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Louvre Door Terminology

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Syleena Johnson
Louvre Door Terminology

While discussing carpentry or the different types of doors, there are various terms and references used by those within the industry. But not everyone is used to them and most of them do not even understand the references they should be using.

This article compiles a list of such words/jargons/phrases and references that you might have heard but didn’t always understand. There are also some that you might have never heard and some that are very common which you might have heard in a different context.

The terminology listed below is often used when discussing doors or carpentry in general, so this article only focuses on references to wooden louvre doors.

Bi-fold:

Bi-fold doors slide open and are made with several panels that fold up against indoor walls. In Adelaide, bifold doors are getting increasingly popular. They can be used as entrance gateways or to split a room.

Louvre (louver): 

For starters, this is not the museum in Paris. A louvre blade is a narrow wooden piece, separated from adjoining blades to form a gap that allows light and air to flow between the blades.

A louvre is also called a slat sometimes. It is often found in different styles of shutters, blinds and doors. A louvre-style door is formed by placing blades horizontally across the frame and making them overlap at an angled fixed position.

To achieve an open louvre design, designers leave a small gap between slats. The ones without gaps are known as faux louvres. These can also be vertically positioned and not always horizontally. You can have louvre blades made using various materials like plastic, metal or any combination of the two.

Offset Horizontal Bar: 

The horizontal parts of the top and bottom of louvre doors are known as rails but higher louvre doors require greater stability and hence an additional rail called the offset horizontal bar is added to the door. It is most commonly positioned in the centre and is referred to as the mid-rail.

Primed:

A louvre door with a base coat of paint applied to it is known as a primed door. This applied base coat helps with adhesion, preparing it for the application of a topcoat of paint.  

When painting timber, it is a generally recommended practice to go for an undercoat application. This is to mask any imperfections on the surface of the timber. However, for certain louvre doors that are painted in white in factories, you don’t necessarily need to apply a top coat because the paint finish is very good and smooth.

Rail: 

The horizontal part of a door frame is known as the rail. The outer frame of any door will have a top and bottom rail. Do not confuse this with a door frame which is the frame that surrounds the doorway opening.

Routed:

When you use a rotating spinning blade to create slots or grooves in the timber frame, known as routing. It is done to create joints between stiles and rails.

Stile: 

Stiles are the vertical parts of the frame of a door. They are routed with slots to allow louvre blades to be held in position. The construction of stiles can vary with simple lengths of solid wood.

 

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