Transom Windows Over French Doors

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.

Transom windows over french doors.

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. Double doors are often used for room transitions so adjoining rooms can occasionally be closed off from one another. We decided to install off the shelf french doors and build a custom transom window to fill the space above. A transom window is located above white double doors opening to a master a bathroom fitted with a wood floor leading to a walk in shower.

Follow trim out tips below. In unglazed windows windows without glass like those in the bell tower there were no metal bars to strengthen the frame and mullions so a transom bar filled in to provide the required support. Your transom door unit assembly is now complete. Operable transoms have sashes that can be opened or closed to help regulate the temperature in a room when the door is closed.

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. Basically a transom window is a window above the door. Estimate delivery time to my location. An open transom window in the winter helped heat from the central fireplace reach bedrooms at night.

A transom over a double door better visually connects the two rooms and shares light between the two. Traditional transom pattern tr 1 starting at 79. The french doors we used required a 62 in. Gorgeous living room with paneled fireplace accented with candles and a faux taxidermy deer mount with transom window s flanked by french doors with transom window s.

The pattern or design of the muntins for the transom usually does not align with the muntin bars or stiles of the doors below. The beam between the door and this window is called the transom and it s where this type of window gets its name. Historically operable transom windows above doors played a role in the heating and cooling in a home. In considering a transom unit over a double door you can order a transom unit from us and then place it over your own double door standard or you can order a double door unit that has a jamb for the transom already installed pre finished jamb in this second case you would order only a sash from us and place it into the jamb that comes with the door.

We headed to the home depot and picked up a pair of 60 in. Transom windows also called transom lights sit above an entry patio or interior door or other windows. Transom windows actually originated in the vertically oriented architecture of gothic churches.