It doesn t look like they ever operated but they do allow the halls to be lighter and brighter even when all the doors are closed.
Bathroom transom windows above interior doors.
Historically operable transom windows above doors played a role in the heating and cooling in a home.
Interior transom windows come with both non operable and operable options.
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.
The effect is very similar to a pair of interior french doors though an interior transom window allows for a bit more privacy especially if paired with a solid wooden door.
We have done interior transoms in our homes.
Apr 22 2014 what if we put in transoms over all the doors upstairs more light for the hall.
Installing a transom window above an interior door leading to an office bedroom bathroom kitchen or sunroom invites sunlight to travel from room to room.
We would strongly recommend going with the transom.
We have a barn full of spares too for some inexplicable reason.
So transoms windows over a door can be an easy way to bring natural light from a hallway or a bedroom into the bathroom.
An open transom window in the winter helped heat from the central fireplace reach bedrooms at night.
Transoms historically were used to allow passage of air and light between rooms even when doors were shut.
Transom window over a door in a bathroom notwithstanding the beautiful pictures below many bathrooms have no windows at all.
Transom windows also called transom lights sit above an entry patio or interior door or other windows.
We would recommend doing the 6 8 door with the transom above it.
We have the transoms custom built onsite.
Operable transoms have sashes that can be opened or closed to help regulate the temperature in a room when the door is closed.
They make perfect sense in row houses which typically have long narrow floor plans with windows only at the front and back.
Weird as they re intact and in generally good condition.
Arched shed transom windows for shed doors 23 set of 2 windows brown.
Our 1870s farmhouse has transom windows above every interior door.