Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
  • E06B1/70—Sills; Thresholds
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
  • E06B3/96—Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings
  • E06B3/9616—Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings characterised by the sealing at the junction of the frame members
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
  • E06B3/96—Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings
  • E06B3/9632—Corner joints or edge joints for windows, doors, or the like frames or wings between a jamb and the threshold or sill of window or door frames

Definitions

• the invention relates to a casing for a door or a window, which may or may not be provided with a moveable part, such as a door leaf or a sliding door.
• a moveable part such as a door leaf or a sliding door.
• the invention relates to such casings which are situated at or below ground surface.
• casings are known in many designs.
• the posts and both sills are made of wood.
• Such casings are usually prefabricated in a joinery's works and are set as a unity in the construction at the building site, the ground sill attached to the concrete floor parts.
• casings of wood are used but then provided with a ground sill of nature stone or so-called artificial stone, such as for instance Holonite (registered trademark).
• artificial stone is durable but has the drawback of being difficult to work and expensive.
• Artificial stone is a reasonable substitute for nature stone, but is also difficult to work so that it has to be brought in the exact shape beforehand. Because of the moulding process the bottom side has a slightly broader width than the upper side -suited to the post cross-section-, as a result of which placing this ground sill can be problematic.
• both kinds of "stone” have in common that the sill made from them may from a cold bridge.
• special provisions have to be made for the connection to the posts of the casing.
• ground sills made of nature stone or artificial stone are fragile, heavy and are placed and transported to the building site separately.
• the casings consisting of wooden posts -and kept together by a ribband- and upper sill are then already fitted.
• the artificial stone ground sills would be mounted to the casing beforehand the aforementioned unparallel location of the vertical planes of the ground sill -as a result of the tapered shape- would be a problem when placing and holding the casing and sill during the mounting operations.
• Aluminium has the advantage of being easily extruded, but the disadvantage of being expensive. Aluminium, moreover, is prone to attacks by cement and to damage.
• the threshold formed by the ground sill of a casing is so low that the wheels of the rollator or the wheelchair can easily roll past it.
• the top surface of the ground sill has to be situated lower than has been usual up until now, namely -according to present standards- 2 cm higher at a maximum than the connecting surface of the ground surface (on the one hand) and the floor (on the other hand) .
• the invention now has the objective to improve on this and to that end provides a casing for a door or a window, which may or may not be provided with a moveable part, in which the casing comprises a ground sill, which is made of another material than the posts of the casing, the ground sill being made of poly olefin.
• This material is easy to work, in particular in a machining treatment, is relatively light, can be recycled, and can easily be made hardwearing.
• the formation of a cold bridge is ruled out.
• ground sills preferably solid, can be supplied to the joinery's works in the wanted profile shape and with possible intermediate parts, such as plinth blocks, in order to be accommodated in a completely pre-fabricated casing, which is ready for transport to and arrangement at the building side.
• the invention further relates to a ground sill construction for a door or a window, which may or may not be provided with a moveable part, comprising a ground sill and plinth blocks for the connection to the lower posts of a casing, in which the plinth blocks are provided with means for connection to the ground sill and to posts of a casing in a slide-proof manner, which plinth blocks and ground sill are made of plastic, and the plinth blocks at the upper side being provided with a flexible sealing flashing for waterproof sealing of the lower side of the posts.
• the ground sill and possibly the plinth blocks of the ground sill construction are made of a plastic, for instance poly olefin or pvc.
• Pvc is very suitable.
• pvc a construction of full core pvc should be thought of, for instance solid, or provided with a foamed core. In this way the ground sill and possibly the plinth blocks can be made by means of extrusion.
• the ground sill relates to the former ground sill as described with respect to the casing, and to the ground sill as described with respect to the ground sill construction.
• the ground sill is made of a poly olefin having a molecular weight of between 1 50. 1 0 3 and 4.1 0 6 , preferably 0.5. 1 0 6 . Said material appeared to be very suitable and resistant to intensive use.
• the poly olefin is a poly ethylene, preferably a material from the group formed by LDPE, LLDPE, HMWPE and UHMWPE.
• Such polyethenes can be recycled very well, so that preferably such recycled material is included in the ground sill.
• the material is very suitable for use in the "Durable building" program in the Netherlands.
