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Fixed windows are typically used for openings that are larger or where an opening window is not required. They
are used to expand the view and bring in more daylight. A great choice for living rooms, dining rooms, master
bedrooms and where ventilation is not a concern.
A pet door or pet flap (also referred to in more specific terms, such as cat flap, cat door, dog door, or doggie
door) is a small portal in a wall, window or human door to allow pets to enter and exit a house (or other structure)
on their own without needing a person to open the door. Originally simple holes, the modern form is a hinged and
often spring-loaded panel or flexible flap, and some are electronically controlled. They offer a degree of protection
against wind, rain, and larger-bodied intruders entering the dwelling. Similar hatches can let dogs through fences
at stiles. A related concept is the pet gate, which is easy for humans to open but acts as a secure pet barrier.
A swing-door operator (or swing-door opener or automatic swing-door operator) is a device that operates a
swing door for pedestrian use. It opens or helps open the door automatically, waits, then closes it.
A sliding door is a type of door which opens horizontally by sliding, usually parallel to a wall. Sliding doors can
be mounted either on top of a track below or be suspended from a track above and some types 'disappear' in a
wall when slid open. There are several types of sliding doors such as pocket doors, Arcadia doors, and bypass
doors. Sliding doors are commonly used as shower doors, glass doors, screen doors, and wardrobe doors.
A folding door is a type of door which opens by folding back in sections. They are usually to be found indoors.
Folding doors were already known by the Romans as excavations in Pompeii have revealed.
Folding doors may also be known as accordion doors or accordion partitions. Folding doors are designed to
provide quick and easy space division with moderate sound attenuation and a pleasing visual appearance.
Accordion doors and partitions provide quick sight and sound division with a simple pull-and-latch operation.
Accordion doors and partitions are available as single and paired openings. Curved track allows the partition to
move around corners.
A revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that hang on a central shaft and rotate around a vertical
axis within a cylindrical enclosure. Revolving doors are energy efficient as they prevent drafts (via acting as an
airlock), thus preventing increases in the heating or cooling required for the building.[1] At the same time,
revolving doors allow large numbers of people to pass in and out.
A pocket door is a sliding door that disappears, when fully open, into a compartment in the adjacent wall. Pocket
doors are used for architectural effect, or when there is no room for the swing of a hinged door. They usually
travel on rollers suspended from an overhead track, although some also feature tracks or guides along the floor.
Both single- and double-door versions are used, depending on how wide an entry is desired.
A Dutch door (American English), or stable door (British English), or half door (Hiberno English), is a door
divided horizontally in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens. Known in
early New England as a double-hung door. The initial purpose of this door was to keep animals out of
farmhouses, or keep children inside, while allowing light and air to filter through the open top. And when the top
half was open they also allowed the breeze, but stopped the wind from blowing street and lawn dirt into the
house. This type of door was common in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century and appears in Dutch
paintings of the period. They were also commonly found in the Dutch cultural areas of New York and New Jersey
before the American Revolution.
A louver (American English) or louvre (English) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled
to admit light and air, but to keep out rain, direct sunshine, and noise. The angle of the slats may be adjustable,
usually in blinds and windows, or fixed.
A blind door is a door that visually blends in with the surrounding wall surface. These doors have no knobs or
operating devices that identify them as doors, and may or may not be operational. The terms hidden, disguised,
or blank may also be used to describe a blind door.
A trapdoor is a sliding or hinged door, flush with the surface of a floor, roof, or ceiling, or in the stage of a theatre.
[1] A hatch, an opening which may also be in a wall and need not be flush with the surface, is similar; in some
cases either name is applicable. A small door in a wall, floor or ceiling used to gain access to equipment is called
an access hatch or access door.