Interior Doors With Transom Above

Transoms over interior doors.

Interior doors with transom above.

To install the transom jamb i align it with the door jamb below. Standard or wide stiles available. Slide transom unit into the opening directly atop the head jamb of the door. 4701 interior transom 3 0 interior french sash doors 4701 interior transom 6 0 interior french sash doors.

Estimate delivery time to my location. Choose interior or exterior models. A transom over a double door better visually connects the two rooms and shares light between the two. Simulated divided lite transoms.

Transom windows delivered to your door transom windows. Typically non operating and used to add style and increase natural light transoms span the width of the opening they top and can be placed above single or double doors and sidelites. Then i just let the door casing extend up to include the transom. Jamb faces should be flush on both sides.

Interior trim will match the door unit. We are building a house with 10 ft ceilings on the main level and would like to put transoms above the doors. Double doors are often used for room transitions so adjoining rooms can occasionally be closed off from one another. Wood transoms provide beautiful detail to interior doors.

I set a square in the corner of the transom jamb and shim the jamb square in the opening. Transom windows also called transom lights sit above an entry patio or interior door or other windows. At the interior of the transom s jamb face nail the transom unit to the door unit using 1 1 4 trim nails along each side of the sash. 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.

After spacing the box about 1 4 inch above the header of the door jamb i nail it in place. We are trying to decide if we should do a 6 8 door with heavy moulding or a 8 ft door with less molding. Our transoms are single pane 1 4 annealed glass with simulated divided lite with 1 3 16 muntin bars. Pocket doors are most common when the door placement is in the center of the room where door storage is a problem.

Two of the door openings are double doors and 4 are single doors. Align the sides so that the jambs of the transom unit and door unit are perfectly aligned. Transom windows start at under 100 for non operable vinyl wood or aluminum frames and go up in price for operable or.