• the recycled material can in an advantageous manner -at last partly- consist of visible particles, which particles preferably have a different colour.
• Most of the material of the ground sill may for instance be black, with in it lighter pieces of recycled material, which gives it a natural appearance, when a stone-like appearance is wanted.
• a wood pattern could also be realised in a similar manner.
• the material has a higher ignition temperature than wood: in order to ignite permanent contact with a flame is necessary.
• ground sill is meant here the actual ground sill of an entrance opening, but also the ground sill of a fixed window, such a side-light near a door.
• the ground sill of the door opening is then in an advantageous manner extended in order to form the ground sill of an opening for fixed glazing situated adjacent to the casing.
• the ground sill can be provided with plinth blocks, which preferably are made of the same material as the ground sill.
• the invention also relates to a flashing for sealing joints and chinks in constructions, specifically for sealing connection joints between one casing part and the other and the remaining construction, the flashing being made of a flexible plastic having a closed cell structure, and an elongation strength to rupture which is higher than 1 20% .
• Such a flashing serves for instance to stop vertically rising dampness in a ground sill construction and casing as described above. It appears to be important that the material of the flashing follows the wood grain well, and after pressing in returns slowly into the original position. In this way the wood appears to be sufficiently protected against rising dampness.
• the water absorption of the flashing is lower than 10%.
• the flashing has a pressure force at 40% of 8-1 2 N/cm 2 , the flashing particularly has a tensile strength which is higher than 350 kPa, and more specifically has a pressure deviation 50% 22 hours at 23°C of 6-
• a flashing having an elongation strength to rupture higher than 140%, a water absorption lower or equal to 8%, a pressure force at 40% of 9-1 1 N/cm 2 and a pressure deviation 50% 22 hours at 23°C of 7-9% is even better.
• Optimized results are obtained with a flashing made of EPDM, of approximately 2-1 0 mm. In order to easily arrange the flashing it may be provided with an acrylate gluing.
• Rising dampness is further counteracted when for attachment of the screws in the posts use is made of so-called screw plugs or plugs that can be inserted otherwise. Also in the used situation said plugs shield screw itself from the wood, so that along the screw rising dampness cannot or hardly reach the wood. Preferably the plugs continue until through the ground sill, and more preferably a plastic or rubber ring is arranged bet- ween the screws and the plugs. As a result no water passes in the construction along the plugs or screws.
• the invention additionally relates to a splashboard made of plastic, in particular made of the plastics already mentioned.
• a durable construction is obtained, whereas no cold bridge is formed, as is common with the generally used concrete splashboards.
• a splashboard is lightweight, so that it is simpler and cheaper to transport to the building site.
• Figure 1 shows a connection of a ground sill according to the invention to a post, in disassembled situation:
• Figure 2 shows the connection of figure 1 in assembled situation, with an extended ground sill according to the invention
• Figure 3 shows a schematic view of the way in which the parts of figure 1 are attached to each other;
• Figure 4a and 4B show a splashboard.
• the ground sill 1 shown in figure 1 is made of poly olefin, in particular a polyethene, in particular of the material "Hollodeen”, available from Kreunen Kunststoffen B.V. of Lochem, the Netherlands. Said material is easy to work, in view of a machining treatment and in view of making attachment holes.
• "Hollodeen” has a wearing value tested according to the "Sandslurry” testing method of 63% of the one of Steel ST 37.
• the material of the ground sill may be entirely or partially recycled. For the sight particles of recycled, regenerated material may be included in the material.
• the material is easy to recycle, because no toxic substances are released when burned, at least not to a more disadvantageous degree in relation to what is released when burning wood. When burned mainly CO and H 2 O arise.
• the material of the ground sill is furthermore easy to make UV proof.
• the ground sill 1 can in the usual manner be provided with a plane 5 which inclines downward to the outside and a threshold 6.
• the threshold 6 is provided with a recesses step 7, in which a draught profile 8 of plastic is attached.
• a plinth block 3 is used, made of the same material as the ground sill 1 , and a sealing flashing 4 made of flexible material, which can be cut to size with a Stanley knife and -if necessary- can be finished after it has been placed.
• the posts 2 is provided with two bore holes 1 3a, 1 3b made from the lower plane, the sealing flashing 4 placed against it is provided with holes 1 0a, 10b corresponding to it, the plinth block 3 which is in turn placed against that is provided with two bore holes 9a, 9b corresponding to that and finally ground sill 1 is provided with bore holes 1 8a, 1 8b which downwardly end into widened bore holes 1 9a, 1 9b.
