A panel element with a frame construction for a sectional door leaf which consists of a number of panel elements which are connected to one another in a hinged manner, wherein the sectional door leaf is movably guided in lateral guides, wherein the frame construction consists of an upper horizontal aluminium profile element and a lower horizontal aluminium profile element and vertical aluminium profile elements , wherein the aluminium profile elements have insulating bars on the inside, and wherein the insulating bars are connected in a non-positive and positive manner to the aluminium profile elements on the outside and inside, such that, in cross-section, there arise an outer, self-contained cavity and an inner cavity, which are separated by an intermediate bar , wherein the frame construction is filled with an exchangeable, plate-shaped element as a pane , wherein the pane is retained by retaining strips , wherein the insulating bars are non-positively and positively fixed between outer limbs of the aluminium profile elements and the internal intermediate bar and close the outer cavity, wherein the inner cavity is directly or indirectly connected, above the frame construction, to the intermediate bar from the intermediate bar to an inner limb of the aluminium profile element , wherein there is, under the horizontal aluminium profile elements , a connection section , which is configured between the inner limb and the intermediate bar , and wherein, over the inner cavity of the horizontal aluminium profile elements , there are screw connections to the vertical aluminium profile elements , characterised in that the inner limb and the outer limb of the upper horizontal aluminium profile element have by their ends on the upper side profile offsets directed towards one another and are non-positively and positively interconnected to one another by the insulating bar , wherein the intermediate bar converges with a crank on the end of the profile offset of the inner limb . wherein the aluminium profile elements have insulating bars on the inside, and wherein the insulating bars are connected in a non-positive and positive manner to the aluminium profile elements on the outside and inside, such that, in cross-section, there arise an outer, self-contained cavity and an inner cavity, which are separated by an intermediate bar , wherein the frame construction is filled with an exchangeable, plate-shaped element as a pane , wherein the pane is retained by retaining strips , wherein the insulating bars are non-positively and positively fixed between outer limbs of the aluminium profile elements and the internal intermediate bar and close the outer cavity, wherein the inner cavity is directly or indirectly connected, above the frame construction, to the intermediate bar from the intermediate bar to an inner limb of the aluminium profile element , wherein there is, under the horizontal aluminium profile elements , a connection section , which is configured between the inner limb and the intermediate bar , and wherein, over the inner cavity of the horizontal aluminium profile elements , there are screw connections to the vertical aluminium profile elements , characterised in that the inner limb and the outer limb of the upper horizontal aluminium profile element have by their ends on the upper side profile offsets directed towards one another and are non-positively and positively interconnected to one another by the insulating bar , wherein the intermediate bar converges with a crank on the end of the profile offset of the inner limb . <EOS>