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WorksheetsVDA - Window (Part 1)
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Worksheet time: 35mins
A manufactured assembly of a frame, sash, glazing, and necessary hardware, made to fit a window opening
Window unit
Window frame
Dressing
Window
The fixed frame of a window, consisting of two jambs, a head, and a sill
Window unit
Window frame
Dressing
Window
The ornamental detail of a building, esp. the molded framework around door and window openings
Window unit
Window frame
Dressing
Window
An opening in the wall of a building for admitting light and air, usually fitted with a frame in which are set operable sashes containing panes of glass
Window unit
Window frame
Dressing
Window
The fixed or movable framework of a window or door in which panes of glass are set
Sash
Muntin
Windowpane
One of the divisions of a window or door, consisting of a single unit of glass
Sash
Pane
Windowpane
A pane of glass filling a window sash
Muntin
Windowsill
Windowpane
A wood molding covering the gap between a doorframe or window frame and the masonry reveal into which the frame is set
Brick molding
Head flashing
Muntin
The flashing over a window opening or a projection in a masonry wall
Brick molding
Head flashing
Muntin
A rabbeted member for holding the edges of windowpanes within a sash. Also called glazing bar, sash bar.
Brick molding
Head flashing
Muntin
Any of various devices for shedding rainwater so as to keep it from running down a wall or falling onto the sill of an opening
Drip
Drip cap
Backband
A projecting molding over an exterior door or window opening for catching and shedding rainwater
Drip
Drip cap
Backband
A molding surrounding the trim at the top and sides of a door or window
Drip
Drip cap
Backband
The horizontal member at the base of a window opening, esp. the ledge formed by such a member
Windowsill
Wash
Check throat
Subsill
The upper surface of a building member, such as a windowsill or coping, sloped to shed rainwater. Also called weathering.
Windowsill
Wash
Check throat
Subsill
A groove cut or formed on the underside of a sill or other exterior horizontal member to prevent the capillary flow of rainwater to a wall
Windowsill
Wash
Check throat
Subsill
An additional sill fitted to a window frame to cause rainwater to drip farther away from a wall surface
Windowsill
Wash
Check throat
Subsill
A vertical member between the lights of a window
Mullion
Light
Slip sill
Lug sill
A medium for admitting light, as one compartment of a window or window sash. Also called day.
Mullion
Light
Slip sill
Lug sill
A sill cut to fit between the jambs of a window or door opening
Mullion
Light
Slip sill
Lug sill
A sill extending beyond a window or door opening and built into the jambs
Mullion
Light
Slip sill
Lug sill
That part of a jamb extending above the head of a door or window frame, or the horizontal extension of a windowsill beyond the jamb
Horn
Stool
Apron
Back
The interior sill of a window
Horn
Stool
Apron
Back
A flat piece of trim immediately beneath the stool of a window
Horn
Mullion
Apron
Back
The area of interior wall, usually paneled, between a windowsill and the floor
Horn
Stool
Apron
Back
A window having two vertically sliding sashes, each in separate grooves or tracks and closing a different part of the window
Double-hung window
Box-head window
Drop window
Horizontally sliding window
A double-hung window constructed with a pocket in the head, into which one or both sashes can pass to increase the opening available for ventilation
Single-hung window
Box-head window
Drop window
Horizontally sliding window
A window constructed with a pocket below the sill, into which a sash can slide to increase the opening available for ventilation
Double-hung window
Box-head window
Drop window
Horizontally sliding window
A window having two or more sashes, of which at least one slides along horizontal grooves or tracks
Double-hung window
Box-head window
Drop window
Horizontally sliding window
A vertically sliding window sash balanced by a counterweight or a pretensioned spring on each side so that it can be raised or lowered with relatively little effort
Hung sash
Sash fast
Sliding sash
A fastening on the meeting rail of one sash that swings across to the meeting rail of another sash and engages with a spur on it
Hung sash
Sash fast
Sliding sash
A sash that opens by moving horizontally along grooves or tracks at the top and bottom of the window frame
Hung sash
Sash fast
Sliding sash
The rail of each sash in a double-hung window that meets at the rail of the other when the window is closed
Meeting rail
Check rail
Plain rail
A meeting rail, esp. one closing against a corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap
Meeting rail
Check rail
Plain rail
A meeting rail equal in thickness to the other members of the frame
Meeting rail
Check rail
Plain rail