• plastic tubes 14a, 14b are inserted that are almost closed at their top ends, which may have the shape of so called gas concrete anchors, which are made of a hard plastic and at their outer side are provided with a screw thread of a crude pitch.
• the plugs can be driven into the construction.
• the plastic tubes 1 4a, 14b can be screwed into the bore holes 1 3a, 1 3b with the help of a screw driver, the aforementioned screw thread cutting into the wood.
• Plugs that have to be pressed or hammered into the wood may also be used. Fixing the plugs here therefore does not take place through axial contraction, as with normal plugs, in which the plugs are, as it were, pressed open. The plugs continue down to the ground sill, as can be seen in the figure.
• the screw bolts 1 5a, 1 5b are inserted from the lower side of the sill 1 into the holes 1 9a, 1 9b, 1 8a, 1 8b, through the bore holes 9a, 9b in the plinth block 3, through the holes 10a, 10b into the sealing flashing 4 and with the tip in the tubes 1 4a, 1 4b.
• the screw bolts 1 5a, 1 5b are screwed into the tubes 14a, 14b with a suitable tool, which is facilitated by the relatively large holes 1 9a, 1 9b.
• the screw bolts 1 5a, 1 5b are then fixed to the tubes or plugs 1 4a, 1 4b which are fixed in the wood of the posts 2 also in manner known per se.
• the screw bolts 1 5a, 1 5b are shielded from the wood by the plugs.
• the bore holes 9a, 9b substantially have the same diameter as the screw bolts 1 5a, 1 5b but that the bore holes 1 8a, 1 8b are somewhat wider than the shank of the screw bolts 1 5a, 1 5b.
• the difference may be 2 mm, and makes it possible that the sill can slide a little in transverse direction with respect to the plinth block and thus with respect to the post 2. Influence of settings and temperature may be set off in this manner. It is advantageous here when resilient rings 1 7a, 1 7b are placed between the heads 1 6a, 1 6b of the bolts 1 5a, 1 5b, preferably plastic or possibly rubber rings. In this way the action of the screw bolts is set off and the construction can be made waterproof.
• plinth block 3 is clamped to the post in a sliding fixed manner.
• sealing flashing 4 and the plastic tubes 14a, 14b prevent rising dampness from penetrating the inside of the wooden post 2.
• the use of sealing flashing 4 renders the application of a sealing joint with the help of putty superfluous, so that fitting the casing according to the invention is simplified at that point.
• the ground sill 1 need not be limited to the one of a door opening, but may further extend to adjacent the actual door casing, to form a ground sill of a casing for fixed glazing, which is a unity with the door casing.
• this is shown with the help of the double glazing pane 1 1 , which at the lower side is kept in its place by means of a glazing bead 1 2 which may be made of the same material as the ground sill 1 .
• the entire casing assembly, with ground sill and plinth blocks, may be assembled at a joinery's works in a simple manner, so that the entire casing can be placed in the construction in one go.
• the ground sills 1 here are made into the wanted dimensions and shape beforehand, which may take place by means of a machining treatment and after that delivered to the joinery's works.
• the recessed location of the ground sill 1 with respect to the state of the art is also shown in figure 2.
• the inclined plane 5 ends at the front side at ground surface 20 level, and at the rear side the floor 21 is shown.
• FIG 4A an example of a cross-section of a splashboard 50 is shown.
• FIG 4B the location of the splashboard 50 in a building construction is shown. It can be seen that the ground sill 1 rests on the splash board.
• Casing for a door or a window which may or may not be provided with a moveable part, in which the casing comprises a ground sill, which is made of another material than the posts of the casing, the ground sill being made of poly olefin.
• ground sill being made of a poly olefin having a molecular weight of between 1 50,000 and 4,000,000, preferably 0.5.10 6 .
• the material being one from the group formed by LDPE, LLDPE, HMWPE and UHMWPE.
• the poly olefin at least partially consisting of recycled material.
• At least the posts of the casing being made of another material, in particular aluminium or wood.
• the plinth blocks being arranged be- tween the ground sill and the posts, which plinth blocks are made of the same material as the ground sill.

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