Window Frame - The window unit less sash.
Window Types :
Double Hung - Two sash, vertical sliding ...
Window Frame - A group of wood parts machined and assembled to form an enclosure and support for a window or sash.
Window Frame
The metal, wood, stone, or concrete frame that holds the glass or glazed material in place. See also muntin and mullion.
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Window frames, and sash and case windows in particular were never painted white. This is a relatively modern trend.
A window frame hinged on one side so that it swings out or in to open
Casements were the most common form of domestic window before the introduction of the sash, and usually contain leaded lights ...
A window frame that opens on vertical hinges. A casement window contains two such vertical-hinged windows, separated by a mullion.
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The window frame which prevented anyone from sitting on the outer sill was being forced out by two footmen, who were evidently flurried and intimidated by the directions and shouts of the gentlemen around.
casement - A window frame that opens on vertical hinges. A casement window contains two such vertical-hinged windows, separated by a mullion.
Sash A sliding window frame usually vertical.
Screed Final, smooth finish of a solid floor; usually sand/cement, concrete or asphalt.
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Double Hung - a window in which the opening lights slide vertically within a cased Sash Window frame, counter balanced by weights supported on sash cords that pass over pulleys in the frame.
Casement windows hinge on one side of the window frame so they open like a door. These are widely used in both traditional and contemporary design.
The antiquities of Herculaneum showed that even the most classicizing interiors of the Baroque, or the most "Roman" rooms of William Kent were based on basilica and temple exterior architecture, turned outside in: pedimented window frames turned ...
Sill: Horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame.
Simulated divided lights: A method in constructing windows or doors in which muntins are fixed to the inside and outside of the insulated glass panel to simulate the look of a true ...
jamb A vertical post supporting a window frame or doorway. Kaiserdom In German, a imperial cathedral (i.e. associated with a Holy Roman Emperor). keystone A wedge-shaped or tapered stone placed at the top of an arch or vault.
Jamb: the side of a doorway or window frame. The jambs of the portals of Romanesque and Gothic churches are frequently decorated with figure sculpture.
South Portal from the Church of Saint Pierre, Moissac, c. 1115-30.
Sill -- The bottom crosspiece on a window frame.
Siding -- The exterior wall covering or sheathing of a structure.
Spalling -- Flaking of the outer face of masonry, often caused by expanding moisture in freezing conditions.
Jamb - a vertical element of a doorway or window frame.
Key Stone - the voussoir at the top of an arch. It is important structurally since it marks the apex of the vault.
Khirbet - Arabic word meaning ancient ruin.
Sill: Horizontal member that forms the bottom of a window frame.
Sill course (soldier course): The row of brick, cement blocks or stones laid across the bottom of a masonry opening which lay under the outside edge of the window sill.
SILL - The lower horizontal part of a window frame. Materials may vary, generally timber or stone, can be tiled.
SKYLIGHT - A window set into a roof or ceiling to provide extra lighting.
SLEEPER WALLS - See honeycomb walls.
drip molding A projecting molding around the head of a door or window frame, often extended horizontally at right angles to the sides of the frame, intended to channel rain away from the opening; also called a drip lintel.
casement - a hinged window frame that opens horizontally like a door.
castellated - having a battlemented or crenulated parapet or roof.
Mullion - The vertical sections of material that divide a window frame into smaller lights.
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Office copy entries - Copies of the entries recorded at the Land Registry proving ownership.
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The sides of a door or window frame.
Lean-to
The lean-to is one of the simplest roofs formed by a single sloping plane.
SILL The horizontal ledge at the bottom of a window frame.
SLATE A fine-grained metamorphic rock that splits into thin, smooth-surfaced layers. In building, most often used in this area for roofing.
Jamb liner The track in single-hung or double-hung window frame jambs on which the sashes slide.
Knocked down (KD)
An unassembled window or door unit.
PVCu (uPVC) Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride. Used in window frames and replacement eaves.
Quoin The external angle of a building, or bricks or stone blocks forming that angle.
JAMB
A vertical post supporting a window frame or doorway.
JOIST
A timber stretched from wall-to-wall to support floorboards.
The vertical posts that form the sides of a door, window frame, etc.
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Triforium
A galleried arcade at the second floor level, even with the aisle roof. Also called a "blind-storey" - the triforium looks like a row of window frames without window openings.
post-and-beam construction, the bottom ends of posts rest on the sill; in a balloon frame, the bottom ends of studs and the ends of floor joists; in a platform frame, the ends of floor joists only. (2) The fixed horizontal member of a window frame, ...
Most early Malaysian mosques have neither minarets nor mihrabs although these were often added in the nineteenth century. The window frames were usually decorated with bands of Quranic calligraphy and there are often elaborately carved minbars and ...
Although no window frames have been found in Pompeii,the openings in the walls show that some of the rooms were lighted by windows; one of them in the house of Diomede takes the form of a bow window with three lights in it.
 See also: Frame, Door, Architecture, House, Member
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