset to the door leaf and door frame.

The lockset

The other door Lever on the site

Door strike

The Finishing door

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Door anD WinDoWWINDOW

by Julia Shenjaya WindoW is the other opening after a door. WindoWs need to be aesthetically acceptable by the design of the building and environment. installation of WindoWs need to folloW the minimum requirement, to ensure the function. WindoWs are designed With such requirement to resist Wind loading,providing the natural lighting, ventilation, type and size of glazing and the vision contact from inside to outside.

1. Head is the uppermost member of door frame 2. Jamb: either two side members of door frame 3. Exterior casing: Not always used. 4. Rough opening : Space require at he top, sides,and bottom for levelling window unit. 5. Casing trim: Finishing trim work around window opening. 6. Sash: movable framework which panes of glass are set. 7. Glazing: sheet of glass set in the sashes of window and offer little resistance to heat flow. 8. Sills: collect the rainwater which has run down the face of the window and shed it clear of the wall bel-low.

General windows operation Type of window frame on siteWindow

1. Aluminium window frame relatively low in cost, light weight, and resistance to cor-rosion, water pressure, and air infiltration. Can be using in large scale.

Type of door operation and dimensionon on site

1. Fixed Window

- For the exterior window.- Fixed cannot be open or adjust- 0% ventilating

2. Casement window

-For bedroom the win-dows which faced to the garden.- Can be adjust. -100% ventilating- Material for sliding door is steel frames and normal tinted green glass.

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Door anD WinDoWWINDOW

by Julia Shenjaya

WindoW conctruction method

A concrete lintel

A timber

1.Stacking the brick to form half wall and putting the frame on it. Lintel was used to hold the pressure of brick above, so it is not colapse while install the window frame on it or after finish installing whole window. The lintel that used in the site construction is concrete lintel. Timber at middle were used to supporting the windows frame and make sure it is stable.

2. .Install the aluminium sub-frame by using Anchor bolt heads and joints to the external wall. Seal the flashing tape or sealant to make it attach to the wall and also to prevent the water to go inside when it is raining. The alluminium was wrapped by the vinyl.

Aluminium wrap by Vinyl

3. Do the checking of the sub frame before combin-ing the sub frame to the window frame. After that do the plastering on the wall. The sub frame can be cleaned of any dust and debris.

5. The material for the windows is green tinted glass which can break into sharp pieces, and using the double glazing method.

4. Install the window to sub-frame.

The finishing casement window.