Hello
On the side of the house, I plan to install a double door with transom, which will then be 2m wide, see picture of the door and the surrounding area. The current opening is 21x20, but the plan is to cut 4dm above the door to make space for the transom.
The idea of the transom came a bit late and it's a bit difficult to construct properly right now. I wonder, do I need to reinforce something above the transom so it doesn't bear any load? On the long sides, which are load-bearing, we have 45x220 as a beam above all the wide windows.
My "common sense" tells me we can manage without reinforcing, since it's on the side that doesn't actually bear anything other than the siding on the wall. But it seems wise to take others' opinions into account as well.
It should be quite easy to infuse a 45x95, but it would be hard to reach.
A completely different thing. We've aligned the top edges of the windows with the top of the door, etc. If we install a transom, the trims will no longer align. Will it look worse?
On the side of the house, I plan to install a double door with transom, which will then be 2m wide, see picture of the door and the surrounding area. The current opening is 21x20, but the plan is to cut 4dm above the door to make space for the transom.
The idea of the transom came a bit late and it's a bit difficult to construct properly right now. I wonder, do I need to reinforce something above the transom so it doesn't bear any load? On the long sides, which are load-bearing, we have 45x220 as a beam above all the wide windows.
My "common sense" tells me we can manage without reinforcing, since it's on the side that doesn't actually bear anything other than the siding on the wall. But it seems wise to take others' opinions into account as well.
It should be quite easy to infuse a 45x95, but it would be hard to reach.
A completely different thing. We've aligned the top edges of the windows with the top of the door, etc. If we install a transom, the trims will no longer align. Will it look worse?
The most likely scenario is that there is a truss at the gable just inside the paneling. Considering the design and roof pitch, I would suspect that we are dealing with w-trusses as well. In that case, you do not need to reinforce. It's a good principle to let the top edges of the doors and windows align. If you are going to have transom windows above the door, they should be above the door-window line.
Yes, there is a truss there. I can't say if it's exactly W, but it's something along those lines.J justusandersson said:
But how do you mean I should make it look nice? Should I place the transom window with a gap to the door, so that the door gets its trim that aligns with the windows, and then a bit up sits the transom window?
The current idea has been to glue the transom window down to the door, but it's certainly possible to create a gap in between if that's what one wants.
As long as there is a roof truss, the type does not matter much in this case. It might look nicer if the transom window has a separate casing, i.e., there is a small gap between the door and window. I think the most important thing is that the bottom edge of the door frame is in line with the corresponding part on the windows.