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2. Weatherstripping - Wikipedia

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   Every exterior door, or door to an uninsulated room such as an attic, must be weatherstripped as required by building codes in various jurisdictions. The materials used in door weatherstripping are thresholds, a piece of material (either a sweep or a J-hook) to match the door to the threshold, and the actual weatherstripping itself. Doors can ...

3. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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   In earlier days, birch bark was occasionally used as a flashing material. [7] Most flashing materials today are metal, plastic, rubber, or impregnated paper. [8]Metal flashing materials include lead, aluminium, copper, [1] stainless steel, zinc alloy, other architectural metals or a metal with a coating such as galvanized steel, lead-coated copper, anodized aluminium, terne-coated copper ...

4. Astragal - Wikipedia

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   The astragal closes the clearance gap created by bevels on one or both mating doors, and helps deaden sound. The vertical member (molding) attaches to a stile on one of a pair of either sliding or swinging doors, against which the other door seals when closed. Exterior astragals are kerfed for weatherstripping. The weatherstripping at the ...

5. Weatherization - Wikipedia

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   A weatherized building is protected from the outside elements in order to maximize energy efficiency. Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. Weatherization (American English) or weatherproofing (British English) is the practice of protecting a building and its interior from the elements, particularly from sunlight, precipitation, and wind, and of modifying a building to reduce energy consumption ...

6. Kerf (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Kerf is the width of a saw cut. Kerf may also refer to: Kerf, molten metal and metal oxide blown out when metal is cut by an oxy-gas torch: see Oxy-fuel welding and cutting; Kerf, a pair of cast-concrete works by Thomas Sayre in Portland, Oregon, US; Kerf, a poetry collection by Peter Sanger

7. Connecticut woman disappears leaving bedroom door locked ...

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   Then, a few days later, on the morning of September 30, Joshua knocked on her mother’s bedroom door. He didn’t get a response. “I was like, ‘OK, maybe she just needed some time to herself ...