How To Make A Transom Window

The transom frame should be the same width as the window or the door.

How to make a transom window.

This way you can install the entire unit in one easy step on the wall frame. 8 feet of crown molding. Fasten the assembled transom on top the window or door at the cased opening. We attached all the windows to the base trim to create one long transom.

Happy and safe woodworking. All characters in one of my favorite after school specials ever. Faux window transom using mirror tiles. The transom was the perfect solution.

The transom was added above the door to let in light and. Any glass within 6 of a spa or hot tub must be tempered as well. 2 4 x 8 pine boards. Several companies sell reproductions as kits but if you are buying a salvaged transom make sure all the parts are there.

I loved the way the fake transom looked so much in my studioffice that when we moved to a new home i created another one over a single door in a dark hallway. My 7 recent uploads. How to create an exterior fake transom window. To do this you will nail the transom jamb.

Each window measures roughly a foot across so we created a six window transom. How to create a faux transom window. In this video i design and build a transom window for a client who installed french doors and left with an opening at the top. The transom window renaissance has led to a bevy of sophisticated leaded glass.

An interior transom a window above a door on an interior wall needs to be made of tempered glass if it is within 16 of the door. You can read how i did it in this post. The completed operational transom window shown in the closed position. Now measure the door and transom or window and transom as one unit.

How to make a fake window transom above a double door. I think we had four. There are also rules for glass in spa pool areas that may apply. The key is the piece of base trim.

Enter old window panes. 10 feet of decorative molding. Once you establish that a transom window will make sound structural sense the fun lies in choosing your design. 1 48 pine board.

Add the 8 foot boards to either side of the existing window molding. Sometimes essential pieces of the transom operating mechanism are missing.