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Residential Construction: Doors \x26 Windows Quick\-Card Based on 2021 IRC by Builder\x27s Book, Inc. This expanded, 6\-page guide presents the essentials of installing residential doors and windows. Featuring many full\-color illustrations, step\-by\-step instructions and useful tips, this is a great reference for the general contractor, the property owner and anyone else who needs a quick overview of the basics of installing and replacing doors and windows. Features: Emergency Escape \x26 Rescue Openings – Required; Minimum Opening Area; Window Sill Height; Window Wells; Emergency Escape \x26 Rescue Doors; Bars, Grilles, Covers \x26 Screens; Emergency Escape \x26 Rescue Openings Under Decks \x26 Porches Means of Egress \- Egress Doors; Means of Egress; Egress Doors; Floors \x26 Landings at Exterior Doors Window Area \x26 Glazing – Window Glazing Area; Habitable Rooms; Adjoining Rooms; Bathrooms; Glazing Identification; Louvered Windows or Jalousies; Human Impact Loads; Glazing \x26 Hazardous Locations; Screens; Min. Category Classification of Glazing NFRC Label – NFRC Window Label; NFRC Door Label; U\-Factor; Air Leakage (AL); Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC); Condensation resistance (CR); Visible Transmittance (VT) Exterior Doors \x26 Windows \- Performance – General; Performance; Testing \x26 Labeling; Windborne Debris Protection; Anchorage Methods; Masonry, Concrete or other Structural Substrate; Wood or other Approved Framing Materials; Mullions Framing Doors \x26 Windows – Wood Wall Framing \- Design \x26 Construction; Fastening Schedule – Wall; Door \x26 Window Framing; Single Member Headers; Supports for Headers; Minimum No. of Full Height Studs at Each End of Headers in Exterior Walls; Top Plate; Bearing Studs; Bottom (Sole) Plate; Interior Walls; Size, Height \x26 Spacing of Wood Studs Doors \- Components, Types \x26 Installations – Parts of Doors; Installing A Pre\-Hung Door; Door Threshold; Installing Doors; Types of Doors \- Hinged Doors,