Do You Know This Glossary Of Doors Part 8

Date:Apr 11, 2019

v P

 

Panic-Proof Lock    A lock and latch device, which permits a door to be, opened outward by pressure being applied to a horizontal bar mounted across the inside face of the door. 

 

Passage Lock   A lock-set, which will retain a door, closed, but which cannot be locked. 

 

PVC      Abbreviation for polyvinyl chloride, a plastic material used to make molded or extruded parts. 

v R

 

Rabbet, Rebate       A groove or step cut along the length of the edge of a piece of wood that is to be joined to another with a corresponding tongue or ledge cut into it.