#Vinyl lattice panels at marvins full

Full door panels are often divided up into smaller panels, which are set between the stiles, rails, and mullions. Up to the middle of the 19th century, large panes of glass were fragile and expensive to create, muntin bars were joined together in order to create large expanses of glass from smaller individual panes (Not shown).Ī door panel, sometimes called a slab, refers to the whole part of the door that swings back and forth. As the name suggests, GBGs are bars that are permanently installed between the glass panes for easy cleaning and low maintenance. Grilles-Between-the-Glass (GBG) are also available. Grilles are bars that create the effect of divided lites but are removable for easy glass cleaning.

#Vinyl lattice panels at marvins windows

Most transom windows do not operate, but if they do, they are typically hinged at the top like an awning window.īecause large panes of glass are now stronger, less expensive to manufacture, and more energy efficient, muntin bars have largely been replaced with SDL Bars which rest on the surface of the glass. On an exterior double door arrangement like the one above, an astragal covers the seam between the two door panels and is fitted with weather-stripping to prevent wind and water from entering the house.Ī transom is a narrow window located above a door or window. The seam is typically hidden with a piece of trim called a mull casing (See additional definition below). In this case, a door jamb has been joined to a window/sidelight jamb. When two individual windows or a door and window are joined, the seam between the frames of the two units is called the mull, which is short for mullion. Together, the jambs (along with mullion) comprise the door frame. Two side jambs make up the vertical components of the door frame and the head jamb is the top horizontal component. The top horizontal section of a door or window frame is called the head jamb.Ī door jamb is an individual section of a door frame. Door frames can be purchased primed (ready to paint) or ordered with a factory finish in a variety of colors.

Residential door frames are most often made of wood but can also be made of aluminum, fiberglass, or a composite material. Side jambs, head jambs, and mulls are the parts that make up the frame.