Installing A Transom Window Over Door

In this how to video the experts form the diy network prep and install a transom window in this historic home.

Installing a transom window over door.

With the pallet wood ceiling our transom window install and the craftsman door trim this has probably been my favorite home project yet i really think that it is all coming together so well and i can t wait for the upcoming design reveal. Transom windows over most of the doors in our 1880s row house are important to its authenticity. By adding a jamb to a transom you can adapt the thinner transom sash to a thicker wall. At this point the transom was ready to install above the doors.

Watch this tutorial and you can be installing a transom window into your own home. Be sure to subscribe to our blog facebook and instagram for the latest updates project tutorials and design inspiration. If you need to install a transom window watch our instructional videos to measure plan and install transoms in almost any scenario interior or exterior. A transom pattern is the unique combination of the transom s perimeter shape with the design of its interior lites.

With the doors and windows installed i could add the door casing and decorative trim. The final step is the installation of window trim. If installing a transom window over an existing door select a style that incorporates some of your door s architectural design elements. We can also build a jamb matching your wall thickness so the the transom unit is ready to install once it arrives.

They make perfect sense in row houses which typically have long narrow floor plans with windows only at the front and back. So for a 2 8 door so would order a 2 8 transom. A transom window is a traditionally fixed window over a door or an operating sash window. The picture below shows how adding a transom window above a pocket door can transom the doorway from a problem solver to the centerpiece of the room.

Pocket door to pantry with operating transom exudes style pocket doors are most common when the door placement is in the center of the room where door storage is a problem. Transoms historically were used to allow passage of air and light between rooms even when doors were shut. Transoms direct sells transom window sashes that is wood frames around glass. For single doors simply order a transom sash that is the same width as the door slab that will go underneath.