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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.
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General doors operation

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Type of door frame on site

Type of door operation and dimension on site

1. Panel door
- For the main opening 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 hardwood.

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.

1. Rough: The opening of the wall to fiting the doorframe.

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.

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

- 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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A wood was nailed between two

door frames to stabilize it.

1. Before hand, the contractor need to measure

the distance between one door to another door.
Stand the aluminium door frame and use timber to support the doorway before the wall was
built.

Due to the flat surface on the

floor, to hold the wood from slipping, the rocks and bricks were
used for it.

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.

The other door Lever on the site

5. Install the lockset and another

door hardware such as lockset to
the door leaf and door frame.

Lintel

Door cramps or
Door frame tie
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.

The lockset

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

Door strike

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The Finishing door

Window is the other opening after a door. Windows need to be aesthetically acceptable by Door and Window
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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 by Julia Shenjaya
to resist wind loading,providing the natural lighting, ventilation, type and size of glazing
and the vision contact from inside to outside.
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General windows operation

Type of window frame on site

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
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 bellow.

-For bedroom the windows which faced to

the garden.
- Can be adjust.
-100% ventilating
- Material for sliding
door is steel frames
and normal tinted
green glass.
1. Aluminium window frame
relatively low in cost, light
weight, and resistance to corrosion, water pressure, and
air infiltration. Can be using in
large scale.

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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.

3. Do the checking of the sub frame before combining 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.

Aluminium wrap by
Vinyl

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.

4. Install the window to sub-frame.

The finishing casement window.

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