With the doors and windows installed i could add the door casing and decorative trim.
Transom window over french doors.
Double doors are often used for room transitions so adjoining rooms can occasionally be closed off from one another.
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.
Your transom door unit assembly is now complete.
A transom over a double door better visually connects the two rooms and shares light between the two.
At this point the transom was ready to install above the doors.
Transoms direct does not build doors.
First i measured the doors so i had an idea of the rough opening.
So it d be the best of both worlds.
My thought was by installing french doors with a transom window the hallway could be closed off but still feel wide open.
Follow trim out tips below.
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.
I slid the window in the opening shimmed it in place and secured it with more 16 gauge nails.
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.
The pattern or design of the muntins for the transom usually does not align with the muntin bars or stiles of the doors below.
I attached a small strip of lattice moulding over the seam between the doors and window making the.
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.