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| A | |
| Abattant : | Flap |
| Agrément : | Approval (of a manufacturing process by an official body) |
| Allège : | Basement (lower part on which joinery rests) |
| Ame Alvéolaire : | Cellular Core (core of frame or composite panel) |
| Ame Pleine : | Core (material forming the inner core of a panel) |
| Appui : | Window Sill or Window Breast (lower horizontal cross section) |
| Anti Panique : | Panic Proof system (emergency exit quick release door rail handle) |
| Avis Technique : | Technical Notice (certificate of conformity issued by CSTB for a product not included in the DTU) |
| B | |
| Baie : | Opening (hole made in a wall to fit either a window or a door) |
| Bâti : | Fixed Frame ( fixed parts constituting the framework) |
| Battant : | Leaf (of a door) |
| Battue Centrale : | Central gap between two leaves of a double door. |
| Béquille : | Handle (latch-lever on which one pushes down to open a lock) |
| C | |
| Cadre : | Frame |
| Caisson : | Casing (housing for a roll-down shutter) |
| Caisson maçonné : |
Built-in roll-down shutter housing |
| Chassis : | Glazed frame |
| Compas d'oscillo-battant : |
Stay (hardware allowing to maintain open the swivelling flap of a of a window) |
| Cochonnet : | Exterior part of a fixed frame overlapping from the opening |
| Coulisse : | Runner (runner of a roll-down shutter: single or double guide allowing the shutter to slide down the reveal) |
| Condensation : | Condensation (water vapour condensed in liquid after a drop in temperature) |
| Couvre Joint : | Butt-Strip (the covering piece masking the interior joint between joinery and masonry) |
| Crémone : | Espagnolette bolt (single with interior handle only or double with both interior and exterior handle with lock or safety lock) |
| Croisillon : | Lattice or Wood Beading (crosspieces incorporated in or glued on double glazing) |
| CSTB : | Scientific and Technical Building Centre - Official Body delivering notices of technical standards |
| D | |
| Décibel : | Decibel (unit of intensities of sounds dB (= 1/10 of a bel) |
| Dimensions : | Dimensions |
| Dimensions Hors Tout ou Totale : |
Inside measurement (height and width) of the opening, taken on the periphery of the frame in the reveal. |
| Dimensions En tableau ou Fini : |
Outside measurement (height and width) of the opening, taken between the external cheeks of the jamb and from ledge to lintel. |
| Dormant : | Framework : fixed part sealed to the wall |
| Double vitrage : | Double glazing (double panes of glass with dehydrated air strip in between acting as thermal insulation and/or soundproofing |
| D.T.U. : | Unified Technical Reference Document stating the professional rules for joinery fitting (DTU 36.1 for wood joinery) |
| E | |
| Ebrasement : | Embrasure (bevelling off of wall at sides of door or window so that inside profile is larger than that of outside making opening easier and letting more light in) |
| Etanchéité : | Airtightness, Watertproofness, Windproofness |
| Exotic : | Exotic timber (imported wood. Most used varieties in joinery : Mahogany - Framire - Iroko - Moabi - Meranti - Niangon - Okoume - Touari - Cobe) |
| Extrudé : | Extruded (section heated and pressed and drawn into shape) |
| F | |
| Fenêtre : | Window (refers to both the opening and the joinery in other words the hole in the wall and its closing up) |
| Fenêtre : | Window |
| Fenêtre à la française : |
French window : inward-opening casement window |
| Fenêtre à l'anglaise : |
English type : outward-opening casement window |
| Fenêtre basculante : |
Centre-hung (horizontal pivot) window |
| Fenêtre oscillo-battante : |
Frame combining mutiple opening modes |
| Fenêtre à soufflet : |
Inward opening (pivoted at base) window. |
| Feuillure : | Rabbet, Rebate or Groove (step shape reduction cut along edge of opening to receive the window or door framework) |
| Ferme imposte : | Transom window shutter (shutting system of single flap hinged window) |
| Ferme porte : | Automatic Door (automatic hydraulic closing system) |
| Fiche : | Pin (door hinge, butt-hinge, rotating element : - hinge pin - plate pin - anuba pin) |
| Fond de joint : | Butt Joint (square, rectangular or round shapped section of supple material bounding the depth of the waterproofness ) |
| Fourrure : | Cover (cover-piece to compensate the frame width or thickness. This piece links the frame to the wall and contibutes to the resistance and waterproofness of the window) |
| G | |
| Gâche : | Striking Plate or Lock Staple |
| Garde corps : | Guard rail or hand rail (for window or French window) |
| Gonds : | Hooks |
| H | |
| Habillage : | Trim External : PVC strips fixed by clips in the recess of the frame in renovation work Internal : flat moulding or PVC strips to conceal the joint between joinery and insulation or masonry |
| Huisserie : | Door-frame |
| Hygrométrie : | Hygrometry (measure of humidity of air) |
| I | |
| Imposte : | Transom (fixed frame on top of door or window) |
| Isophonique : | Soundproofing (allows reduction in noise level) |
| Isoplane : | Coffin door (frame made of two smooth panels either sides) |
| Isotherme : | Isothermal (heat insulation) |
| J | |
| Jet d'eau : | Door or Window Drip (projecting moulding on window sills or built ledge to evacuate water) |
| K | |
| L | |
| Lasure : | Wood Stain (not a paint but an impregnation (protection) and a finish (stain) |
| Linteau : | Lintel (Built horizontal top cross section of an opening) |
| M | |
| Manoeuvre : | Operation (control of mechanism of roll-down shutter - electrical, strap, winch) |
| Meneau : | Mullion (vertical shaft dividing lights in a window) |
| Moulure : | Mouldind (ornemental contour given to beading, drip or frame) |
| N | |
| O | |
| P | |
| Paumelle : | Hinge (comes off its hinges by lifting the leaf) |
| Parclose : | Glazing Bead (wood strips securing glass panes in the joinery) |
| Penne : | Latch (small spring-lock catching when door is closed and keeping it shut) |
| Penture : | Strap Hinge (metallic part pivoting on hook used to open swing shutters) |
| Persienne : | Slated Shutter |
| Petit bois : | Wooden Glazing Bar (small section wood beading either vertical or horizontal dividing glazing in several panes) |
| Pièce d'appui : | Window Ledge (lower cross section of the frame resting on the wall) |
| Q | |
| R | |
| S | |
| Sectionnelle : | Garage door with horizontal folding sections |
| Securit : | Safety glass |
| Sens d'ouverture : | Direction in which a door opens. Position of the observer when looking at the hinges of a door : - hinges on the left -> opens to the left - hinges on the right -> opens to the right |
| Serrure : | Lock (locking device of the of doors and windows flaps) |
| Seuil : | Sill of door |
| Soubassement : | Lower part of the leaf of a glazed door |
| Sous face : | Underside (of the housing of a roll-down shutter) |
| Stadip : | Reinforced glass (retards breaking-in) |
| T | |
| Tableaux : | Reveals (built sides of door or window opening) |
| Tablier : | "Apron" (formed by all the laths of a roll-down shutter) |
| Tapée de persienne : | Wooden piece on outer side of window for attachment of window |
| Tertiaire : | Tertiary (term concerning a construction that is not used for either living accomodation, industrial or agricultural activities, but as offices for business services private ot public) |
| Trémie : | Stair well (opening made in the floor to accomodate a staircase) |
| U | |
| V | |
| Vantail : | Leaf or flap (of a door or a window. Can be fixed, mobile, single, double or multiple) (vantaux : leaves or flaps) |
| Vitrage : | Glazing |
| W | |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Z | |