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The door is an amazing piece of technology that the majority of the human race uses in everyday life, without noticing how miraculous it really is. It improves our lives tremendously. The door can come is many shapes, colors, designs, sizes and can be used for an array of different uses. Doors aren’t strictly used for entering buildings, they can be placed on many objects like washing machines, closets, dish washers, stoves, fridges, showers, cupboards, cars and many more other pieces of technology.


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Doors are great but they are even better when equipped with a deadbolt and a dozen locks! Lock intruders out, and potential perpetrators in! -- Chris 18:33, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Sliding Doors

I'd be interested to see the history of the sliding door. Did this technology originate in Japan?

[edit] Security doors

This articles does not mention anything about security door or reinforced doors. Blast-proof doors, nuclear-blast proof doors, etc.

[edit] What about Automobile (Car) Doors?

Well, what about car doors?

E.g. (currently, at least) Suicide door. --SportWagon

Hmm. Beginning to see. There is a Category 'Car doors' but not an article.
--SportWagon 21:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, you do say vehicles. I'm still wondering how easy it is for a peruser to segue from this article to Category 'Car doors'.
Would it be appropriate to add that link and others after vehicle, or in See Also?
--SportWagon 21:32, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Doors are Fun

There is a whole industry based around doors and door security, ie how to close a door and keep it closed, and how to allow access for select people.

There is a wide range of door closers which can be attatched to the door surface or even incorporated into the hinges and or pivots. This technology uses the wall to lever the door closed.

Latches, deadbolts, anti tamper plates and slide bolts can all keep a door securely locked. An electro-magnetic plate lock or a solenoid type dropbolt or electric strike can be used in conjunction with swipe cards, keyfob and prox card readers to allow secured access to a select few users.

Automatic doors are fun aswell. The Wooden, Glass or Aluminium joinery and glass doors are top hung from braketed wheels on a track and opened and closed by a small motor. In most countries they are required by law to open and stay open in the event of a fire or mains power failure which requires a back up battery. They also are required to have infra red 'safety beams' in the door opening to prevent the doors from closing on an obstruction eg a person. Autodoor sensors use the doppler effect of radar to sense an object approaching the doors.

While automatic doors and electronic security originated in America and Japan in the 70's, mechanical door control technology has been around since world war I. Most people only notice doors if they're broken. When is a door not a door? When it's ajar. Haha. 60.234.108.142 05:15, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Door Question

What about the double doors that have a large 2x4 running across the inside for security reasons? example, in a medieval castle. any ideas on what those are called? what's the 2x4 called? --Yakwhacker 01:54, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I actually had the same question when I first read this article, and given the homophony/second meanings of modern english, it's very difficult to find out. The "2x4" (actually usually a large post made of timber) can be called a bolt, or a crossbar. The asian logograph for this object is "閂" which is sort of fitting (and less ambiguous than English) since the large part of the character is "gate". Here's a site with a nice diagram of what you were talking about (though all the parts are labeled in Japanese) [1]. Maybe if I have time later, I'll add this to the article. -Nakamura2828 14:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hooray for redundancy

I'm sorry, but i can't help but laugh at this sentance: "Doors are nearly universal in structures of all kinds (especially houses and other buildings)." It makes perfect sense, but sounds rather redundant. After all, the word "structures" almost always refers to buildings, even if it can mean vehicles, etc. Agkeene 08:34, 10 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Concave Insert

What is the insert before the door called?
What is the insert before the door called?

What's the little concave, hollowed out insert before you come to the door (which can be seen below)?

An alcove? An entrance alcove? I think it's a feature to protect you from the elements while you fumble for your keys...

[edit] the doors

lol, i dont think many would search "door" for the band the doors. --fs 00:13, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The image

What a splendidly tasteful portal we have displayed! My word! -- Chris 18:32, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Why is a standard door in UK and Australia (in Imperial measure) 6'8" * 2'8". What is the derivation of these sizes? 124.179.44.13 (talk) 03:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)jbl

[edit] When was the door invented?

I've been thinkin about the 1800s and 1900s and I want to know when the door was invented. Does anybody know? That could be cool information...for dorks like me =) 76.183.211.196 (talk) 06:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

A specific date would be impossible. The modern hinged and framed door is a pretty ancient concept. As the history section says:

The earliest records are those represented in the paintings of the Egyptian tombs, in which they are shown as single or double doors, each in a single piece of wood.

That would mean at least several thousand years BC. It depends how you define a door; you have to consider that, long before then, humans would have made an effort to conceal or close the entrance to their shelter. The earliest human settlements date back at least 10,000 years and I can imagine even earlier hunter-gatherers might have used doors for storage areas, if not actual dwellings. --mikaultalk 08:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What is this "fridge rule"??

"The fridge rule applies (You can't stand in a fridge because the door always opens towards you)"

No it doesn't! Fridge doors open out because there is no room for it to open into the fridge! You Australians must have some weird-ass fridges! 74.135.3.26 (talk) 04:16, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Door" as a error in Wikipedia's external references

Editors ought to be aware of a translation failure that occurs frequently in Wikipedia. In many articles the original writing was in Dutch, and an external reference to "Xxx Boek, door James Jones" gets rendered into English as "Xxx Book, Door James Jones". The Dutch word "door" means "by" and has nothing at all to do with doors or with a person named Door James Jones. Whenever one of these errors appears, there is usually a corresponding error in the link itself, where the language for the target reference (such as books.google.com) is specified as "=nl" instead of "=en".

There is likely some other place in Wikipedia for editing mavens where this info actually belongs, but I'm too lazy to hunt it up. Feel free to assist me. Snezzy (talk) 10:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)