UPDATES 2
Previously, I posted about the re-installation of a restored transom window in the Carriage House, second floor. The window would date from the circa-1921 conversion of the structure. The window had lost its opening hardware.
A few years ago I purchased from Dr. Doug trim pieces to finish the house I live in. This trim has been stacked in a hall outside my bedroom. The other day I walked past the trim and…zounds!…realized that one trim piece had an intact transom window hardware. Would this work on the Carriage House transoms?
It would. It did.
1…2…3…SQUEE!!!!!!!! (Yes, I need to finish the left edge.)
I am beyond excited by this. Beyond excited.
I need four more such hardware and sent Dr. Doug a breathless text: Do you have more?
The fate of the globe awaits his answer.
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I’ve never seen hardware like that before.
I have the opposite of a transom window in my bedroom. I have a Hopper window in my bedroom and I’ve come to love it. I have a curtain on it and I can open it for air but still have privacy. I have a pole like we used to have in school to open the lock on the top and let it tilt open. A chain stops it.
Four more will come to you. Cross House Magic.
This is a thing of beauty. Dr Doug is a gem, but I love your ability to sprinkle this house with stardust.
I have understood a principal purpose of transoms to be internal ventilation in a non-centrally heated structure. If a room heated by a coal grate or stove was too warm, opening the transom allowed overly warm air to escape into the internal volume, not outside. Assuming the Carriage house to have had central heating installed, are these transom windows door frames legacy? Salvage?
BTW, a little silicon spray rubbed on the riser rod will reduce the characteristic GRONK noise when it’s used.
SO fun! We had one of these still intact in a rental I was in c.1885. It was stuck shut with paint, but with some screws removed and some convincing… I showed my roommates the fun and wonder of transom window hardware. My landlords didn’t even know what it was or how it worked. It really is the little bits that matter, and as such I hope Dr. Doug has four more in store for you.
Oh, that’s so fun! I hope Dr. Doug has a few more up his sleeve. If not, let me know, and I can hit up Connor’s Architectural Antiques for you. I always love poking around in there.
Oh wow! Open… sesame!
Squee indeed! I love transomes and wish all homes had these. So handy for extra light and ventilation.
Awesome find! Reproductions are so pricey and they’re, well… reproductions
How amazing is that? You always seem to come up with the pieces you need. Hoping Dr. Doug has 4 more, you will acquire them somehow, you always do.