What is 'astragal' 🧑‍🔧

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A small convex molding decorated with a string of beads or bead-and-reel shapes. Also: A plain bead molding. Also: A member, or combination of members, fixed to one of a pair of doors or casement windows to cover the joint between the meeting stiles and to close the clearance gap.

Refers to a trim piece that covers the interface of assembled window or door units.

There can be an interior or an exterior astragal to cover the point of assembly.

The meaning of ASTRAGAL is a narrow half-round molding.

A narrow half-round molding; a projecting strip on the edge of a folding door

These are questions that people still ask:

Astragal

What is an astragal and Mullion...

– Beacon What is an Astragal? An astragal is a piece of hardware that is used on a pair of doors to seal the gap between the doors when they are closed. Astragals are different from a mullion because the astragal is fastened to the door itself.

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