Window Design Terminology

The mechanism that allows the window to stay into a desired opening.

Window design terminology. Hardware terminology sash lifts or finger lifts. The frame member on a double hung window located between the jambs and the casing. It consists usually of five sash. A bay may be an arc or a polygon.

A series of windows installed in a bay which is two flanker units and a center sash. A window hinged at the top the sash swings outward from the bottom. Decorative glass in a variety of colorsshapespatterns used to accent a window or door. When a bay is or closely approaches an arc the window is termed a bow.

Bow window also compass radial bay window rounded bay window that projects from a wall in the shape of an arc. Also known as the middle of the window. Boxed mullion hollow mullion between two double hung windows to hold sash weights. It consists usually of five sash.

A lock device attached to the meeting rail of the sashes. Window terminology may seem confusing but once you know the basics you can find the exact window part youre looking for. The sash is the moveable part of a window made up of the vertical and horizontal frame that holds the glass. Center post of a double door attached to the fixed or inactive door panel awning window.

Check rail on a double hung window the check rail is the part where the bottom part of the upper sash and the upper part of the lower sash come in contact. We wouldnt be glass doctor if we didnt know each and every part of our patients.