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Front door design help needed

12 years ago

Hi,

I'm in the process of getting a quote for a transom and side lites for the company whose link I include below. I know the width and height of our front door, but am not sure what size I should have them make the transom because I do not know how much woodwork (or azec or fypon, etc.) we will have between the door and the sidelights. This is rather naive, but I have no idea who helps figure this out. Does the architect do this? The plans do not have this detail as we hadn't decided on the front door details at that point. I don't want the transom to not look well above the door and sidelights because of improper estimation for the width including woodwork, etc. Last question, do you all think this type of transom (spiderweb) and side lite (cross arch) painted white will look good on a stately Georgian style home? I decided against leaded glass because the design would get lost compared to the painted wooden dividers in a transom. Is that a mistake?

http://www.awsco.com/download/AWSCO-Catalog-DoorTranSideLite.pdf

Comments (3)

renovator8
12 years ago
here's the link to your pdf

Here is a link that might be useful: your pdf
renovator8
12 years ago
If an architect has been hired to design the house, recommending a front door design should most certainly be included in that service. If he/she was hired as a draftsman to draw up your design then it might not be included.
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threeapples
Original Author
12 years ago
Renovator8, thanks for the link!

Yes, we had an architect design the house. I will ask him to work with me and design the details of this and take it from there.

Thank you!

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