Arched window over door on 8ft ceilings

hevnbnd

15 years ago

Anyone know if this would work or how it would look...

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meldy_nva
15 years ago
A neighbor did that as part of a window-replacement project. The new windows had a shallow half-crescent with iron scrollwork over each, and he had a similar half-crescent placed so that it extended over the sidelights as well as the door. It looks fine from both outside and in; the door opens into a foyer. I think it very much depends on your house style, and to have the visual curve repeated in some way.
dixiedoodle
15 years ago
It'd be tight. Standard doors are 6'8". I've seen archtops that are as squat as 10", but I think that would be off proportionally. You'd probably want one that is at least 1'. Is the interior of the room going to have crown? If so, I don't think an archtop would work, but perhaps some sort of elliptical instead?
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Our house has 9' ceilings -- 9-1/2' in some areas -- and we have standard height (6'-8") doors. It looks just fine and the proportion is good. I don't think it would have been a design improvement, and might have looked pretentious, if we had gone for taller doors. I think of over-size doors as most appropriate for commercial/institutional structures and for $20 million penthouses in New York. I know others on these forums have other views, but I don't think tall doors are necessarily an aesthetic improvement, particularly with ceilings that aren't much taller than standard. Standard doors with taller ceilings will help accentuate the airiness, while taller doors will fight against that. Save yourself some money and stick with standard height doors. It's a good design choice and you won't regret it.
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Can't, sorry, I live on the other side of the country now. I did have 9' ceilings. If you are worried about how it will look IRL, do a mockup. Get a large roll of butcher paper (the brown stuff), and tape it to a wall. You can do it outside if you can't find a workshop or some other high space. Then draw the doors, a window, base, and crown. Better still is to have a carpenter do a mockup, with the real millwork, on a sample wall. The wall does not have to be more than a few feet wide. I would only do this in an expensive house, obviously. In fact, if you are getting this fancy, you probably should have a designer, and that person can supervise the mockup. IMO this is the only way for a layman to get a good idea of how the elements will relate in reality. My design was a "modernized" version of a colonial house, almost Shaker, with flat stock mouldings and a flat crown. That's probably not what you are thinking about, so it would not help you. Good luck.
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mmike032
15 years ago
An elliptical would be the only option.
The radius for an arch on an 8' door will be to much.
hevnbnd
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks for the information. Anyone got any pics of an elliptical?
dixiedoodle
15 years ago
There are a bunch of pictures here...Choose Classic-Craft from the pull down to see several doors with elliptical windows.

Here is a link that might be useful: Thermatru entry doors

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