| Door
Swing |
The direction in which a door
will swing. Commercial doors are hung either "left hand"
(LH) or "right hand" (RH). Residential doors are either
"hinged left" (HL) or "hinged right" (HR). |
| Flitch |
A hewn or sawn log made ready
for veneer production or the actual veneer slices of one half
log, kept in order, used for the production of fine plywood
panels. |
| Fluted
Casing |
Trim that has vertical concave
grooves. |
| Keylock |
A mechanical fastener used for
mounting newel posts. |
| Keystone |
Originally the center structural
wedge-stone of an arch opening, but may be decorative trim in
the shape of a wedge which caps the top/center of an arched
trim piece. |
| Moulding |
A wood strip having a curved or
projected surface, used for a decorative trim. |
| Plinth |
A decorative wood block placed
between the vertical casing and the horizontal casing of a window,
a door, a floor, a dove unit, or vertical casing, to provide
an elegant interior casing profile. |
| Solid
Surface |
Polymer based man made plastic
resin material used for counters, sills, and trim. Common trade
names are: Coran, Surrall, Gibraltar, and Avonite. |
| Template |
A pattern made to help recreate
or reproduce a shape. |
| U's |
Pre-made three sided assembled
casing to fit doors and windows. |
| Veneer |
A thin sheet of wood, rotary cut,
sliced, or sawed from a log, bolt, or flitch. Veneer may be
referred to as a ply when assembled into a panel. |
| Wainscot |
A facing or paneling, usually
of wood, applied to the walls of a room. The lower part of an
interior wall, when finished in a different material, is also
known as wainscot. |
