Awning Window:
Hinged on the top to open outwards.
Bay/Bow:
[CONTENT].
 Bay
A composite of three windows (double hung, casement or fixed), usually made up
of a large center fixed unit and two flanking units at 30 or 45 degree angles
to the wall.
Bow: Similar to Bay, but made up of 3 - 5 equal sized windows angled at
10 degrees. More suitable for wider openings.
Casement:
 A
window hinged on the side to open outwards, can be higed left or right.
Casement Combinations On this site, refers to casement windows on both sides
of a fixed center panel
ClosedSegmented:
Delta Frost: See Glass Samples below
Double Casement: Two adjoining casements that come as one unit.
DH:Double hung:
 Double-hung
A window unit that has two operable sashes which move vertically in the frame.
French Door:
 French
A door with wider panel members around the glass.May be hinged or sliding.
Full Casement: A single casement unit.
Garden:
Glass: See Glass Samples below
Glue Chip: See Glass Samples below
Half Circle: A fixed window of that shape.
Hexagon: Six sided fixed.
NFD:
Net frame dimensions. The window should be ordered 1/4" to 1/2" less
in width and height than the "rough opening" dimensions (the dimensions of the
opening into which the window must fit).
Niagara: See Glass Samples below
O: A fixed sash or a picture window.
Octagon:
Eight sided fixed.
OpenHalfCircle:
 Open
Half Circle
OpenSegmented:
OX: Two sash horizontal slider in which (viewed from the outside) the
left sash is fixed, and the right slides.
PealTrapezoid:
Picture Window:
Non-venting or non-operable window. Also know as a fixed window.
Quarter Circle: A fixed window of that shape.
Reed: See Glass Samples below
ROpen: (rough opening) The size of the opening into which the new window
must fit. This opening will be a little larger (1/4 to 1/2")than NFD (the net
frame dimension) of the new window itself.
SHOSH:
A 3 panel window, single-hung sides and fixed center sash.
SH:
 Single-hung
A double-hung type of window in which the top sash is fixed or inoperable.
Trapezoid:
Triangle;
XO:Two sash horizontal slider in which (viewed from the
outside) the left sash slides and the right is fixed.
XOX:
A three panel horizontal slider with sliding sashes on left and
right, and a center fixed sash.
XX: A two sash horizontal slider in which both sashes
slide
Shapes are presented as viewed from the outside, and "left/right" side means that
side as viewed from the outside
Glass Samples
Delta
Frost
Glue
Chip
Niagara
Reed
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