Interior Doors With Transom Above

Then i just let the door casing extend up to include the transom.

Interior doors with transom above.

Pocket doors are most common when the door placement is in the center of the room where door storage is a problem. We are trying to decide if we should do a 6 8 door with heavy moulding or a 8 ft door with less molding. Jamb faces should be flush on both sides. We are building a house with 10 ft ceilings on the main level and would like to put transoms above the doors.

Choose interior or exterior models. 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. Estimate delivery time to my location.

I set a square in the corner of the transom jamb and shim the jamb square in the opening. Our transoms are single pane 1 4 annealed glass with simulated divided lite with 1 3 16 muntin bars. Transoms over interior doors. Transom windows also called transom lights sit above an entry patio or interior door or other windows.

After spacing the box about 1 4 inch above the header of the door jamb i nail it in place. Transom windows delivered to your door transom windows. Align the sides so that the jambs of the transom unit and door unit are perfectly aligned. A transom over a double door better visually connects the two rooms and shares light between the two.

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. Two of the door openings are double doors and 4 are single doors. Simulated divided lite transoms. Choose from interior single pane and exterior insulated options.

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. Interior transom windows come with both non operable and operable options. Interior trim will match the door unit. Transom windows start at under 100 for non operable vinyl wood or aluminum frames and go up in price for operable or.

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. To install the transom jamb i align it with the door jamb below.