Glossary of door terms
The words joiners and door suppliers use, in plain English.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Architrave | The moulding round the frame that covers the joint with the wall |
| Backset | Distance from the door edge to the centre of the handle spindle |
| Centres | Distance between the handle spindle and the keyhole or turn |
| Doorset | A door supplied already hung in its frame, with its hardware, tested as one unit |
| FD30 / FD60 | A fire door tested to hold back fire for 30 / 60 minutes |
| FD30S | An FD30 door that also has smoke seals |
| Intumescent seal | A strip that swells when heated to seal the gap round a fire door |
| Leaf | The door itself, without the frame |
| Lining | A plain frame for an internal door, with separate stops |
| Lipping | The solid timber strip on a door's edges, which is what you plane when trimming |
| PAS 24 | The security test for doorsets, used for flat entrance doors |
| Rebate | The step in a frame that the door closes into |
| Rose | The round or square plate behind a lever handle |
| Stop | The strip on a frame that the door closes against |
| Striker plate | The metal plate on the frame that the latch catches in |
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