A storefront system is the correct term to be used when one needs an aluminum storefront entrance door and also needs the sidelites, or plates of glass, that fill the front of a commercial storefront.
Example: If you have a 20' x 10' opening to your new commercial store and you would like to fill this vertical area with aluminum framing, to hold the glazing, the glass, and an aluminum storefront door for your front entrance, then this is considered as a complete aluminum storefront system.
Storefront System Componets
- Stock Lenghts
- Verticals "Including Jambs"
- Horizontals "Including Headers & Sills"
- Glass Stops "Small Pieces Of Aluminum Strips That Hold Or "Stop" The Glass From Falling Out Of The Aluminum Framing"
- Glass
- Single Pane Glass
- Double Pane Glass
- Bullet Proof Glass
- Storefront Entrance Doors
- Aluminum Storefront Doors
- Solid Glass Storefront Doors "Has No Aluminum Framing To Hold The Glass"
- Sliding Storefront Doors
Typical spacing of the verticals is 3' - 4' and these portions of the storefront are referred to as bays.
When all these pieces, "the verticals, horizontals, glass, and doors" are fabricated, "constructed" together as one then this is considered a complete aluminum storefront glass system.
Learn More: See Assembled Storefront With Bays