Window types

Interior · Windows, Skylights and Solariums · printed page 361 (PDF page 362)

Book index entries

Types Skylight – Window and Solarium from the Inside and Window and Skylight from the Inside Skylight and Solarium from the Inside

Text in the illustration

single and double-hung
warm air
cool air
double-hung
single-hung
inside
outside
closed
casement
opens out
opens out (pivot offset)
opens in
horizontal slider
open
awning
fixed
hopper
fixed (glass block)
jalousie

Generated explanation

The illustration identifies common residential window types and shows their opening motions relative to the inside and outside. Single- and double-hung windows have vertically sliding sashes, with arrows at the double-hung window showing warm air leaving above and cool air entering below. Casement examples swing outward, outward with an offset pivot, or inward, while a horizontal slider opens sideways. An awning sash swings outward from its top edge beneath a fixed pane, and a hopper sash tilts inward from its bottom edge beneath a fixed pane. The remaining examples show fixed glazing, a glass-block window, and a jalousie window with multiple tilted horizontal louvers.

Components

double-hung window single-hung window casement window horizontal sliding window awning window hopper window fixed window glass-block window jalousie window window frames window sashes glazing window muntins horizontal louvers

Materials

glass glass block

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