jamb in English

noun
1
a side post or surface of a doorway, window, or fireplace.
Salvaged doors and windows housed in new jambs set up contrasts between new and old.

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1. Door Bottom Sweep Jamb Weatherstrip Split Astragal

2. This holds the door into a 16-inch steel jamb set in 18 inches of concrete.

3. Detail of portal Archivolts and Jamb showing saints from sculptural program of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris

4. Hy-Lite Design 21.5-in x 45.5-in x 3-in Jamb Between The Glass 1-Lite Vinyl New Construction Tan Casement Window.

5. The reason for Beveling is to allow for a tighter fit of the door to the jamb when in the closed position (see illustration below).

6. Skirtings help protect your walls from everyday wear and tear while Architraves have a functional purpose of hiding the gap between the wall lining, door jamb or window frame.

7. 9 Learn how to caulk when refinishing door jamb in this free house remodeling video from an expert finish carpenter and experienced home inspector.

8. Security Astragals are applied at the gap along the full door height, either between two double doors, or between the door and the adjacent jamb to prevent prying, tampering and manipulation of the door

9. A Buttonhook is a room-entry technique in which an individual or individuals step around the opening of a door jamb and beyond the threshold of that opening, in order to minimize any exposure to the “fatal funnel”, and thereby allowing possession of the area entered.

10. Appropriately enough the two dvarapalas wedged in a curious manner into the narrow spaces on either side of the shrine ' s door - jamb , were afterthoughts likewise , modified for the Saivite re - dedication as also the two flanking shrine - cells on either side in the trimurti pattern , Vishnu occupying the place of precedence in the central cella in the original scheme .