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rail respectively. The rails are tenoned into the styles, the upper rail 

 having a single haunched tenon, and the other two rails double haunched 

 tenons at each end. These tenon joints are glued and wedged with 

 wooden wedges as shown, the wedges being dipped into the glue-pot 

 before being driven into place. The tongued and grooved boarding 

 (flooring boards) is grooved into the lower edge of the top rail, and also 

 into the styles. It will be noticed that the outer face of the door is 



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Fig. 98. 



plane (i.e. quite flat), no projections being present to catch rain-water. 

 This door is shown hung on 18" hoolc and band hinges. 



A panelled door is shown in Fig. 98. The framing consists of three 

 uprights or styles, the middle style being sometimes called the munting, 

 and three rails : — top, lock, and bottom rail respectively. The munting 

 is not continuous, being interrupted by the lock rail. The panels are 

 thin boards used to fill in the spaces in the door framing. Hardwood 

 panels are much to be preferred to those of pine. The panels are held 

 freely in grooves cut in the framing ; they are not glued or fixed to the 

 framing in any way, on the contrary, they are free either to contract or 



