Definitions: C - Windows and exterior doors
check rails
Similar - meeting rails
check rails consist of the top rail of the lower sash and the lower rail of the upper sash in a double hung window. check rails is designed to block air infiltration when the window is closed.
References - check rails
See the following for additional check rails information:
- Windows United States Department of Energy, December 2009, Editorial Staff
- Exterior Doors United States Department of Energy, December 2009, Editorial Staff
- 2009 International Building Code: Softcover Version ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning); 1 edition, March 2009, International Code Council, ISBN 1580017258
- What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating Shube Publishing, January 2008, Amy Johnston, ISBN 979983800
- Renovation: Completely Revised and Updated R.S. Means Company; 2 edition, August 2002, Donald Reynolds and RS Means , ISBN 876296584
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