WOOD
DOORS & IRON DOORS TERMS
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DOUBLEDOORS
When a doorway is too big for a single width door or even a double
margin door, the answer is to have a pair of double wood doors
two true doors that are hinged one at each side of the opening
to meet at the middle. Although this option seems pretty straightforward,
the design proviso is that each door must be wide enough to allow
easy passage.For example, if you had double doors in a narrow
opening, with each door being less than about 26 inches wide,
the whole thing would be an inconvenience, because you would always
have to open both doors to go through.
DIMINISHED STILE
DOORS
Sometimes called gunstock stile doors, this type of door gets
its name from the fact that the stile decreases in width from
the top of the middle or lock rail through to the top rail. Diminished
stile doors are same times referred to as sash doors, for the
simple reason that most door of this type are glazed.
Door Knockers
Traditionally, door knockers were mounted cm the front door for
the functional reason that they were used to inform the inhabitants
of the arrival of visitors. They were also use as decorative status
symbols. The bigger the house, the larger and more prestigious
the front door, and the fancier the dour knocker. To a great extent,
the knocker has been replaced by the electric doorbell, but is
still used as a decorative statement making feature. Knockers
come in all shapes and sizes cast iron lions' heads with rings
in the mouths, brass adam style urns, forged Gothic knockers,
brass figures mounted as knockers, brass wreaths, and so on. It
is common practice to personalize the front door with a knocker
that is in some way meaningful to the area. For example, in a
fishing village there might be knockers in the form of galleons,
anchors, brass rings, ships bells, Turk's head knots, dolphins,
and so on. And of course, there are knockers that relate to the
family name or the name of the house, For example, a family called
Hart might have a stag as a knocker
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