Introduction to Architecture by Architect Professor Sen

Author:Architect Professor Sen
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2017-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Glass Louvered Doors

Glass is sometimes used as the material for louver in place of wood. The glass is generally frosted to allow some diffused light inside the space but disallows direct vision. Such doors are generally used in passages and corridors.

Metal Louvered Doors

Metal louvers in Mild Steel or Stainless Steel are also used in some cases where the duty conditions are harsh. Metal Louvers are used mostly for clean rooms and for industrial kitchens which require intensive maintenance. The louvers are 2 to 5 mm thick sheet metal slats and are fitted in similar fashion on metal framework.

8.5.6 Glazed Doors

Glazed Doors can be of many types and depend on the shutter framework or its material to define the door. The functional requirement of the door dictates its design criterion. Glass in combination with Wood, Aluminium or other material is used to form the shutter. Timber Glazed doors have been discussed in the foregoing section under paneled doors where the door is made of wood with glass panel at places to suit a design.

Here doors with glass having the primary area of design are discussed.

Glass used may be of various thicknesses and design itself. The glass used may be clear float glass or may be smoked or ‘sand blasted’ to design.

Glass is toughened and tempered under a special process to increase the compression and impact taking strength. Door shutters where the glass itself takes the load itself is required to be toughened or tempered.

Glass is also profiled to certain shapes or is beveled on one or both sides to make it more useful. Beveling may be done as per the following types.

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