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together, the mitres or scribings brought together with thegreatest exactness, and the whole of their surfaces perfectlysmooth, particularly those made for the best apartments ofgood houses : in order to effect this, the whole of the workought to be set out and tried up with particular care; sawsand all other tools must he in good order; the mortising,tenoning, ploughing, and sticking of the mouldings, ought tobe correctly to the gauge lines ; these being strictly attendedto, the work will of necessity, when put together, close withcertainty ; but if otherwise, the workman must expect a greatdeal of trouble in paring the different parts before the workcan be made to appear in any degree passable : this will alsooccasion a want of firmness in the work, particularly if thetenons and mortises are obliged to be pared.

In bead-and-flush doors, the best way is to mitre the worksquare, afterwards put in the panels, and smooth the wholeoff together, then marking the panels at the parts of theframing they agree to, take the door to pieces, and workthe beads on the stiles, rails, and mountings. '

If the doors are double-margin, that is, representing a pairof folding-doors, the staff stile, which imitates the meetingstiles, must be entered to the top and bottom rails of thedoor, by forking the ends into notches cut in the top andbottom rails.

Of hanging Doors. —Having treated fully on the variouskinds of hinges under the article Hinging, we shall heremake a few observations upon, and give some rules for,hanging of doors, so as to clear the ground or carpet.

First, Raise the floor under the door as much as may benecessary, according to the thickness of the carpet, &c.

Secondly, Make the knuckle of the bottom hinge to projectbeyond the perpendicular of the top hinge about one-eighthof an inch : this will throw the door off the floor.

Note. —The centre of the top hinge must project a littlebeyond the surface of the door, if the hinge Is let equally intothe door and into the jamb ; otherwise, if the centre lie inthe surface of the door, it ought to be placed at the very top,which is seldom lone, except when hung with centres.

Thirdly, Fix tne jamb, on which the door hangs, out ofthe plumb line, so that the top of the jamb may incline tothe opposite jamb about one-eighth part of an inch: this willcontribute to the effect of clearing the door from the floor.

Fourthly, Make the door, when shut, to project at thebottom towards the inside of the room, about one-eighth ofan inch, which may be effected by giving the rebate thequantity of inclination requisite.

Note —Although any of the above methods, properlyapplied, will make a door swing sufficiently clear of the floor,yet as each one separately will require to be done in so greata degree as to offend the eye, I do not recommend it in nicework, but would rather advise a combination of them all tobe used, thus :

Raise the floor about one-eighth of an inch under the door;make the jamb on which the door hangs incline to the oppo-site jamb about one-quarter of an inch; make each rebatethat stops the door project at the bottom one-eighth part ofan inch to that side of the room on which the door opens.Now these several methods practised in the above smalldegrees, which will not be perceptible, will throw the doorsufficiently out of the level when opened to a square ; that is,it will be at least half an inch when the height of the dooris double its width. •

Fifthly, Rising hinges, which are made with a spiral groovewinding round the knuckle, answer a similar end ; this con-struction of iiinge requires that the door should be bevelednt the top next to the ledge or door-catch, as much as thehinge rises in one quarter of its revolution.

Sixthly, This may also be effected by adopting a door > nthe form of the antique doors; that is, the bottom to be widerthan the top, the jambs htlving the same inclination.

Mouldings of Doors . — The different denominations °*framed doors, according to their mouldings and panels, andframed work in general. The figures in the Plates, to whichthese descriptions refer, are sections of doors, through one otthe stiles, taking in a small part of the panel; or they tnsl .be considered as a vertical section through the top rail, sho'V'ing part of the panel.

Figure 34, the framing is without mouldings, and the pane*a straight surface on both sides: this is denominated dooTisquare and flat panel on both sides.

Figure 35, the framing has a quirked ovolo, and a fillet onone side, but without mouldings on the other, and the pane*flat on both sides : this is denominated doors quirked ovolOtfillet and flat panel, with square back.

Figure 36, differs only from the last in having a beadinstead of a fillet, and is therefore denominated quirked ovolO)bead and flat panel, with square back.

Figure 37, has an additional fillet on the framing to whs*there is in Figure 36, and is therefore denominated quirkedovolo, bead, fillet, and flat panel, with square back.

Note. —When the back is said to be square, as in Figat e35, 36, 37, the meaning is, that there are no mouldings ° nthe framing, and the panel is a straight surface on one sid 0of the door.

Figure 38, the framing struck with quirk ogee and quirkedbead on one side, and square on the other ; the surfacethe panel straight on both sides : this is called quirked ogee>quirk bead and flat panel, with square back.

Figure 39, differs from the last, only in having the beadraised above the lower part of the ogee, and a fillet. Th )Sis therefore denominated quirked ogee, raised bead, andpanel, with square back.

Figure 40, is denominated cove, raised bead, and flat panel)with square back. ,

Figure 41, is denominated quirked ovolo, bead, fillet, at 1 "raised panel on front, with square back. The rising of tb 0panel gives strength to the door, and on this account they &r0often employed in street doors, though the fashion at preset 1 *is discontinued in the inside of buildings.

Figure 42, the framing is the same as the last, but tb 0panel is raised in front, and has an ovolo on the rising; 1This is therefore denominated quirked ovolo, bead, an" jraised panel, with ovolo on the rising on front of door, W""square back.

Figure 43, is denominated quirked ogee, raised panel, ovo 10 .and fillet on the rising, and astragal raised on the flatpanel and square back. ,

Note. —The raised side of the panel is always turn®towards the street. <

Figure 44, is denominated quirked ovolo, bead, fillet, at ^flat panel, on both sides. Doors of this description are us®between rooms, or between passages and rooms, where t0door is equally exposed on both sides. When the panels a rflat on both sides, or simply chamfered on one side and ***

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Figure 45, is denominated bead, but, and square, or t° ot ,fully, bead and but front, and square back. In bead and bwork, the bead is always struck on the outer arris of *panel, in the direction of the grain. ^

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