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Transom window over french doors.
My thought was by installing french doors with a transom window the hallway could be closed off but still feel wide open.
Next i removed the existing door and trim.
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Historically operable transom windows above doors played a role in the heating and cooling in a home.
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With the doors and windows installed i could add the door casing and decorative trim.
Adding a transom above the double doors visually joins the doors together and makes the whole door unit look larger which can be important for a front entrance where you want the door unit to dominate the foyer.
Over the door is another element that if it were glass would be a transom window.
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So it d be the best of both worlds.
An open transom window in the winter helped heat from the central fireplace reach bedrooms at night.
Double doors are often used for room transitions so adjoining rooms can occasionally be closed off from one another.
But since it s solid it s called an overdoor.
Your transom door unit assembly is now complete.
I attached a small strip of lattice moulding over the seam between the doors and window making the.
A transom over a double door better visually connects the two rooms and shares light between the two.
I slid the window in the opening shimmed it in place and secured it with more 16 gauge nails.
The pattern or design of the muntins for the transom usually does not align with the muntin bars or stiles of the doors below.
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At this point the transom was ready to install above the doors.
First i measured the doors so i had an idea of the rough opening.
So let s get down to the steps on how i did it.
Trim out the both sides of the assembly including adding mullion to cover the seam beween the door head jamb and the transom s jamb.