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The jambs of a window outside the frame are called reveals. Small shafts to doors and windows with caps and bases are called jamb-shafts; when in the inside arris of the jamb of a window, they are sometimes called scoinsons. [2] A doorjamb, door jamb, or sometimes doorpost is the vertical portion of the door frame onto which a door is secured. [3]
When the door is closed, the bolt extends into the hole in the strike plate and holds the door closed. The strike plate protects the jamb against friction from the bolt and increases security in the case of a jamb made of a softer material (such as wood) than the strike plate. Some strike plates have their hole size and placement calculated so ...
The door jambs or posts (the vertical part of the door frame), which measure 5.25 feet (1.60 m) in height and 1.25 feet (0.38 m) in width, have high relief carvings in their lower parts while the upper parts have four vertical bands or strips carved in different patterns. [1]
Door Jamb:The doorjamb measuring 1.80 metres in height and 1.15 metres in width is decorated with scroll works. At the base of the doorjamb, there are dvarapala niches enshrining Saivite dvarapalas. The right side niche houses a four armed dvarapala that is wielded with akshyamala, lotus stalk, trident in three hands and upper right arm in ...
Raha niche & parsva devatas: The parsvadevata niches in north, west and eastern walls measure 0.40 metres in height x 0.28 metres in width x 0.10 metres depth. All the niches are empty. Decorative features: — Door Jambs: The doorjambs measuring 1.58 metres x 0.73 metres are plain. Building material: Laterite. Construction techniques: Dry masonry
A door frame, window frame, door surround, window surround, or niche surround is the architectural frame around an aperture such as a door or window.. Entrance door and surround of a house in Charleston, South Carolina A interior doorway consisting of door, transom, and door surround in a historic house in Kentucky, United States
Structural lintel Lintel above a door in Paris. A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented/structural item.
The hinge of the operating door is next to the adjacent fixed door and the latch is located at the wall opening jamb rather than between the two doors or with the use of an espagnolette bolt. A Lev door or convection door is an internal floor-to-ceiling (full height) door, consisting of a standard door leaf and an upper leaf in place of the ...