Transom Windows Above Exterior Doors

With two styles available to choose from you can add design interest with a rectangular transom or elliptical transom.

Transom windows above exterior doors. An open transom window in the winter helped heat from the central fireplace reach bedrooms at night. Discover how a transom can complement your front entry door design. And many of them are painted or are in bas relief. Transoms can be the solution.

Operable transoms have sashes that can be opened or closed to help regulate the temperature in a room when the door is closed. Transom windows are made in a variety of shapes and styles that vary by manufacturer. The shape can be either rectangular of a semi circle arch or occasionally a square. Please note that an over door does not require a transom.

So for a 2 8 door so would order a 2 8 transom. They allow natural light to stream into your entryway. Transom windows a transom is actually the structural beam that sits above the door frame it separates the door from the window above it which we refer to as a transom window. In addition to being a stately design choice transom windows were traditionally utilized to add air cross ventilation without having to open a door.

Placing a window above the entrance in a residential space is not a new idea as transom windows have been used to add a dramatic element to entryways for centuries. This configuration works well in bathrooms along vanities in laundry rooms and in mudrooms. But let s get back to transom windows. We can also build a jamb matching your wall thickness so the the transom unit is ready to install once it arrives.

Transoms placed high in the wall let the most light into the the room and can sit neatly above cabinets built ins furniture and pictures. 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. For single doors simply order a transom sash that is the same width as the door slab that will go underneath. It s not uncommon in older homes to see transom windows used above internal doors in addition to being used above exterior doors.

Historically operable transom windows above doors played a role in the heating and cooling in a home. Transoms are stationary sections of glass placed above an entry door and its sidelights. We do not make doors but you can choose most any door that you can find and we will build an exterior transom to fit above it. Transom windows also called transom lights sit above an entry patio or interior door or other windows.

They can go over any door or window interior or exterior.