How To Make A Transom Window Frame

An inexpensive back of a door mirror mine was 12 x 48 after i removed the plastic frame.

How to make a transom window frame. Plumb level and square the frame with shims. Attach it to the framing with screws in on the center line. Bake sure it is flush to drywall on both sides. Fill in between the top of the 8 foot boards with a 44 piece of 1 x 4 pine.

Screen molding miter box and saw liquid nails staple gun pencil duct tape paint and paint. Miter the corners set the frame in your rough opening the frame should be 1 2 smaller than the ro in both directions. For the bottom measure up 27 inches 30 inches for the new window height 3 inches for the rough sill and mark the studs there. Add an extra trim piece on end to make sure your diy window transom looks built in our space was just a little.

The space on the wall between the pieces of 1 x 4 pine boards creates the illusion of a transom over the. Add the header size the window jamb height 30 inches for the sill height and inch wiggle room. Add the 8 foot boards to either side of the existing window molding. I used my brad nailer but since the longest 18 gauge brads available are 2 that means if i shot through the side of the 1 x 2 it will barely reach through the drywall behind it.

Build transom window frame directly above the metal door frame i added a primed 1 x 2 horizontally. Measure space in the opening we had a 6 foot opening between the family room and the kitchen. Trim molding that matches the existing molding around the doorway. Once you establish that a transom window.

Measure for the top starting at the finished floor. Glue the acrylic to the hardboard using silicone glue to create an acrylic hardboard sandwich. Mark this point on the studs. How to make diy transom window step 1.