I have an interior doorway between my living room and dining room that was cut when the previous owner converted the garage to a dining room. The doorway is an odd size – 90″ high by 35″ wide. It has cheap molding around it. I would like to have a french door with a fixed glass transom at the top. I went to a well-known chain store that offers installation and tried to explain what I wanted, but they couldn’t understand it. (Typical for this chain…) So, should I buy the door I want (in the size closest to the opening) and then hire – what? a carpenter? – to install it and create the transom? I’ve never had any remodeling done so this is all new to me.
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Getting a door plus a transom in a 90" tall opening will be difficult. Standard door height it 80", leaving only 10 inches for the casing. You get closer to what you want by hiring someone to reframe the opening, install the door and patch the wall.