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Rollscreen. This is a relatively new hybrid of the full view and ventilating storm doors. The screen is connected at the top of the storm door's window, and when not in use it automatically rolls up on a tensioned dowel in the top of the door. This gives a full-view door when the screen is not in use, and a ventilating door when it is.
Half-height platform edge doors, also known as automatic platform gates, are cheaper to install than full-height platform screen doors, which require more metallic framework for support. Some railway operators may therefore prefer such an option to improve safety at railway platforms and, at the same time, keep costs low and non-air-conditioned ...
A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass , plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic and stretched in a frame of wood or metal.
A raccoon, trapped and frightened in an Austin, TX storm drain, is rescued by quick-thinking firefighters who crafted a makeshift ramp for its escape.
Typical training days dropped substantially for managers, especially among the longest-trained. On-the-job training is a requirement for a little over half of U.S. management occupations.
Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israeli leaders have repeatedly denied.
Screen door may refer to: screen door, a type of door; Screen Door, a Canadian independent production company; Screen Door (restaurant), a Southern and soul food restaurant in Portland, Oregon; Screen door effect, a fixed-pattern noise (FPN) or a visual artifact of certain digital video projectors and CRT televisions; Platform screen doors in ...
Swinging glass doors are a better choice than the typical sliding glass doors, since they offer a much tighter seal, [7] but glass – even the best type of glass, chosen according to the climate zone – is always a poor insulator, making doors based on them a poor choice from a thermal comfort perspective.