Editing Door (section)

== Design and styles ==
[[File:Florença - Portões do Paraíso (146).jpg|thumb|upright|Door of the [[Florence Baptistery]] called ''The Gates of Paradise'', 1425–1452, gilded bronze, height: 5.2 m]]
[[File:Kunsthistorisches Museum entrance.jpg|thumb|upright|Entrance of the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] ([[Vienna]], Austria)]]

There are many kinds of doors, with different purposes:
* The most common type is the '''single-leaf door''', which consists of a single rigid panel that fills the doorway. There are many variations on this basic design, such as the '''double-leaf door''' or '''double door and French windows''', which have two adjacent independent panels hinged on each side of the doorway.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* A '''half door''' or '''[[Dutch door]]''' or '''stable door''' is divided in half horizontally. Traditionally the top half opens so a worker can feed a [[horse]] or other animal while the bottom half remains closed to keep the animal inside. This style of door has been adapted for homes.
* '''[[Western saloon|Saloon]] doors''' are a pair of lightweight swing doors often found in public bars, and especially associated with the American west. Saloon doors, also known as '''[[wikt:cafe|cafe]] doors''', often use bidirectional [[hinge]]s that close the door regardless of which direction it opens by incorporating [[spring (device)|springs]]. Saloon doors that only extend from knee-level to chest-level are known as '''batwing doors'''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* A '''blind door''', '''Gibb door''', or '''jib door''' has no visible trim or operable components. It blends with the adjacent wall in all finishes, to appear as part of the wall—a disguised door.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nicholson |first=Peter |title=The New and Improved Practical Builder |location=London |publisher=Thomas Kelly|date=1841 |pages=97–98}}</ref>
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* A '''French door''' consists of a frame around one or more transparent or translucent panels (called lights or lites) that may be installed singly, in matching pairs, or even as series. A matching pair of these doors is called a '''French window''', as it resembles a door-height [[casement window]]. When a pair of French doors is used as a French window, the application does not generally include a central [[mullion]] (as do some casement window pairs), thus allowing a wider unobstructed opening. The frame typically requires a weather strip at floor level and where the doors meet to prevent water ingress. An [[espagnolette]] bolt may let the head and foot of each door be secured in one movement. The slender window joinery maximizes light into the room and minimizes the visual impact of the doorway joinery when considered externally. The doors of a French window often open outward onto a [[balconet]], balcony, porch, or terrace and they may provide an entrance to a garden.
* A '''[[louvered door]]''' has fixed or movable wooden fins (often called slats or [[louver]]s) which permit open ventilation while preserving privacy and preventing the passage of light to the interior. Being relatively weak structures, they are most commonly used for [[wardrobe]]s and drying rooms, where security is of less importance than good ventilation, although a very similar structure is commonly used to form [[window shutter]]s. Double louvred doors were introduced into [[Powel Crosley, Jr.#Seagate in Florida|Seagate]], built in [[Florida]] in 1929 by Gwendolyn and Powel Crosley, that provided the desired circulation of air with an added degree of privacy in that it is impossible to see through the fins in any direction.
* A '''composite door''' is a single leaf door that can be solid or with glass, and is usually filled with high density foam. In the United Kingdom, composite doors are commonly certified to BS PAS 23/24<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecrimepreventionwebsite.com/pas-242012-enhanced-security-doorsets/573/what-does-certificated-to-pas-24-actually-mean/|title=What does 'certificated' to PAS 24 actually mean?|work=thecrimepreventionwebsite.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125223650/http://thecrimepreventionwebsite.com/pas-242012-enhanced-security-doorsets/573/what-does-certificated-to-pas-24-actually-mean|archive-date=2014-01-25}}</ref> and be compliant with Secured by Design, an official UK police initiative.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doors and Locks |url=https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/standards-explained#doors-and-locks |website=Secured by Design |publisher=Police Crime Prevention Initiative |access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref>
* A '''steel security door''' is one which is made from strong steel, often for use on [[Bank vault|vaults]] and [[safe room]]s to withstand attack. These may also be fitted with wooden outer panels to resemble standard internal and external doors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://henleyssecuritydoors.co.uk/|title=Henleys Security Doors|website=Henleys Security Doors|access-date=25 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530035319/http://henleyssecuritydoors.co.uk/|archive-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>
* A '''flush door''' is a completely smooth door, having [[plywood]] or [[Medium-density fibreboard|MDF]] fixed over a light timber frame, the hollow parts of which are often filled with a cardboard core material.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Skins can also be made out of hardboards, the first of which was invented by William H Mason in 1924. Called [[Masonite]], its construction involved pressing and steaming wood chips into boards. Flush doors are most commonly employed in the interior of a dwelling, although slightly more substantial versions are occasionally used as exterior doors, especially within hotels and other buildings containing many independent dwellings.
* A '''moulded door''' has the same structure as that of flush door. The only difference is that the surface material is a moulded skin made of MDF. Skins can also be made out of [[Masonite|hardboards]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* A '''ledge and brace door''' often called board and [[Batten#Batten doors|batten doors]] are made from multiple vertical boards fixed together by two or more horizontal timbers called ledges (or [[batten]]s) and sometimes kept square by additional diagonal timbers called braces.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* A '''[[wicket gate|wicket door]]''' is a pedestrian door built into a much larger door allowing access without requiring the opening of the larger door. Examples might be found on the ceremonial door of a cathedral or in a large vehicle door in a garage or hangar.
* A '''bifold door'''<span id="bifold"></span><!-- The preceding tag is a target for links on other pages, probably including the Dab [[Folding]]. --> is a unit that has several sections, folding in pairs. Wood is the most common material, and doors may also be metal or glass. Bifolds are most commonly made for [[closet]]s, but may also be used as units between rooms. Bi-fold doors are essentially now doors that let the outside in. They open in concert; where the panels fold up against one another and are pushed together when opened. The main door panel (often known as the traffic door) is accompanied by a stack of panels that fold very neatly against one another when opened fully, which almost look like room dividers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedoorzone.co.uk/|title=Front Doors, Garage Doors Insights from The Door Zone|website=The Door Zone|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-05-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507074631/http://www.thedoorzone.co.uk/|archive-date=2017-05-07}}</ref>
* A '''[[sliding glass door]]''', sometimes called an Arcadia door or patio door, is a door made of [[glass]] that slides open and sometimes has a screen (a removable metal mesh that covers the door).
* '''Australian doors''' are a pair of plywood swinging doors often found in Australian public houses.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} These doors are generally red or brown in color and bear a resemblance to the more formal doors found in other British Colonies' public houses.
* A '''false door''' is a wall decoration with the appearance of a window.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} In ancient [[Egyptian architecture]], this was a common element in a tomb, the false door representing a gate to the afterlife. They can also be found in the funerary architecture of the desert tribes (e.g., [[Libya]]n Ghirza).