Design Hardware Meeting Astragal - Brush

That's exactly what a meeting astragal is for. The Design Hardware brush meeting astragal mounts on the meeting stile of a pair of doors and the nylon brush closes the vertical gap where the two leaves come together. The brush stands 19/32 inch off the aluminum carrier, so it bridges the meeting gap while still letting both leaves swing free. Because the seal is brush rather than a rigid overlap, it deals with a pair that doesn't close perfectly flush. If you need a hard overlapping lip instead, the NGP 176A overlapping astragal or the NGP 109N overlapping astragal with neoprene seal are the overlapping style.

Different jobs. A nylon brush seal like the Design Hardware meeting astragal sweeps light, dust, and drafts and tolerates doors that don't meet perfectly, and it wears well on high-traffic openings because nothing gets pinched. A vinyl or neoprene insert compresses against the mating leaf for a tighter seal on weather and sound, which is what the Cal-Royal EAST-501 T-astragal with vinyl insert and the NGP 109N with neoprene seal are built for. For a high-cycle interior or vestibule pair, brush. For driving rain and air infiltration on an exterior pair, the compression seal is the closer fit.

No. A brush meeting astragal seals the gap between the leaves, it does not carry hardware. If the job is protecting a latch or cylinder on a pair, the Trimco 5001 lock astragal in stainless works with mortise or cylindrical locks, and the Trimco 5002 lock astragal, 1-9/16 by 6 inches in stainless, is the cylindrical lock version. Those are short hardware guards, not full-height seals, so plenty of pairs get both.

A brush seal is the forgiving option. The nylon brush on the Design Hardware meeting astragal projects 19/32 inch and flexes across the gap, so it keeps contact where a rigid vinyl or metal overlap would either bind on the tight end or leave daylight on the wide end. If the gap varies a lot down the height, the Pemko 300 Series adjustable astragal with self-adjusting pile brush is the one built to take up that variance mechanically.

For a fire-rated opening, look at the NGP 139SP, a steel fire-rated door astragal with 3/4 inch overlap coverage, or the Pemko 369 split astragal seal, an aluminum fire-rated gasketing piece with a pile brush insert measuring 13/32 inch by 11/32 inch. The Design Hardware Meeting Astragal - Brush is a 6063-T5 extruded aluminum astragal with a heavy duty nylon brush seal, sized 1 15/32 inch overall with a 19/32 inch brush; the NGP 139SP is steel rather than aluminum, which is the difference that matters when the drawing calls out a fire rating.

The Design Hardware Meeting Astragal - Brush uses a heavy duty nylon brush seal in black on a 6063-T5 extruded aluminum body, 1 15/32 inch overall height with a 19/32 inch brush and 1/4 inch thickness, in 84 inch and 96 inch lengths. The nearest brush-sealed peers are the Pemko 300 Series adjustable astragal, which carries a self-adjusting pile brush and is made for double doors, and the Pemko 369 split astragal seal, a 13/32 inch by 11/32 inch aluminum fire-rated gasketing piece with a pile brush insert. The Pemko 369 is a much smaller cross section than the 1 15/32 inch Design Hardware extrusion, so it seals the meeting stile gap rather than covering it.

The NGP 176A 84 is an overlapping astragal in anodized aluminum, 84 inches long, and the NGP 109N is an overlapping astragal with a neoprene seal, also 84 inches, for commercial door weatherstripping. An overlapping astragal projects across the gap and laps onto the inactive leaf, so it commits you to a specific active and inactive leaf. The Design Hardware Meeting Astragal - Brush instead closes the meeting stile gap with a heavy duty nylon brush, 19/32 inch of brush on a 1 15/32 inch tall, 1/4 inch thick 6063-T5 aluminum extrusion, and it is offered in 84 inch and 96 inch lengths.

The extrusion is 1/4 inch thick with an overall height of 1 15/32 inch, and the brush accounts for 19/32 inch of that height. So the aluminum carrier itself only stands 1/4 inch proud of the door face. That's a shallow enough profile that it usually clears surface-mounted panic hardware and door pulls on the meeting stile, but measure your hardware projection against the 1/4 inch before you commit.

Dark bronze and mill finish, both offered in the 84 inch and 96 inch lengths. Dark bronze matches typical dark anodized aluminum storefront and entrance framing. Mill finish is the raw aluminum look and pairs with clear anodized or satin aluminum framing. The brush itself is black in either case, so the seal reads dark against either finish.

The body is 6063-T5 extruded aluminum alloy, which is the standard architectural extrusion used for storefront and entrance trim and does not rust. The seal is nylon brush, so there is no rubber to harden and crack in cold or go chalky in sun. That combination holds up on exterior openings and in coastal and washdown environments better than a steel astragal such as the NGP 139SP.

The Cal-Royal EAST-501 is an aluminum T-astragal with a vinyl insert for double doors, and the NGP 109N is an overlapping astragal with a neoprene seal in an 84 inch length for commercial door weatherstripping. Both use a compressible insert against the opposing leaf. The Design Hardware Meeting Astragal - Brush uses a heavy duty nylon brush in black instead, 19/32 inch of brush height, which sweeps rather than compresses and tolerates doors that do not close in perfect alignment.

The NGP 139A is a solid metal astragal in anodized aluminum construction, with no seal element. That is the choice when you only need to cover the gap between leaves and are not trying to stop light, dust, or draft. The Design Hardware Meeting Astragal - Brush carries a heavy duty nylon brush across a 19/32 inch brush height on a 1/4 inch thick 6063-T5 extrusion, so it adds a sweeping seal at the meeting stile that the solid NGP 139A does not have.