What To Know About Internal Doors

Posted by Hillary Lyons

Before you begin add doors to your home, you should ensure that you or your contractor has a firm grasp of what the finished project will be like. Your vision and your contractors vision of what you are trying to achieve should be extremely similar if not the same.

Your home will be style to your tastes, so having an unambiguous panel door for each room is very lacklustre. It will diminish the style and value of the whole house, so when you are buying internal doors the factors you should consider is the overall style of the house you are trying to achieve.

The most common doors are the 6 panel that you would find just about everywhere. The door is typically 80 inches tall and has a range of widths varying from 28 – 40 inches. Your internal doors height is set by the height of the ceiling, but ensure consistent aesthetics it is recommended that you align the top of the door frame with the tops of windows.

A door is constructed of three basic pieces: stiles, rails and panels. The left and right vertical elements are called stiles. The stile with the hinges is called the hinge stile, while the stile with the doorknob is called the lock stile. These rails slot into and connect to the stiles. At the top and bottom are, naturally enough, the top rail and bottom rail. On six-panel doInternal Door Templatesors, unlike the one-panel doors, there are also the cross rail and the lock rail. Some doors also have additional vertical pieces that connect the rails, which are called mullions. All of these basic components form a grid that creates the overall structure of a door.

Now that you have a basic grasp of an internal structure is like and what you need to achieve your vision and goals with minimum stress.

 

 

The History of Front Doors

Posted by Hillary Lyons

Front Doors have a long history spanning from the ancient Egyptians right up to present day, as they are necessary for heating, security and completing the style of the house and inhabitants.hardwood entrance doors

The first door, was represented in drawing from ancient Egyptian tombs. In Egypt, where the climate is exceedingly dry, there would be no fear of the doors warping, but in other countries it would be necessary to frame them. The most ancient doors were in timber, those made for King Solomon’s temple being in olive wood (I Kings vi. 31-35), which were carved and overlaid with gold. Besides olive wood, elm, cedar, oak and cypress woods would have been used.

All ancient front doors were hung by pivots at the top and bottom of the hanging stile which worked in sockets in the lintel and sill, the latter being always in some hard stone such as basalt or granite. The ancient Greek and Roman doors were either single doors, double doors, sliding doors or folding doors, in the last case the leaves were hinged and folded back

The first foot-sensor-activated automatic door was made in China during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui (604–618), who had one installed for his royal library. In the Renaissance period the Italian doors are quite simple, their architects trusting more to the doorways for effect; but in France and Germany the contrary is the case, the doors being elaborately carved, especially in the Louis XIV and Louis XV periods, and sometimes with architectural features such as columns and entablatures with pediment and niches, the doorway being in plain masonry. One of the oldest doors has been found by archaeologists in Switzerland, dating back  5,000-years.

In British History people have used their front doors to exhibit their wealth, style and personal tastes for passers-by and visitors to see. Colour finishes, glass panelling and door furniture such as knockers and numbers all give an indication of the owners’ sense of fashion and many people decide to have personalised home names displayed on their front door.

In the Georgian period of Front Doors typically would have been a simple six panelled design without glass. The two smaller top panels may of been changed to glass in the later Georgian or Victorian period.

Within all the different styles and types of Front doors, Architectural World will work with you to determine what you want your front door to say about your home. See here for examples of our work with Front Doors.

 

Common Myths About Venetian Blinds

Posted by Hillary Lyons

Venetian Blinds are used to cover the inside of a window as alternatives to curtains, or shutters. Venetian blinds are made from horizontal slats that sit across the width of the window. And there are many pro’s and con’s to Venetian blinds, so we are going rule out some Common Myths Venetian Blinds.

Myth 1: Venetian Blinds are all Grey Aluminium

Architectural World can prove that not all Venetian blinds are grey and aluminium, with our wide selection of wood and fabric Venetian blinds. With the wide selection colours of leather for Venetian blinds you can make each of widows subtle or statement pieces.

Myth 2: Hard to Clean Wood Venetian Blinds

There is a simple solution to cleaning the dreaded dust from wooden Venetian blinds. The best method to getting clean blinds is to wipe with a damp cloth or duster, while the blind is closed. You can do this for both sides of the wood Venetian Blinds.

Myth 3: Venetian Blinds Let In Light

When it comes to light filtration, blinds are king. Whether it’s the slatted design of Venetian  blinds that allow for accurate shading, or blackout blinds that block out all sunlight for those requiring uninterrupted sleep during the day, the choices are varied. Blinds are the ultimate light control for a room.

Myth 4: Venetian blinds won’t match the with the colours of my décor in each room

At Architectural World, we use Ral colour swatch. This allows us to dye the leather of our Venetian blinds to match your décor, meaning that your colour scheme will carry through each room.

Myth 5:  Having blinds with different colours, will mean from the exterior my house will look like the  rainbow

Not at all. We can supply any colour in the interior to match your décor, and have a common colour (say white) on the external side of the blind so from the exterior, everything is matching. Out two tone blinds mean that colour schemes carry throughout your home, from inside to out in a seamless fashion.

 

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