Nomenclature Of Sliding Door

Operation vs sliding direction.

Nomenclature of sliding door.

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. X marks the side of the window that operates not the direction that it slides. Only the door no jamb hinges threshold or door hardware. The door slab is the actual door while the door unit includes the slab and the frame.

Swinging doors and gliding sliding doors. 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. Swinging doors swing open on a hinge while sliding doors open side to side on a track. Inches millimeters 1 16 2 1 8 3 3 16 5 1 4 6.

Let s start with the basics. A slider left xo means the operator is on the left side and slides to the right. Door unit a door with a jamb hinges and is bored for door hardware. 25 4 mm 1 mm 039 in.

The current edition is a revision and replaces the ansi standard a123 1 1898 document. The x s and o s are read left to right just looking your looking at the window from the outside of your house. L imits the door s opening swing it is part of the frame and the door rests on it when closed. This is very important.