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2. Draught excluder - Wikipedia

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   A door draught excluder is placed at the bottom of a door to cover the gap located at the threshold. [1] [2] In the Victorian era these draught excluders would be sausage-shaped and made from fabric stuffed with sawdust. [3] Tubular sand-filled fabric draught excluders are commonly referred to as "door snakes" in Australia.

3. Sliding glass door - Wikipedia

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   Swinging glass doors are a better choice than the typical sliding glass doors, since they offer a much tighter seal, [7] but glass – even the best type of glass, chosen according to the climate zone – is always a poor insulator, making doors based on them a poor choice from a thermal comfort perspective.

4. Roller shutter - Wikipedia

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   A roller shutter, security shutter, coiling door, roller door or sectional overhead door is a specialized type of door or window shutter consisting of multiple horizontal slats, bars, or web systems interconnected through hinges. The mechanism involves lifting the door to open it and lowering it to close.

5. Backdraft - Wikipedia

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   A backdraft (North American English), backdraught (British English) [1] or smoke explosion is the abrupt burning of superheated gases in a fire caused when oxygen rapidly enters a hot, oxygen-depleted environment; for example, when a window or door to an enclosed space is opened or broken. Backdrafts are typically seen as a blast of smoke and ...

6. Door breaching - Wikipedia

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   Utilizing a breaching tool is unnecessary if the door is unlocked and easy to open. [5] [3] [6] [1] If the door is locked, breachers can attempt to force inward-opening doors with a strong kick. The breacher will aim to hit the door near the locking mechanism, but not kick the doorknob itself as one can easily twist an ankle doing so. [7]

7. Inside L.A.'s desperate battle for water as the Palisades ...

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   When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility's operations chief explains the decisions as the fire spread.