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04 March 2010

 
Workmen.

Yesterday my landlord and a workman appeared at 8 am to install a thing (I dunno what it's called so have to resort to an old term that at least I understand) - a geyser. Then a carpenter came to estimate the cost of building a door in the hallway that leads to the stairs. He decided it made sense to build it flush with the kitchen wall, capping the hall, and I blanched but said nothing because it isn't my house.

Today another carpenter came to give an estimate, and we had a fruitful chat about where the door should be placed. I didn't lead the conversation; I asked him where he thought it should be, and then gave my preferences. He thinks set back, so there's an alcove, a wide door so there's minimal wall, and a transom or whatever they are called (if different) when they don't open - a window above the door. I was concerned with how dark a door would make it, so that possibility pleased me. I liked how he is concerned with design/aesthetics; he was well able to imagine the door flush versus the door set back three feet, which obviously the other man was not.

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From Wikipedia:
Transom window
A window above a door; in an exterior door the transom window is often fixed, in an interior door it can open either by hinges at top or bottom, or rotate on hinges. It provided ventilation before forced air heating and cooling. A fan-shaped transom is known as a fanlight, especially in the British Isles.
TAHDAH!
 
Yes, this is an interior door, and I've never actually seen one that doesn't open in an interior door - that's why I was unsure (well that and the fact that he called it something else).

I love things that connect to boats.
 
did he call it a light?
Door Lights

Door lights refer to the windows around the door. Windows, in a fan shape above the door, are called Fanlights. Windows in a row across the top are Transoms. Windows down the sides of the door are called Side Lights

LT
 
No.
The only reason I thought it might not be called a transom is because it won't open but is inside.

He called it something I don't remember, but when I said, "Ooh, a transom," he said it wouldn't open.

Remember that movie Funny Lady?

Wheen she was asked what giving birth is like she replied, "Like pushing a piano through a transom."
 

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