interior doors: panel doors - ✔✔-glide better than flush
-style and rails-solid wood
-panel: free float
interior doors: bi-fold - ✔✔half swing area
interior doors: pocket - ✔✔track on top
interior door thickness- size - ✔✔1 3/8" thick
6'-8" high
exterior door thickness- size - ✔✔1 3/4" thick
6'-8" high
width: dependent on location and function of door
-must be 3' 0" to make room for stretcher
commercial door thickness- size - ✔✔2" thick
7' high
door hinges - ✔✔knuckles
exterior door function - ✔✔safety (security and fire)
,thermal insulation
weather protection (threshold and seals)
appearance
thickness
exterior door material - ✔✔-steel
-wood
-fiber glass
steel door advantages (exterior): - ✔✔durable
fire rated
low cost
security
light weight (ga 20-26 res, ga 14-22 commercial)
insulated
low maintenance
no expansion/contraction
steel door disadvantages (exterior): - ✔✔-rust and maintenance
wood door advantages (exterior): - ✔✔appearance
insulation
norm-base comparison
, wood door disadvantages (exterior): - ✔✔-maintenance
-rot
-swell
-twist
-cost
fiber-glass door advantages (exterior): - ✔✔weight (security)
insulation
appearance (can stain wood grain)
stable (no twist, warp)
fiber-glass door disadvantages (exterior): - ✔✔cost more than wood
heavy (more hinges)
some fiber-glass doors have a thin skin of fiber-glass with insulated core
caution- some say do not put a storm door in front of a fiber glass door
residential door hardware - ✔✔passage set (closet door)
lock set (exterior door)
privacy set (bed/bathroom)
commercial door - ✔✔push bar-panic bar (reinforce door)
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