What is muntin?
Muntin is a belt of material that holds individual glass boards in a larger frame, such as in a window, door or furniture. Although it was still used in construction, it was traditionally used in the 18th and 19th centuries - to make windows with small glass boards. Usually, these leaves were glazed into wood or metal grilling, known as muntin. It was a key part and held the board in a larger window frame known as sash .
The glass is held in place, in muntin, through a groove directed to its edge. This groove is known as fillet . The pane is mounted in the fillets and can then hold on the spot by several different methods. The pane can be glazed using sealant points and glazing. Or, small strips of wood or metal can be fitting into the fillets to hold the panel in place. Other dates for muntins are Muntin Bars, wings and glazing. Sometimes they are simply referred to as grills .
Windows produced today may no longer be made from small glass boards. Often, however, the division in the larger windows that Muntins provides is considered an important decorative element, which increases the design of the building. For this reason, the fake muntins are sometimes used.
False muntin can be a decorative element inserted between the insulated glass boards, giving the effect of divided lights. It can also be connected to the outside of the large window - overlapping it and gives the illusion of a window made of smaller boards. Sometimes both techniques are used to provide the illusion of real divided light.
As the production of large glass tables has become easier, many historical buildings, which the snake traditionally contained windows with real split lights replaced those that replaced larger boards in one wing. Once many of these historic buildings are restored, the windows with muntiny are often reworked to formILA windows with larger spots that would be historically divided. This contributes to the authenticity of the restaurant of the building.
Traditionally, wood or various metals were used to produce early versions of muntines. Lead was sometimes used because of its submissibility. Today, especially when fake muntins are used for decorative effect, they are usually made of plastic or aluminum.