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2. Casement window - Wikipedia

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   These casement windows usually were hinged on the side, and opened inward. By the start of the Victorian era, opening casements and frames were constructed from timber in their entirety. The windows were covered by functional exterior shutters, which opened outward. Variants of casement windows are still the norm in many European countries.

3. Ernest Flagg - Wikipedia

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   Inward-opening casement windows were used instead of sash windows. Bathroom floors were raised 8 inches (20 cm) above the concrete slab to allow for pipes, and standard fixtures were used to reduce cost. [9] Flagg tested some of his designs for modest homes on his Staten Island estate, and many of these demonstration models are still in use ...

4. Casement stay - Wikipedia

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   The range of opening depends on the length of the bar and the position of the pins. [5] There are locks that can put a bolt through a hole in the stay to prevent the window from opening. [6] Telescopic friction stays are tube shaped and can extend from 11 to 16 inches. They have models for outward opening or inward opening windows. [3]

5. Door - Wikipedia

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   A matching pair of these doors is called a French window, as it resembles a door-height casement window. When a pair of French doors is used as a French window, the application does not generally include a central mullion (as do some casement window pairs), thus allowing a wider unobstructed opening. The frame typically requires a weather strip ...

6. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   Casement window A window hung vertically, hinged one side, so that it swings inward or outward. Cauliculus, or caulicole Stalks (eight in number) with two leaves from which rise the helices or spiral scrolls of the Corinthian capital to support the abacus. [6] Cavetto A moulding in which the negative space makes a quarter-circle. [7] Cella

7. Window - Wikipedia

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   A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air.Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame [1] in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. [2]