Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

Manifestation or Marking of Glass ~ another aspect of the critical location concept which frequently occurs with contemporary gl ...

Glass blocks have been used for some time as internal feature partitioning. They now include a variety of applications in extern ...

Mortar † dryer than for bricklaying as the blocks are non- absorbent. The general specification will include: White Portland Cem ...

Doors ~ can be classed as external or internal. External doors are usually thicker and more robust in design than internal doors ...

External Doors ~ these are available in a wide variety of types and styles in timber, aluminium alloy or steel. The majority of ...

Door Types ...

Door Frames ~ these are available for all standard external doors and can be obtained with a fixed solid or glazed panel above a ...

Door Ironmongery ~ available in a wide variety of materials, styles and finishers but will consist of essentially the same compo ...

Industrial Doors ~ these doors are usually classified by their method of operation and construction. There is a very wide range ...

Straight Sliding Doors ~ these doors are easy to operate, economic to maintain and present no problems for the inclusion of a wi ...

Sliding/Folding Doors ~ these doors are an alternative format to the straight sliding door types and have the same advantages an ...

Shutters ~ horizontal folding shutters are similar in operation to sliding/folding doors but are composed of smaller leaves and ...

Crosswall Construction ~ this is a form of construction where load bearing walls are placed at right angles to the lateral axis ...

Advantages of Crosswall Construction:- Load bearing and non-load bearing components can be standardised and in same cases pref ...

System ~ comprises quality controlled factory produced components of plain reinforced concrete walls and prestressed concrete ho ...

Concept ~ a cost effective simple and fast site assembly system using load-bearing partitions and external walls to transfer ver ...

Framing ~ an industry based pre-fabricated house manufacturing process permitting rapid site construction, with considerably few ...

Notes: Cavity barriers prevent fire spread. The principal locations are between elements and compartments of construction (see ...

Framing ~ comprising inner leaf wall panels of standard cold- formed galvanised steel channel sections as structural support, wi ...

Typical Details ~ insulated cavity closer Eaves barrier (see Building Regs. A. D: B3, Section 6 [Vol. 1] and 9 [Vol. 2]) and ply ...